Two pot experiments were carried out during two successive winter seasons of 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 in a private commercial nursery located at Damanhour City, El-Beheira Governorate, Egypt. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of two synthetic cytokinins: benzyl amino purine (BAP) at 50 and 100 ppm and 6-furfuryl-aminopurine (kinetin) at 25 and 50 ppm, each alone, on the growth performance, yield and quality of three varieties (pulchella, Mesa Yellow and Lorenziana) of gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella). The experiment was designed as a split-plot design containing three replicates. The obtained results of the two seasons, generally, revealed that Gaillardia pulchella var. pulchella had the highest plant and flowering growth parameters, (viz. number of inflorescence per plant and flowering duration). While, Lorenziana variety showed the best diameter, longevity, fresh weight and dry weight of inflorescence per plant. Spraying gaillardia plants with BAP and kinetin significantly enhanced vegetative, root and flowering parameters compared to the control treatment. From that, BAP at 100 ppm or kinetin at 25 ppm recorded the highest mean values of the most recorded data and might be considered as optimal treatment for the production of high yield and quality of gaillardia plants under the environmental conditions of El-Beheira Governorate and other similar regions.
Two pot experiments were carried out during the two successive Winter seasons of 2015/2016 and 2016/2017. The experiments were executed in a private commercial nursery located at Damanhour City, El-Beheira Governorate, Egypt under greenhouse conditions. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of silicon (Potassium silicate; Si) as a spray, or a soil drench at concentrations of 0, 5 and 7.5 mmol in enhancing Narcissus tazetta L. growth, flower production, and quality. The experiment was conducted as a split-plot in a randomized complete block design (RCBD). The obtained results of the two seasons, generally, showed that application of silicon as soil drench at 7.5 mmol recorded the highest mean values of the most data recorded and might be considered as optimal treatment for the production of high yield and quality of narcissus plants under the environmental conditions of Beheira Governorate and other similar regions.
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