Author/Authors :
Gheeth، R.H.M. نويسنده Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticulture Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt , , Abdel-Hakeem، W.M. نويسنده Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticulture Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt , , Moustafa، Y.M.M. نويسنده Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, El-Minia, Egypt ,
Abstract :
Enhancing plant growth with some antioxidants and/or microelements is very crucial for many crops i.e., pea plants. So that, this experiment was conducted to study the effect of ascorbic acid (AA), cobalt chloride (CoCl2) and their combinations on growth, yield and yield components along with the protein content of three cultivars of pea under the Middle Egypt growing conditions. Results revealed that the three cultivars varied in their horticultural characteristics and in their response to the applied treatments. Seeds dipped in the combination of AA (2mg/L)+ CoCl2 (150ppm/L) treatment gave plants which showed most of the desirable horticultural characteristics and high values of N and protein contents comparing to the other treatments and the non-treated seeds. Furthermore, the interaction between cultivars and treatments had significant effects on most of the studied parameters. This study may be very beneficial for pea growing farmers especially for organic cultivations under the experiment growing conditions and similar conditions.
