September 2018 Vol. 6 No.9

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Original Research Article

Evaluating productivity of an eggplant as influenced by Mycorrhiza fungi and other selected fertilizing materials

Alaa Raheem and Falah Hasan Issa^*

Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Muthanna Uni. Iraq

*Corresponding Author Email: falah70hasan@gmail.com
 
Accepted September 23, 2018

Abstract

A field-based experiment was conducted during the 2017 – 2018 cropping season to evaluate the response of an (Solanum melongena L.) to a bio-fertilizer Mycorrhiza relative to other sources of nutrients. The treatments were thus the control (T₁), cow manure (T₂), sheep manure (T₃), poultry residues (T₄), chemical fertilizer (T₅), cow with half chemical (T₆), sheep with half chemical (T₇), and poultry with half chemical (T₈). The treatments were assigned to experimental plots following a randomized complete block design (RCBD) and each treatment was treated in three replicates. The least significance difference (LSD) at 5% error rate was to compare significance means. The measured response variables were plant height, leaf area, fruit setting, early yield, fruit weight, and total soluble solids (TSS) present. Results showed that T8 was significant and superior to other treatments in leaf area (362.4 cm²), number of leaves (92), plant height (118.77 cm), fruit setting (79.52%), and yield (3.079 kg/plant). Significant increase in leaf area (281.9 cm²), fruit setting (74.85%), and TSS (7.08%) was realized in Mycorrhiza. Results also indicated that the interaction of T7M1 had a significant increase in yield (3.8 kg/plant) and TSS (8.70%).

Keywords: Bio-fertilizers, cropping practices, fertilizing materials, vegetable crops.