Mohanad Rayed Azzam^*(1)

(1). Department of  Biology, Faculty of  Education for Girls, University of  Anbar, Anbar, Iraq.

(*Corresponding author :  Dr. Mohanad Rayed Azzam.  E-mail  Mohanadmokurz@gmail.com ).

Received: 11/07/2019                                Accepted: 20/08/2019

Abstract

The research was carried out at farmer’s field in AL-Sofia area of Ramadi, Anbar province, Iraq, which located on the right bank of the Euphrates river during winter season 2018 to study the effect of sheep dung and phosphate fertilizer on the growth and yield of faba bean cultivar (Cyprus).  Fermented sheep dung was added as a source of organic matter and at three levels (0, 3 and 5 ton/ha.  As well as three levels of phosphate fertilizer (0, 50 and 75) kg P according to a factorial experiment, arranged in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replicates. The results showed significant differences between the levels of organic sheep dungs, and the addition of 5 ton/ha gave significantly the highest values of all studied traits: plant height, number of branches, dry weight, chlorophyll content in leaves, average weight of 1000 seeds and seed yield  compared to the non-addition, which gave the lowest rates for the studied traits.  While in terms of phosphor addition, the results showed significant differences between the levels of addition of phosphor on all growth and yield characteristics, and the addition of 75 kg P/ha gave the highest rates of plant height, number of branches, dry weight, chlorophyll content in leaves, average weight of 1000 seeds  and seed yield, compared to non-addition. In terms of interaction, the treatments (5 ton/ha and 75 kg P/ha) and (5 ton/ha and 50 kg P/ha) were significant over all interactions in most of the studied traits.

Keywords: Faba bean (Vicia faba L.), Sheep dung, Phosphor fertilizer, Seed yield.

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