EFFECT OF NANO AND CHEMICAL NPK FERTIGATION ON THE GROWTH OF WAZIRI FIG SEEDLINGS
Keywords:
NPK fertilizer chemical, Nano NPKAbstract
The study was conducted during the 2023-2024 growing season in the College of Agriculture and Marshlands field. The goal of this study was to find out how Nano and chemical NPK fertilisers will help Waziri fig seedlings grow in Thi-Qar Governorate. The experiment included two factors: the first factor is the normal compound fertilizer 20:20:20, added soil at four levels (0, 1000, 1500, 2000) mg.L-1, and the second factor is the compound Nano NPK fertilizer 20:20:20, also added soil at three levels (0, 75, 150) mg.L-1. The experiment was implemented as a factorial experiment according to the randomized block design (RCBD) with three replicates, with three seedlings per experimental unit. The results of the statistical analysis showed that the N2 treatment with a concentration of 75 mg.L-1 of nano-fertilizer was superior in the characteristics of main stem height, stem diameter, number of fruits, and percentage of phosphorus. The results were (45.88 cm, 5.011 mm, 3.599 fruits. plant-1, 0.436%), respectively. Similarly, the T3 treatment at a dosage of 1500 mg.L-1 of normal fertiliser outperformed the other treatments regarding “stem length, stem diameter, fruit quantity, and phosphorus”. The results were (48.64 cm, 4.037 mm, 5.630 fruits. plant1, 0.440%). The N3 treatment of nano fertiliser at a dose of 150 mg pertains to the traits of leaf count and branch count. L-1 yielded the greatest averages, specifically "34.90 leaves.4.847 branches per plant". In addition, the concentration of 150 mg.L-1 of Nano fertilizer was superior in the percentage of nitrogen, recording 2.404%, while the regular NPK fertilizer did not record any significance for this trait. Also, the N3 treatment of nano fertilizer was superior in the percentage of potassium over the rest of the treatments by 1.765%, and the concentration of 1500 mg.L-1 of regular fertilizer recorded the highest percentage of potassium, 1.716%. The results of the statistical analysis also showed that the interaction coefficients were significant for all the studied traits at varying rates according to the concentrations of the study factors
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