Effect of Spraying Plant Extracts and Vitamin C on Yield and performance of Pop Corn Zea mays everta

Effect of Spraying Plant Extracts and Vitamin C on Yield and performance of Pop Corn Zea mays everta

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A study was Conducted during fall-season of 2009 and spring of 2010 at the farm of field crops Department , College of Agriculture to determinate the effect of some plant extracts and vitamin C on growth and yield of pop corn sawing in two season.The layout Wrinkle Release of the experiment was RCBD with four replications.The treatments were karkadea Hibiscus sabdariffa L.

extraction in 25%, liquorices Glycrrhiza glabra L.in 50% consenters and vitamin C in 1.5gm.

L-1 in addition to control ( spray with distill water only).Results showed that liquorices was superior in plant height about 177.5 and 175 cm resp.

for both season.Vitamin C was superior in ear height in fall season about 127.5cm while liquorices was the best in spring season which gave about 132.

5 cm.Spraying with karkadea extracts gave best L.A.

about 0.5325 m-2 and 0.4625 m-2 for both seasons resp.

High number of ears per plant 1.75 , 1.5, high number of MANGANESE CHELATE 25MG rows per ear (18 and 16), grain per row (32 and 28 ), grain per ear (57.

3 and 448 grain.ear-1 ) also grain yield plant -1 ( 96.0 and 81.

5 ) and total grain yield about 6.720 and 5.763 ton.

ha-1 for both seasons resp.it was concluded that spraying of karkadea liquorices extracts and vitamin C could be recommended for best growth and yield of pop corn.