The Response of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench)‎ to Inoculation with the Mycorrhizae and Spray with FeSO4 and Anti-transpirant

Abstract EN

The present experiment was conducted at one field of the research station (B) belongs to Horticulture Department/College of Agriculture/ Baghdad University during the summer season of 2017 in order to study the effect of the inoculation with the mycorrhizae and spray with FeSO4 and Anti-transpirant (Armurox) on some growth characters and yield of okra Abelmoschus esculentus L.

Moench.

The experiment was lay out as a factorial experiment (2x3x2) in randomized complete block design (RCBD).

The three factors used in this experiment included; the inoculation with mycorrhizae (M) (0 and 10 g.

plant-1), spray with FeSO4 (F) (0, 0.5, and 1g.

L-1), and the Anti-transpirant 'Armurox' (A) (0 and 5 ml.

L-1).

The results showed that the inoculation with mycorrhizae had positive effect on chlorophyll content, dry weight of shoot, total number of flowers and total yield with values of 51.15 mg.100 g-1, 28.73% , 116.12 flower.

plant -1, 21.92 ton.

hectare-1, respectively.

The M1F0A0 combination treatment was superior in total number of flowers per plant (132.90), while the M1F2A1 combination treatment was superior in chlorophyll content, dry weight and total yield with values of 68.23 mg.

100 g-1, 31.82% , and 25.29 ton.

hectare-1, respectively.