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The Effects of Agrizim® on Seedlings of Apple Cultivars

Author: Mehdi Abbassi* and Bahman Panahi**

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Abstract

Apple is one of the important horticultural crops of the world. It is cultivated in most provinces of Iran as well. However, the calcareous feature of the most of soils in Iran, and lack of accurate nutrition management are among the problems of orchards cultivation. Today, using some amendments in soils has become accustomed. Accordingly, a factorial greenhouse experiment in form of complete random design was conducted with two factors including type of cultivar (Red Delicious & Golden Delicious) as the first factor, and different levels of Agrizim® application (0, 10, 20, 40 & 80 grams in a pot) as the second factor, in four replicates. After applying the treatments during the growth stages, factors of rate of leaf's elements (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, iron and zinc), stem length, stem diameter, stem dry weight, and number of buds were evaluated, and the following results were obtained. The effect of applying cultivar and Agrizim® application treatments was significant on th

Keywords

Apple, Cultivar, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, nutrients, Agrizim®.

Conclusion

According to the results obtained from this research it can be said that applying Agrizim® in levels of 10 to 20g in pot results in improved morphological properties and seedlings' growth of golden and red apple cultivars. Abbassi and Panahi 558 In addition, applying Agrizim® in higher levels, especially 80g in pot, not only has no remarkable effect on seedlings' growth and absorption, but also in some cases reduced the properties under study in compare to the control. Accordingly, considering the calcareous feature of the soils under seedling cultivation in most regions of this Country, especially in arid areas, this compound (Agrizim®) can be used as a soil amendment by the appropriate level of 20g in a pot.

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How to cite this article

Mehdi Abbassi* and Bahman Panahi (2016). The Effects of Agrizim® on Seedlings of Apple Cultivars , Biological Forum – An International Journal 8(1): 555-558.