Beta
287782

The role of organic fertilizer, chitosan, amino acids and seaweeds extract in enhancing the growth, yield and active ingredient of <i>Cassia acutifolia</i> Delile plants

Article

Last updated: 30 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

Plant Production

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during the two successive seasons of 2019 and 2020 to elucidate the impact of compost as organic manure (0, 10, 20 and 30 m3 /feddan) (feddan = 4200 m² = 0.420 hectares = 1.037 acres) and some stimulant substances namely (0, chitosan at  500, 1000 and 1500 ppm, amino acids at 100, 200 and 300 ppm and seaweeds extract at 1, 2 and 3 ml /l), as well as, their interactions on plant growth aspects (plant height, leaves dry weight /plant and per feddan and herb dry weight/ plant), pod yield /plant and per feddan, total anthraquinone glycosides percentage and total anthraquinone glycosides yield /plant and per feddan of Alexandrian senna (Cassia acutifolia Delile) plants. The obtained results indicated that applying compost at all levels resulted a significant augment in all studied parameters, except for the low level (10 m³ /feddan) regarding plant height, leaves dry yield/plant and per feddan and herb dry weight/plant, in the first season. The most effective treatment in augmenting these traits was given by using compost at the high level (30 m³ /feddan). Foliar spray with the three examined stimulant substances, at all concentrations, led to a significant augment in all aspects, except for 500 ppm chitosan concerning leaves dry yield /plant and per feddan, In the second season, 500 ppm chitosan, 100 ppm amino acids and 1 m /l seaweeds extract, in the first season and, 100 ppm amino acids concerning total anthraquinone glycosides percentage, in the second season. Clearly, foliar spray with seaweeds extracts at 3 ml /l proved to be more effective in increasing the tested characteristics. Obviously, the interaction was statistically significant effect on all studied aspects. Utilizing compost at the high level (30 m³ /feddan) with seaweeds extract at 3 m /l gave the most effective treatment in augmenting these traits.

DOI

10.21608/aasj.2023.287782

Keywords

<i>Cassia acutifolia</i>, compost, Chitosan, tryptophan, methionine, cysteine, seaweeds extract

Authors

First Name

M.

Last Name

Hemdan

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

A.

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

ahmadfouad@azhar.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

El.

Last Name

Amer

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

6

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

42545

Issue Date

2023-04-01

Receive Date

2023-12-14

Publish Date

2023-04-01

Page Start

32

Page End

58

Print ISSN

2535-1680

Online ISSN

2535-1699

Link

https://aasj.journals.ekb.eg/article_287782.html

Detail API

https://aasj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=287782

Order

44

Type

Research article

Type Code

764

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal

Publication Link

https://aasj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

The role of organic fertilizer, chitosan, amino acids and seaweeds extract in enhancing the growth, yield and active ingredient of <i>Cassia acutifolia</i> Delile plants

Details

Type

Article

Created At

30 Dec 2024