Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

Vol 28, Issue 1, 2022; Page No.(127-131)

STUDY OF FOLIAR BORON AND ZINC APPLICATIONS AND GROUND ADDITION OF SEAWEED EXTRACT (ACADIAN) ON VEGETATIVE AND FLOWERING GROWTH TRAITS OF STRAWBERRY

Yusra M. Saleh

Abstract

The study was conducted in the greenhouse of Department of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening deportment, College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul Iraq. During the growing season 2018-2019. To study the effect of foliar spraying with boron at two concentrations (30 and 60 mg / l boric acid) and foliar spraying with two concentrations of zinc (50 and 100 mg /l zinc sulfate) and the ground addition of (Acadian) Seaweed extract at two concentrations (4 and 8 g/l) in addition to the control treatment (untreated plants) in the vegetative growth, flowering and yield traits of strawberry plants. A Randomized Complete Block Design (R.C.B.D) was used to implement the experiment, with three replications.