Abdulkareem M Abd (1), Asaad R. Al-Hilphy* (2), and Haider I. Ali (2)
(1)Department of Horticulture and Land Scape- College of Agriculture, University of Basrah-Iraq
(2)Department of food Science-college of Agriculture-University of Basrah. Basrah, Iraq.
(*Corresponding author: Asaad al-Hilphy, E-Mail aalhilphy@yahoo.co.uk ).
Received: 5/01/2021 Accepted: 14/10/2021
Abstract
The experiment was carried out at the Agricultural Research Station of the College of Agriculture, University of Basra for the season 2019 to study the effect of the magnet poles on the growth and productivity of the okra plant (Deira). The magnetization of a local agricultural variety (Deira), where the study included the control without magnetization, treatment in the north direction, treatment in the south, and treatment on the north-south. A randomized complete block design with three replications was used for each treatment. The results showed significant superiority (p<0.05) for the treatment of the south pole orientation of the magnet towards the plant in terms of plant height, number of leaves, leaf area, fruit weight and total production (178.33 cm, 79.67 leaves.plant-1, 1.44 cm2, 2.9 g, and 3.25 tons.d-1) respectively for all treatments and the control that gave the lowest values (156.67 cm, 43.00 leaves. Plant -1, 0.727 cm2, 2.56 g and 1.66 tons.d-1) respectively.
Keywords: okra, magnetism, vegetative traits, fruiting traits.
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