Effect of Mulching and Organic Fertilizer on Growth, Yield and Quality of Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var italica)

Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 2016 , Pages 207-212

Authors

¹ Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Duhok Iraq

This study was carried out during 2014-2015 growing season at the vegetative research

farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, Duhok University on broccoli plants, to study the

effect of mulching compared with no mulching and three levels of organic fertilizers

(organic manure) (0, 5, 10 ton/donum) on broccoli (Zen Hybrid F1). The results showed

that mulching significantly increased plant height, leaf area, leaves number/plant,

branches number/plant, head dry weight, head height, yield, fiber%, total sugar content,

carbohydrate% and chlorophyll%. Organic fertilizer caused positive significant

differences in all vegetative characteristics and most yield characteristics. The interaction

between mulching and organic fertilizer significantly enhanced all studied traits.

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