The Effects of Top Coat Substrates on Seedling Growth of Marigold

Journal of Applied Biological Sciences

Aslihan AGAR¹  Sara YASEMIN¹  Nezihe KOKSAL¹ 

关键词: Bedding plant;    Tagetes erecta;    top coat;    sewage sludge.;   

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学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Nobel Bilim ve Arasirma Merkezi/Nobel Science and Research Cente

【 摘 要 】

Seedgerminationandseedlinggrowthofbeddingplantsareaffectedbyvariousenvironmentalconditionsandcultivationtechniques.Inseedlingcultivationofmanybeddingplants,atopcoatisusedtomaintainsufficientmoisturecontentaroundtheseedsandtoobtainhighgerminationrateandrapidemerging.Therefore,theeffectofsomedifferenttopcoatmaterialswasinvestigatedonseedlinggrowthofmarigold(TageteserectaL.)inthisstudy.Forthispurpose,vermiculite,coarseriversand,quartzsandandsewagesludgewereusedasatopcoatinseedlingcultivationoftwomarigoldcultivars(DiscoveryYellowandDiscoveryOrange).Furthermore,uncoveredtreatmentwasdefinedascontrol.Inthestudy,theeffectsofdifferenttopcoattreatmentontheparametersofseedemergingandthecharacteristicsofseedlingwereevaluated.Emergingpercentage,meanemergingtime,meandailyemerging,speedofemergingandpeakvalueofemergingweredeterminedasaparametersofseedemerging.Plantheight,compactnessvalue,hypocotyllength,epicotyllength,hypocotylthickness,epicotylthickness,rootlength,stemlength,canopyheight,leaflength,numberofleaf,freshanddryweights(root,shootandplant),androot/shootratiowereevaluatedasaplantcharacteristics.Attheendoftheexperiment,maximumemergingpercentageonbothcultivarswasrecordedbyvermiculitetreatment.Besides,emergingpercentageinsewagesludgewasdeterminedtobetakenintoconsideration.Asaconsequenceofthestudy,itwasfoundthatcoarseriversand;quartzsandandvermiculitehadanimportancetoobtaintallerandhigherqualityseedlings.Ontheotherhand,sewagesludgewerefoundremarkablealternativeforstuntedseedlings.

【 授权许可】

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