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EFFECT OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND BIOCHAR ON EVENING PRIMROSE (OENOTHERA BIENNIS L.) PLANT

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Medicinal and aromatic plants Palms

Abstract

A field experiment was done to investigate the effect of biochar application (0, 1 and 2 t/fed) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation (un-inoculation, seed-inoculation and after-germination inoculation) on growth, yield and quality of evening primrose plants (Oenothera biennis L.) during the two seasons of 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 at a private farm in El-Sadat City, El-Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. The results showed that growth parameters, flowering characteristics, carbohydrates content, NPK content, seed yield and fixed oil yield were increased with biochar addition especially at 2 t/fed. The greatest outcomes of AMF inoculation were observed when it was carried out after-germination. Application of biochar by 2 t/fed combined with add AMF after-germination inoculation gave the highest values of growth parameters, flowering characteristics, total carbohydrates content, NPK content, seed yield and fixed oil yield of evening primrose plants. The study concludes that integrating biochar and AMF can significantly enhance the growth (i.e., plant height, number of branches, number of leaves per plant, leaf fresh and dry weights per plant and leaf area), yield (i.e. seed weight per plant and per feddan, fixed oil yield per plant and feddan), and quality of evening primrose, offering a sustainable approach to improving medicinal and aromatic plant production.

DOI

10.21608/sjfop.2024.305567.1031

Keywords

: Evening primrose, Oenothera biennis L, Biochar, Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, fixed oil

Authors

First Name

Walid

Last Name

Moghith

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Ecology & Dry Lands Agriculture Division, Desert Research Center.

Email

walidmoghith@drc.gov.eg

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0000-0001-6118-661X

Volume

11

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

46653

Issue Date

2024-03-01

Receive Date

2024-02-01

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

27

Page End

41

Print ISSN

2356-7864

Online ISSN

2536-9296

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https://sjfop.journals.ekb.eg/article_376266.html

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376,266

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Original Research Article

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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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EFFECT OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND BIOCHAR ON EVENING PRIMROSE (OENOTHERA BIENNIS L.) PLANT

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23 Dec 2024