Effect of spraying and irrigation with NPK in the growth of date palm plantlets (Phoenix dactylifera L). Berhi CV propagated by in vitro

Abstract

This study was conducted in the laboratory of tissue culture of the date Palm Research Center / University of Basra in 2007 to determine the effect of spraying and irrigation with different concentrations of fertilizer triple NPK is (zero, 300 600 and 900 mg / L) in the growth of plantlets date palm Berhi propagated by in vitro. The results showed the following: 1 - increase the proportion of plantlets acclimatization when sprayed fertilizer triple concentration 600 mg / L and lead a moral for the rest of the concentrations, amounting to 100% compared to the treatment of comparison 30%, and the watering plantlets fertilizer triple led to a significant increase in the proportion of plantlets acclimatization it reached 90% compared to the treatment of comparison 30% 2 - The results showed that spraying with (600 mg / L) have been led to give the highest rate of leaves the new formed and was (4) leaves / plantlet and (3) leaves / plantlet through the process of irrigation, while the number of new leaves was 1 in the treatment of comparison . 3 - The results showed that the spray irrigation concentrate (600 mg / L) gave the highest rate of leaf length and total (26.75 22.35) cm and a difference of moral for the rest of the concentrations and the lowest rate to the length of the leaves was in the treatment of comparison and total (13.19 cm). 4 -: The spraying and irrigation focusing (600 mg / L) has led to accord the highest rate of roots formed and reached (8.14) and (6.95), respectively, a difference of moral the treatment in the case of spraying, while given treatment comparison less with the rate of the roots formed ahead significant for the other treatments (1.57). 5 - The results showed that spraying with 600 mg / L led to reduce the time for the emergence of the first leave it reached a new 20-day period, while the period increased to 34 days in the treatment comparison. 6 - The process of spraying plantlets fertilizer triple concentration of 600 mg / L led to a significant increase in the amount of total chlorophyll, amounting to 3.86 mg / 100 gm weight is tender and a significant increase in the amount of wax, amounting to 0.0996% and a significant increase also in the average number of stomata in the leaves as of 104 gaps / mm 2.