ISSN 2756-3863
International Journal of Manures and Fertilizers Vol. 2 (5), pp. 311-314, May, 2013. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Effects of manure on morphological qualities in ALOE VERA
Bagheri G.Hatami and Ahmed Arsham and Arya Hesamedin
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted 8 April, 2013
Abstract
This experiment was conducted at the Institute of National Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Iran to evaluate the effect of different amount of fertilizers on the leaf and plant characteristics as well as yield of ALOE VERA. There were 6 different treatments viz., T1 = 100% soil (control), T2 = 100 PK (50% P + 50% K), T3 = 50% K + 50% soil, T4 = 50% N + 50% soil, T5 = 150% NPK (50% N + 50% P + 50% K, T6 = 50% P + 50% soil. It was observed that the plant produced highest mature leaf length and number of tillers plant -1 and maximum leaf weight, as well as weight of largest leaves with application of 50% P+ 50% K (T2). Different plant characters such as mature leaf breadth and breadth of the largest leaf was also found to be highest with T5 treatment over control (100% soil). The number of leaves was also significantly affected by different fertilizer treatments where maximum effect was noticed at early stages with T4 (50% N). It was revealed that T3 had a little effect on number of leaves of A. VERA over chemical fertilizer.
Key words: Aloe vera, fertilizer, morphological traits, leaf growth.