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Full
Length Research Paper
Effects of foliar spraying with microelements and different
fertilizer sources on
quality
and yield
of Pisum sativum, L.
plant
El Sayed Hameda E.
A. *1,
Amen El-Sh. A.
2, EI-Morsy A. H. 2 , Tolba M. H. 2.
*1Department
of Biology, Faculty of Applied Science
for Girls, Umm Al Qura University, Makkah Al
Mukaramah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2Vegetative
Research Department, Horticulture Research Institute,
Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt.
*Corresponding Author E-mail:
D.Hameda@hotmail.com;
heelsayed@uqu.edu.sa
Received
08 November, 2011; Accepted 03 January, 2011
Two
field experiments were carried out at EI-Bramoon
Agricultural Research Farm of Mansoura Horticultural
Research Station during the two successive winter
seasons
of 2009 and 2010. The investigated effects of foliar spray
with some
microelements (Fe, Zn and Mn, 100 ppm) at different
fertilizer sources (FYM,
mineral fertilizer and control) and bio-fertilization with
Rhizobium as well as their
interactions on yield and yield components and chemical
constituents of pea plant
(Pisum sativum, L.) cv. Master-B.
The foliar spraying pea
plants with a mixture of microelements
significantly increased yield components expressed as pod length, pod
weight, number of
green seeds/pod, weight of 100-green seed , seed index
(1000-dry seed
weight) and chemical constituents such as NPK, carbohydrates
(%) and protein (%)
of green seeds of pea
plant in both seasons.
The fertilization with
FYM was the most reliable treatment
compared with chemical
fertilizer and control treatments in both seasons.
All studied
characteristics of pea plants were generally greater with
bio-fertilizer
treatment (Rhizobium) than the Chemical fertilizer.
The best results were
obtained from spraying pea plants with a mixture of
microelements and
application of FYM in the presence of Rhizobium
inoculation.
Keywords:
Pisum sativum,
L.,
microelements,
bio-fertilization,
Rhizobium,
chemical fertilizer.
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