EFFECTS OF MICRONUTRIENTS (BORON AND ZINC) AS FOLIAR APPLICATION ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF Camelina sativa L.
EHSAN UL HAQ *
Department of Agronomy, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
. FAYYAZ-UL-HASSAN
Department of Agronomy, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
MUJAHID IQBAL
Agriculture Research Institute, Sariab, Quetta, Pakistan.
MAQBOOL AHMED
Agriculture Research Institute, Sariab, Quetta, Pakistan.
SALMAN GHUFFAR
Vegetable Research Station Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan.
JAHANGIR AHMED
Department of Agronomy, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
RAFIQUE AHMED
Department of Agronomy, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ
Department of Botany, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
ATTIQ UR REHMAN
Barani Agricultural Research Institute, Chakwal, Pakistan.
ABDUL MANNAN HAMZAH
Department of Entomology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of Zinc (Zn) and Boron (B) on agro-morphological and seed quality attributes of Camelina sativa. The experiment consisted of 3 levels (2%, 4% and 6%) of each mentioned nutrients along with control (no application of micronutrients). Means were calculated and subjected to analysis of variance and LSD analysis, at 5 % level of significance. Following parameters viz., plant height (cm), number of branches per plant, number of siliquae per plant, number of seeds per siliquae, thousand seed weight (g), grain yield (kg/ha), harvest index (%), dry matter accumulation (g/m2), crop growth rate (g/m2/day), biological yield (kg/ha), and oil yield (kg/ha) were evaluated. All subjected treatments were tested for every tested parameter, and results revealed significant values comparative to control. It was observed that foliar application of both boron and zinc micronutrients yielded maximum in all parameters in comparison with control which seems promising to improve crop development, oil yield and harvest index of Camelina sativa L.
Keywords: Camelina sativa L, boron, zinc, foliar application
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