Effect of Biofertilizers Application on some Morphological Characteristics and Yield of Dragonhead (Dracocephalum moldavica L.)

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Article 12, Volume 25, Issue 3, February 2012   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/jhorts4.v1390i0.11378

Authors

Saeideh Rahimzadeh^* ; Yousef Sohrabi; Gholamreza Heidari; Alireza Pirzad

Associate Professor of Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kurdistan, Kurdistan, Iran

Abstract

Abstract
In order to evaluate the effects of biofertilizers on yield and morphological characters in dragonhead, an experiment based on randomized complete block design with four replications was conducted in 2008. Treatments were nitroxin, biological phosphorus, biosulfur, nitroxin+biological phosphorus, biological phosphorus+ biosulfur, nitroxin+ biosulfur, nitroxin+biological phosphorus+ biosulfur, chemical origin of nitrogen+ phosphorus+ potassium and control. The results showed the effects of treatments on stem diameter, the number of flowers, the number of branches and leaves, plant dry weight and biological yield of dragonhead were significant. The highest number of branches (10) observed in nitroxin+biological phosphorus treatment. The greatest number of flowers (43) and leaves (2475), stem diameter (0.76), dry weight (28.8 gr), and biological yield (6150 kg/ha) were obtained from chemical fertilizer, althought there was no significant difference between nitroxin and chemical fertilizer. It seems that application of Nitroxin could result an optimum yield of dragonhead compared to NPK, without harmful effects assigned to chemical fertilizers due to environmental and health issues.

Keywords: Dracocephalum moldavica, Biosulfur, Biological phosphorus, Nitroxin, Dry weight