Bassam Al-Boustany(1)*, Nidal Soufan(2) and Osama Al-Abdullah(3)
(1). General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Homs, Syria
(2). Assistant Professor, Al-Baath University, Homs, Syria
(3). Administration of Horticulture Research, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, Damascus, Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Eng. Bassam Al-Bustani. Email: bssamalbostany@gmail.com).
Received:4/10/2023 Accepted:24/12/2023
Abstract:
The research was carried out at the Scientific Agricultural Research Center in Homs/Syria, in the fall of 2020, on the local garlic variety Kaswani, with the aim of studying the effect of foliar spraying with different concentrations of baking yeast, folic acid, and seaweed extract on the crop’s growth and productivity. The experiment included seven treatments (see C, foliar spraying with a dry yeast suspension, two concentrations (7.5 and 10 g/l) S2 and S1, foliar spraying with folic acid, two concentrations (20-30 g/l) FA1 and FA2, foliar spraying with seaweed extract Alga 600, two concentrations (2, 4 g/l). 1Alga and 2Alga. The results showed that the two treatments (S2) foliar spray with baking yeast extract at a concentration of 10 g/l and (Alga2) with seaweed extract Alga 600 at a concentration of (4 g/l) were significantly superior in terms of plant height, reaching (91.55) cm in both treatments compared to the control. (83.31 cm). (S2) also significantly outperformed all treatments in terms of the number of papers except for the two treatments (Alga2 and FA2), and the number of papers in them reached (10.20 – 9.73 – 9.19), respectively, while it was in the control (8.91). In terms of paper area, the results showed that (S2) was significantly superior to all treatments with a value of (386.7 cm2), and in the rest of the treatments, including the control, it ranged between (270.7 and 315.6) cm2. In terms of productivity indicators, the results showed that (S2) was significantly superior to all treatments in clove weight (1.624) grams, and in the control (1.38 grams), and (S2) was significantly superior to all treatments in bulb weight and productivity with a value of (53.49 grams, 2.675 kg). /m2) with the exception of the treatment (Alga2) in both indicators (50.94 grams, 2.547 kg/m2) compared to the control (35.99 grams, 1.799) kg/m2. While (Alga2) was significantly superior to all treatments in the number of lobes (33.66) lobes, and the lowest number in the control was (26.1) lobes.
Keywords: garlic, cassava variety, foliar spray, baking yeast, folic acid, seaweed extract.
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