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INFLUENCE OF PINCHING, SOME FERTILIZATION TREATMENTS AND SPRAYING WITH ALAR ON SOLIDAGO PLANTS. B. FLOWERING CHARACTERISTICS

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Ornamental plants

Abstract

This study was carried out at Dept. of Ornamental Hort., Fac. Agric., Cairo Univ. and the applied part was carried out under open field conditions at the Experimental Farm of Hort. Res. Inst., ARC, Giza, Egypt during 2015 and 2016 seasons to investigate the effect of pinching, bio- and chemical fertilization (as a soil drench), foliar spraying with alar and their interactions on flowering parameters of goldenrod (Solidago hybrida, "Tara") with the aim of producing high quality plants appropriate to be used as flowering pot plants. Flowering stem length (cm), flowering start date (days), flowering stem fresh and dry weights (g) and number of flowering branches were greatly affected by single, double and triple treatments applied in this study. Regarding the effect of interaction treatments between pinching, fertilization and alar, non-pinching in addition to bio-fertilization + NPK at 3 g/pot + alar at 1000 ppm resulted in the longest flowering stems. Non-pinching in addition to bio-fertilization + NPK at 1.5 g/pot + alar at 500 ppm shared some other treatments (i.e. pinching in addition to bio-fertilization + NPK at 3 g/pot + alar at 500 ppm) and resulted in the lowest flowering start date values. On the other hand, pinching in addition to bio-fertilization + NPK at either 1.5 or 3 g/pot + alar at 500 ppm produced the heaviest fresh flowering stems and to some extent the highest number of flowering branches. However, non-pinching in addition to alar at 1000 ppm + NPK at 3 g/pot either with or without bio-fertilization resulted in the heaviest flowering stems dry weight. According to the previous findings and from an aesthetic point of view, it is recommended to treat goldenrod transplants grown in 14 cm pots with pinching in addition to bio-fertilization plus NPK at either 1.5 or 3 g/pot + spraying with alar at 500 ppm to produce high quality goldenrod plants appropriate to be used as flowering pot plants.

DOI

10.21608/sjfop.2017.5395

Keywords

Goldenrod, Solidago hybrida, "Tara", pinching, fertilization, NPK, Bio-fertilizers, alar, flowering parameters

Authors

First Name

Atef

Last Name

Sarhan

MiddleName

M.Z.

Affiliation

Ornamental Horticulture Dept., Fac. Agric., Cairo Univ., Egypt

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First Name

Effat

Last Name

El-Maadawy

MiddleName

I.

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Ornamental Horticulture Dept., Fac. Agric., Cairo Univ., Egypt

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First Name

Nagi

Last Name

Arafa

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Ornamental Plants & Garden Landscape Res. Dept., Hort. Res. Inst., ARC, Egypt

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Gaber

MiddleName

F.

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Ornamental Plants & Garden Landscape Res. Dept., Hort. Res. Inst., ARC, Egypt

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Volume

4

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1

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707

Issue Date

2017-03-01

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2016-12-11

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2017-03-01

Page Start

51

Page End

71

Print ISSN

2356-7864

Online ISSN

2536-9296

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328

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Publication Title

Scientific Journal of Flowers and Ornamental Plants

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https://sjfop.journals.ekb.eg/

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INFLUENCE OF PINCHING, SOME FERTILIZATION TREATMENTS AND SPRAYING WITH ALAR ON SOLIDAGO PLANTS. B. FLOWERING CHARACTERISTICS

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22 Jan 2023