Rehab Harba*(1), Majd Darwish(1) , Samir al-Ahmad(2) , and Yasser Hammad(3)
(1). Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Tishreen University, Syria.
(2). Scientific Agricultural Research, Tartous Research Center
(3). Department of soil, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Tishreen University, Syria
Email: rehabharba84@gmail.com.
Received:8/02/2024 Accepted:29/07/2024
Abstract
The research was carried out during the 2022 growing season at Zahid Water and Irrigation Research Station – Scientific Agricultural Research Center in Tartous- in order to study the effect of agricultural density (20×50 and 30×50 cm) and spraying with the biofertilizer EM1 (control without spraying, 3 ml/L, 6 ml/l) in some growth indicators for the two peanut cultivars (Giza 6 and Soori 2): as an indicator: leaf area (LAI), crop growth rate (GCR), relative growth rate (RGR), net assimilation rate (NAR), leaf area ratio (LAR), and leaf area duration (LAD). using split split plot design , as the density occupied the main plots, biofertilization sub-plots, cultivar sub-sub plots ,the treatments were randomly distributed in three replications The results showed that Giza 6 variety was significantly superior to Soori 2 variety in all indicators studied, and the agricultural density (30 x 50 cm) was significantly superior to the density (20 x 50 cm) in the relative growth rate (RGR 0.14, 0.11) g/g/day, net assimilation rate (NAR) (0.22, 0.31) kg/m2/week, leaf area ratio (LAR) (0.40, 0.47) dm2/g/day, and leaf area duration (LAD) (33.66, 45.56) m2/week, while plant density exceeded ( 20 x 50 cm) significantly affected the crop growth rate (CGR g/m2/day) , the leaf area index (LAI) and seed productivity per hectare . As for the effect of biological fertilization on the studied traits, the treatments with concentrations of 3 and 6 ml/l were significantly superior to the control. The concentration of 6 ml/l was important in terms of a significant increase in the values of all growth indicators. The results concluded that planting the Giza 6 variety at a density of 30 x 50 cm, spraying it with EM1 biofertilizer at a concentration of 6 ml/l, gave the highest value for the relative growth rate, net assimilation rate of the plant, and the leaf area ratio, while planting it at a density of 20 x 50 cm gave a positive effect. Significantly greater for crop growth rate and leaf area index and seed productivity per hectare.
Key words-: peanuts, plant density, biofertilization, morphological indicators.
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