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IMPACT OF SOME BIO-STIMULANTS ON PERFORMANCE OF ZINNIA ELEGANS SEEDLINGS

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Ornamental plants

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of Spirulina platensis algae extract (seaweed) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast extract as bio-stimulants on the growth, flowering, and chemical composition of the Zinnia elegans plants during 2021 and 2022 seasons. When the seedlings reached about 10 cm in length, they were transplanted into individual pots filled with a mixture of clay and sand (1:1, v/v). Seedlings were sprayed with algae extract at 0.5 and 1% and yeast extract at 3 and 6 g/l however, control plants were sprayed with distilled water. The obtained results indicated that algae extract at 1% treatment increased all vegetative parameters including plant height, stem diameter, number of branches/plant, number of leaves/plant, root length, leaf area, shoot and root fresh and dry weights, flowering parameters including number of inflorescences/plant, inflorescence F.W. and D.W. in both seasons and inflorescence diameter in the second season only. The chemical composition was also positively affected by the same treatment and gave the highest values for photosynthetic pigments, total amino acids, crude protein, macronutrient elements (N, P and K%), total sugar content and total indoles followed by plants sprayed with yeast extract at 6 g/l for all the mentioned parameters during both seasons. It was concluded that algae extract at 1% or yeast extract at 6 g/l can be used as bio-stimulants to boost the growth of the Zinnia elegans plant

DOI

10.21608/sjfop.2022.277897

Keywords

bio-stimulants, Zinnia elegans, seaweed, Spirulina platensis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, yeast extract, Algae extract

Authors

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A.

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Botanical Gardens Res. Dept., Hort. Res. Inst., Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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City

cairo

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First Name

Samah

Last Name

El-Sayed

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Ornamental Plants and Woody Trees Dept., Agric. and Biol. Res. Inst., National Research Centre Giza, Egypt

Email

ensamah_83@hotmail.com

City

cairo

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First Name

M.

Last Name

El-Shamy

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Botanical Gardens Res. Dept., Hort. Res. Inst., Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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City

Giza

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Volume

9

Article Issue

4

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38022

Issue Date

2022-12-01

Receive Date

2022-11-12

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Page Start

273

Page End

288

Print ISSN

2356-7864

Online ISSN

2536-9296

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https://sjfop.journals.ekb.eg/article_277897.html

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Original Research Article

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328

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Journal

Publication Title

Scientific Journal of Flowers and Ornamental Plants

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

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IMPACT OF SOME BIO-STIMULANTS ON PERFORMANCE OF ZINNIA ELEGANS SEEDLINGS

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Created At

22 Jan 2023