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GROWTH CONTROL OF HIBISCUS POT PLANTS BY FOLIAR SPRAYING WITH PACLOBUTRAZOL AND TWO SOURCES OF POTASSIUM

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Landscape gardening
Ornamental plants

Abstract

In a trial to get an ideal growth of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cv. Cooperi, a factorial pot experiment was carried out at the Botanical Garden of the National Gene Bank, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt during 2020 and 2021 seasons. Foliar spraying with both paclobutrazol (PBZ) at different levels (0, 50, 100 and 150 ppm) and two sources of potassium (K-sulfate at 1.5 and 3.0 g/l and K-humate at 2.0 and 4.0 g/l) and their interactions were applied. Vegetative growth, flowering parameters and some chemical constituents were evaluated. The results indicated that increasing PBZ level resulted in the lowest values for most studied parameters except PBZ at 100 ppm as recorded the highest values of number of leaves, branches and flowers/plant, vegetative growth fresh and dry weights, chlorophylls (a and b), carotenoids and indoles. Foliar spraying with two potassium sources was superior to control (without potassium foliar spraying) as recorded higher values. Integration of potassium foliar spraying reversed the undesirable effects of spraying with PBZ alone in particular at the high levels. The mastery was to PBZ at 100 ppm + K-humate at 2.0 g/l as recorded the highest values in most cases i.e. number of leaves, branches and flowers/plant, vegetative growth fresh and dry weights, chlorophylls (a and b), carotenoids and indoles. To produce high-quality Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cv. Cooperi pots, it is advised to treat the plants with PBZ at 100 ppm + K-humate at 2.0 g/l for 6 times at 2-week intervals

DOI

10.21608/sjfop.2022.248726

Keywords

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cv. Cooperi, Paclobutrazol, Potassium sulfate, humate, Growth, flowering, chemical constituents

Authors

First Name

Tarek

Last Name

Noor El-Deen

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Ornamental Plants and Landscape Gardening Res. Dept., Horticultural Res. Inst., Agricultural Res. Center, Giza, Egypt

Email

taiar2005@yahoo.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-9438-8995

First Name

Hanan

Last Name

Abou El-Ghit

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Dept., Fac. of Science, Helwan Univ., Egypt

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Volume

9

Article Issue

1

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33763

Issue Date

2022-03-01

Receive Date

2022-06-24

Publish Date

2022-03-01

Page Start

69

Page End

86

Print ISSN

2356-7864

Online ISSN

2536-9296

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https://sjfop.journals.ekb.eg/article_248726.html

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Original Research Article

Type Code

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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GROWTH CONTROL OF HIBISCUS POT PLANTS BY FOLIAR SPRAYING WITH PACLOBUTRAZOL AND TWO SOURCES OF POTASSIUM

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Created At

22 Jan 2023