Bashar Tobo(1)*,Ahmad Mahmoud(1), Fadi Kazangi (1) and Manal Fida(2)
(1). General Commission for Scientific Agriculture Research, Syria.
(2).Department of Ecology and Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Bashar Tobo, Email: bashar.tobo33@gmail.com, Tel: 0932239713).
Received: 27/09/2023 Accepted: 23/01/2024
Abstract:
The study aimed to find out the germination of the seeds of Moringa Adans and Jatropha curcas under the influence of three agricultural media, namely: A. Al turph (T), B. brutia. Nursery soil (S), C. A mixture of turf and nursery soil (TS), in proportion (1: 1). The research was carried out during the year 2021 within the laboratories of the Department of Forestry and Environment Affiliated to the Scientific Agricultural Research Center in Bouqa – Latakia according to the complete random sectors system. Several quantitative indicators of seedling growth and development were studied. As for the final germination of moringa, the turf medium achieved the highest germination rate (86%), significantly superior to the mixture medium, which achieved the rate (83%). In contrast, the germination rate in the nursery soil medium reached 79%, which is lower than the two germination media studied . The results indicated that the turf medium continued to be significantly superior to the control medium, starting from germination, passing along the vegetative and root groups, and reaching the average dry weight of these two groups and for most specie.
Keywords: agricultural media, Moringa Adans, Jatropha curcas, turph.
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