Effect of the foliar application of humic acid on red bean cultivars (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Abstract

In order to evaluate the effect of foliar application of humic acid on yield and yield components of red bean cultivars this experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station of Arak in 2014. The experiment was in split plots Completely Randomized Block Design (CRBD) with three replications. Three level of humic acid i.e. 0, 1.5 and 3 liters per hectare in main plots and three cultivars of red bean i.e. Derakhshan, Goli and D81083 were in sub plots used as treatments. Results of study revealed that line D81083 along with 3.0 liters per hectare of humic acid application shows superiority over the other treatments and showing 13622 kg per hectare final biomass yield. Among various tested cultivars, the lowest biomass yield (10311.1 kg/hectare) was obtained from Derakhshan cultivar without humic acid application. Further, amongst various tested doses of humic acid, highest seed yield (4253.7 kg/hectare) was reported from the cultivar line D81083 at 1.5 liter per hectare of humic acid application while the lowest yield obtained in Derakhshan without humic acid. Results of current study revealed relationship between bean cultivars and humic acid application and interaction of these two affect the yield and yield attributes of red bean.

Impact of Bio Safe Compounds and Resistance Inducers on Certain Soil Borne Diseases, Growth and Yield of Pea Plants (Pisum sativum L.)

“…Increasing pea yields as a result of using humic acids and compost tea may be attributed to enhancing the growth which mainly due to their high contents of organic and mineral substances with hormone-like activities through their involvement in photosynthesis, proteins synthesis and various enzymatic reactions (Atiyeh et al, 2002 andGad El-Hak et al, 2012). Similar increments in total yields were obtained by Mohajerani et al (2016) on beans, Shehata et al (2016) on lettuce and Yasir et al (2016) on cucumber. The data in Table 7 show that both of pod length and weight of 100 seeds of peas were non-significantly influenced by treatments in both seasons.…”

“…They enhanced roots, leaves and shoots growth of many plants as well as stimulate nutrients uptake for major nutrients (Mohajerani et al, 2016). Similarly, Shehata et al (2016) and Yasir et al (2016) showed that HA increased fresh and dry weights of leaves, number of leaves, total yield and improved quality as well as chlorophyll and carotenoid contents of head lettuce and cucumber.…”

Significance of fermentation process on biochemical properties of Phaseolus vulgaris (red beans)

“…If the Ca/P ratio is low, calcium will be low and there will be high phosphorus intake which leads to calcium loss in the urine more than normal. If the Ca/P ratio of any food is above one that food is considered “good” and “poor” if the ratio is less that 0.5, Ca/P ratio above two helps to increase the absorption of calcium in the small intestine [35] . Sodium and potassium are required for the maintenance of osmotic balance of the body fluids, the pH of the body to regulate muscles and nerves irritability, control glucose absorption and enhance normal retention of protein during growth.…”

Humic Acid-A Critical Review

“…Foliar application of humic acid improve the plant growth, accumulated photosynthetic matters and biological yield of red bean (Mohajerani et al, 2016). Application of zinc and boron in accompanied with humic acid and compost can be an effective nutritional manipulation by fixing the recommended dose of NPK to successfully reduce the pest and disease incidence in rice-mustard cropping system (Roy et al, 2017).…”