Effect of Azotobacter chroococcum and Different Rates of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea L. Moench) Yield and Phytochemical Properties

Journal of Ornamental Plants

مقاله 6، دوره 10، شماره 3، آذر 2020، صفحه 191-203   

نوع مقاله: Research Paper

نویسندگان

Seyedeh Ameneh Sajjadi^{* 1}؛ Zahra Spidkar²؛ Avid Razavi¹؛ Shahram Mehri³

¹Department of Agronomy, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

²Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Astara Branch, Islamic Azad University, Astara, Iran

³Department of Agriculture, ParsAbad Moghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, ParsAbad Moghan, Iran

چکیده

The effects of biological and chemical fertilizers were studied on quantitative and qualitative yields of coneflower in a factorial experiment carried out at the agricultural research farm in Parsabad, Ardebil. The experiment was based on a randomized complete block design with four replications. The experimental factors included N fertilizer (N0 = 0, N1 = 75 and N2 = 150 kg ha^-1) and Azotobacter (inoculation with A. chroococcum bacteria SW22 strain = B1and non–inoculation = B0). The morphological traits such as plant height, number of lateral shoots, shoot fresh and dry weight, root fresh and dry weight, number of flowers per plant, and phenol, nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) concentration were measured. The results showed the significant effects of the treatments on the growth parameters. Inoculation with Azotobacter + 75 kg N ha^-1 improved important parameters, such as shoot dry weight (40.42%), root dry weight (60.02%), and the number of flower plant^-1 (65.68%). Additionally, phenol, N, and P concentration in the plants treated with Azotobacter + 75 kg N ha^-1 were 25.11%, 34.6%, and 39.8% higher than those of the control plants, respectively. The results indicate that the use of biological fertilizers is a good choice to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers as an important tool to contribute to sustainable agriculture.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Biofertilizer؛ Biological yield؛ Chemical fertilizers؛ Nitrogen؛ Ornamental plant

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