Tofek Othman*1
1 Department of Environment Prevention, Higher Institute for Environmental Research, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Tofek Othman, Email: tofek.osman@gmail.com ).
Received: 10/ 06/ 2024 Accepted: 18/ 09/ 2024
Abstract:
The use of environmental friendly methods to enhance crop growth and productivity is essential for sustainable agriculture. So the aim of this research is to study the effect of natural materials, such as the liquid resulting from the anaerobic fermentation process (Bioslurry) on germination rate and some of the growth characteristic of peanut, by soaking the seeds in this liquid at several concentrations (0, 25, 50, 75, 100%) with two durations (5, 6) hours. It was 10 treatments in addition to the control treatment (no soaking). The experiment was designed according to a randomized completely block design RCBD, with three replicates for each treatment. The following traits were studied: germination percentage, number of root nodes, plant height, total number of leaves, leaf area index, and dry weight. The results of the statistical analysis showed that the treatment at a concentration of (50)% soaking for (5) hours was superior to all experimental treatments with high significance in the following characteristics: germination rate, number of root nodules, plant length, total number of leaves, and dry weight, as the values reached (97.16%, 44.3 nodes/plant, 60.67 cm, 292.33 leaves/plant, 177.3 g) respectively. Also, it was found that there were no significant differences in the characteristic in leaf surface index when treated with (50)% concentration for (5 and 6) hours, as the following values were reached (2.29, 2.25), respectively. The results of the statistical analysis also showed that the control treatment (without soaking) and the soaking treatment with (0)% concentration in bioslurry were the least significant among all the experimental treatments.
Keywords: Soaking, bioslurry, growth traits, germination, peanut.
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