Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science

Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science

Evaluation of organic, chemical, biological and amino acids application on ‎quantitative and qualitative characteristics of chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla ‎L.) at different harvesting

Document Type : Full Paper

Authors
Seyede Kani Mirseyedi 1
Yousef Nasiri 2
Mohammad Reza Morshedloo 3
Marouf Khalili 4
1 Former M.Sc. Student, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Iran
4 Associate Professor, Payame Noor University, Mahabad, Iran
10.22059/ijhs.2018.264013.1504
Abstract
In order to investigate the effect of amino acids application on yield and essential oil of German chamomile under various levels of chemical, organic and biological fertilizers, an experiment was conducted as a factorial based on randomized complete block design with three replications at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh in 2017. The treatments were included application of chemical fertilizers, vermicompost, farmyard manure, poultry manure and mycorrhiza as the first factor and foliar application and non application of amino acids as the second factor. Results showed that the highest flower yield at the first harvest was obtained in poultry manure (225.4 g.m-2), chemical (204.6 g.m-2) and vermicompost (186.6 g.m-2) treatments, respectively. At the second, third, fourth and total harvests no significant differences were observed between the applications of different types of fertilizers. The highest essential oil percentage was obtained at the first (0.92 %), second (0.95 %) and total harvests (0.8 %) with vermicompost application without significant difference with farmyar and poultry manures. The highest total essential oil yield was obtained in poultry manure (4.6 g.m-2) and vermicompost (4.41 g.m-2) treatments. Application of amino acids led to significant increase in flower yield, essential oil percentage, essential oil yield and biological yield in all harvests as compared to non-application.
Keywords
Biostimulator
chamomile
essential oil
flower yield
mycorrhiza
vermicompost‎
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Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science
Volume 50, Issue 4
Winter 2020
Pages 755-767

  • Receive Date 25 August 2018
  • Revise Date 24 September 2018
  • Accept Date 16 October 2018