Study on the Effect of Different Growing Media on the Growth and Yield of Gerbera(Gerbera jamesonii L.)

Journal of Ornamental Plants

مقاله 8، دوره 1، شماره 3، آذر 1390، صفحه 185-189   

نویسندگان

M. A. Khalaj^{* 1}؛ M. Amiri²؛ S.S. Sindhu³

¹Board Member of the National Ornamental Plant Research Station (Mahallat), Iran

²M.Sc. Student, Plant Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

³Division of Floriculture and Landscaping, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012

چکیده

To study the effect of different substrates on growth and yield of gerbera, this experiment was carried out as randomized completely block design with 14 treatments and 3 replications. Treatments were as fallowing: fine sand, peat+fine sand (25%+75%), peat+fine sand (50%+50%), perlite+peat (75%+25%), perlite+peat (50%+50%), perlite+peat (25% +75%), perlite+peat+expanded clay (25%+70%+5%), perlite+peat+ expanded clay (50 %+25%+25%), perlite+peat+expanded clay (25%+50%+25%), perlite+expanded clay (50%+50%), cocopeat, cocopeat+ perlite (75%+25%), cocopeat+perlite (50%+50%), coco peat+perlite+ expanded clay (50%+25%+25%), plants were fertilized with a same nutrient solution. Results showed that the growing medium containing perlite+ peat+expanded clay (25%+70%+5%) was the best treatment. In this substrate, flower number, flower diameter, shoot diameter, stem neck diameter, flower height and vase life showed significant difference among growing media.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Gerbera؛ Expanded Clay؛ growth؛ Peat؛ Perlite؛ yield