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Improving fenugreek plants growth and productivity via humic acid treatment

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Horticulture

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Fenugreek is a commonly consumed herb due to its medicinal properties and nutritional value. Humic acid (HA) at 0, 50, 100, 200, 300 and 400 ppm was applied as a seed priming, soil addition, foliar spray, seed priming + soil addition, soil addition + foliar spray. Both of HA concentrations and method of applications significantly improved plant growth and productivity. Moreover, there was a significant interaction between the two investigated factors. Plant height, plant dry weight, number of pods/plant and seed yield were generally increased by increasing HA concentrations regardless the method of applications. Soil addition had the highest significant values for all investigated traits regardless the concentration of HA. Overall, plants which treated with 400 ppm HA as soil addition and foliar spray had the highest significant number of pods/plant (257.77) and seed yield and (68.09 g/plant). Whereas, HA-untreated plants had the lowest values (71.27 pod/plant and 21.33 g/plant). Overall plant treated with 400 ppm HA as a soil addition and foliar spray had the highest yield 2587 kg/fad. however, control plants which developed from priming seeds had the lowest yield 746 kg/fad. Therefore, it is recommended to treated fenugreek plant with HA as a soil addition and foliar spry three times during the growth season to increase seed yield by about 3-fold compared with untreated plants.

DOI

10.21608/sjas.2021.73626.1090

Keywords

Humic acid, fenugreek, seed yield

Authors

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Mahmoud

Last Name

Abd Elhakem

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Department of Horticulture,Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University,Egypt

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mmahmohamed@gmail.com

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Emad

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Ahmed

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Hort. Dept., Fac. of Agric., Minia Univ

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emad.ahmed@yahoo.com

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First Name

Husain

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Abd El-Galeel

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Food Sci. Dept., Fac. of Agric., Minia Univ.

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Salma

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Sayed

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Hort. Dept., Fac. of Agric., Minia Univ

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3

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1

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25269

Issue Date

2021-06-01

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2021-04-23

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2021-05-31

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15

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22

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2535-1796

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2535-180X

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916

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Scientific Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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Improving fenugreek plants growth and productivity via humic acid treatment

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22 Jan 2023