Effect of Organic Fertilization on Growth and Oil Percentage of Thymus vulgaris L.

Lina Rayya(1) and Manal Saleh*(1)

  • Agricultural Research Center in Latakia, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Latakia, Syria .

(*Corresponding author, Manal Saleh,  Email manalsaj3@gmail.com)

Received: 6/9/2020                                 Accepted: 15/10/2020

Abstract

This research was carried out at Al Sanoubar Station, Scientific Agricultural Research Center in Lattakia, in order to study the effect of  organic fertilizers in  productivity of “Thymus vulgaris“, during the seasons 2016-2019. The experiment was designed in randomized block design at a rate of seven treatments and three replicates/ treatment; the  treatments are : the control (T0), the farmer (T1),cattle manure fertilization (T2), poultry fertilization (T3), Mixed fertilizing (T4), faba bean (T5),vetch plant (T6). The results showed variability at the level (5%) and the superiority of the treatment (T4) in term of  the average of plant length , the average number of branches/ plant, wet weight of plant  (28cm, 15 branch/ plant 109 g) except  (T6) with respect to number of branches plant(14) branch. The percentage of essential oil content was significantly increased in response to the use of  poultry fertilization (T3) which realized higher percentage than the rest of the treatments by 8.4% followed by(T1) by 3.737%

Key words: Thymus vulgaris, organic  fertilization, green fertilization, poultry, cattle manure.

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