Interaction Between Phosphorus and Zinc on the Biomass Yield and Yield Attributes of the Medicinal Plant Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana)

A greenhouse experiment was conducted at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bangalore to study the interaction effect between phosphorus (P) and zinc (Zn) on the yield and yield attributes of the medicinal plant stevia. The results show that the yield and yield attributes have been found to be significantly affected by different treatments. The total yield in terms of biomass production has been increased significantly with the application of Zn and P in different combinations and methods, being highest (23.34 g fresh biomass) in the treatment where Zn was applied as both soil (10 kg ZnSO4/ha) and foliar spray (0.2% ZnSO4). The results also envisaged that the different yield attributes viz. height, total number of branches, and number of leaves per plant have been found to be varied with treatments, being highest in the treatment where Zn was applied as both soil and foliar spray without the application of P. The results further indicated that the yield and yield attributes of stevia have been found to be decreased in the treatment where Zn was applied as both soil and foliar spray along with P suggesting an antagonistic effect between Zn and P.

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Interaction Effect between Phosphorus and Zinc on their Availability in Soil in Relation to their Contents in Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana)

The Scientific World JOURNAL ◽

10.1100/tsw.2005.63 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 490-495 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Kuntal Das ◽

Raman Dang ◽

T. N. Shivananda ◽

Pintu Sur

Keyword(s):

Plant Growth ◽

Interaction Effect ◽

Foliar Spray ◽

Stevia Rebaudiana ◽

Antagonistic Effect ◽

Indian Institute ◽

Greenhouse Experiment ◽

Available P ◽

Zn Content ◽

Horticultural Research

A greenhouse experiment was conducted at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bangalore to study the interaction effect between phosphorus and zinc on their availability in soil in relation to their contents in stevia (Stevia rebaudiana). The results show that the amount of available P and Zn content in soil has been found to increase initially and, thereafter, the amount of the same decreased with the progress of plant growth up to 60 days irrespective of treatments. The amount of P and Zn in soils showed an increase with their separate applications either as soil or foliar spray while that of the same value significantly decreased both in soils and plants due to their combined applications, suggesting a mutual antagonistic effect between Zn and P affecting each other's availability in soil and content in the stevia plant.

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Effects of Phosphorus Fertilization on Hybrid Varieties of mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] in a Salinity Prone Area of the Subtropics

Acta Agrobotanica ◽

10.5586/aa.7338 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 73 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Mst. Nusrat Jahan ◽

Sushama Barua ◽

Hasan Ali ◽

Md. Noyon Ali ◽

Md. Sazzad Hossain Chowdhury ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Seed Weight ◽

Block Design ◽

Interactive Effect ◽

Growth Yield ◽

Phosphorus Fertilization ◽

Yield Attributes ◽

Number Of Leaves ◽

Pod Length ◽

Number Of Seeds ◽

Number Of Branches

A field experiment was conducted comprising two varieties of mungbean, BARI Mung-5 (V1) and BARI Mung-6 (V2), and five levels of phosphorus fertilizer: triple super phosphate [Ca(H2PO4)] viz. T1 (control), T2 (42.5 kg P ha−1), T3 (85 kg P ha−1), T4 (127.5 kg P ha−1), and T5 (170 kg P ha−1). The experiment was organized in a randomized complete block design with three replications. V1 produced the highest number of pods per plant (7.65), whereas the maximum 1,000-seed weight (49 g) was produced by V2. The maximum plant height (30.89 cm), number of branches per plant (8.55), number of leaves per plant (19.05), number of pods per plant (10.25), pod length (8.95 cm), number of seeds per pod (9.11), 1,000-seed weight (48.17 g), and yield (1.05 t ha−1) were obtained from the T4 treatment. The interaction of phosphorus levels and varieties had a considerable effect on the growth, yield, and yield attributes of mungbean. The highest number of leaves (20.44) and number of pods (10.39) were obtained from V1 when 127.5 kg P ha−1 (T4) was applied, whereas the maximum number of seeds per pod (9.25) and maximum pod length (9.09 cm) were obtained when 85 kg P ha−1 and 42.5 kg P ha−1, respectively, were used. The highest number of branches per plant (8.87), 1,000-seed weight (52.83 g), and the maximum seed yield (1.14 t ha−1) were achieved from the treatment V2T4 owing to the interactive effect of phosphorus dose and mungbean variety.

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Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Plant Growth and Tuber Yield of Dahlia (Dahlia variabilis) cv. Kenya White

International Journal of Plant & Soil Science ◽

10.9734/ijpss/2021/v33i2430753 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 80-84

Author(s):

T. Raghunandan ◽

J. P. Collis ◽

S. Saravanan ◽

K. S. Barman

Keyword(s):

Nutrient Management ◽

Tuber Yield ◽

Block Design ◽

Tuber Weight ◽

Integrated Nutrient Management ◽

Spring Season ◽

Yield Attributes ◽

Randomized Complete Block Design ◽

Number Of Leaves ◽

Number Of Branches

The experiment was carried out at Experimental field, Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences [formerly known as Allahabad Agriculture Institute Deemed University, AAI-DU] during the Spring season 2014-2015. The experiment consists of Thirteen treatments viz., (T0) Control-RDF (100:120:100 N P K kg ha-1,), (T1) 75% RDF + AZ@ 2.5 kg ha-1,, (T2) 75% RDF + FYM @ 10 ton ha-1, (T3) 75% RDF + VC@ 10 ton ha-1, (T4) 75% RDF + AZ @ 2.5 kg/ha +FYM @ 10 ton ha-1+VC @ 10 ton ha-1, (T5) 50% RDF +AZ@ 2.5 kg ha-1, (T6) 50% RDF + FYM@ 10 ton ha-1, (T7) 50% RDF + VC@ 10 ton ha-1, (T8) 50% RDF + AZ @ 2.5 kg ha-1+FYM @ 10 ton ha-1+VC @ 10 ton ha-1, (T9) 25% RDF + AZ@ 2.5 kg ha-1, (T10) 25% RDF + FYM@ 10 ton ha-1, (T11) 25% RDF + VC@ 10 ton ha-1+, (T12) 25% RDF + AZ @ 2.5 kg ha-1+FYM @ 10 ton ha-1+VC @ 10 ton ha-1. The treatments were replicated thrice in a Randomized Complete Block Design. The results revealed that Plants treated with 75% RDF + AZ @ 2.5 kg/ha +FYM @ 10 t/ha +VC @ 10 t/ha (T4) significantly recorded maximum vegetative and Tuber yield attributes like plant height (91.87 cm), plant spread (92.38 cm), Number of Branches per plant (7.27), number of leaves per plant (26.53), number of tubers per plant (4.80), maximum tuber weight (958.53) and Maximum tuber yield per plant was recorded in T4 (75% RDF + AZ @ 2.5 kg/ha +FYM @ 10 t/ha +VC @ 10 t/ha) (43.33g) followed by T3 (75% RDF + VC @ 10 t/ha) (40.95g).

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Growth and Production of Lemon Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) Accessions Grown in Different Compositions of KCl Fertilizer and Cow Urine

JURNAL AGRONIDA ◽

10.30997/jag.v4i2.1569 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Wawan Setiawan ◽

Octavianus Lumban Tobing ◽

Arifah Rahayu

Keyword(s):

Leaf Area ◽

Total Yield ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Ocimum Basilicum ◽

Food Ingredient ◽

Two Factors ◽

Indigenous Plant ◽

Wet Weight ◽

Number Of Leaves ◽

Number Of Branches

Lemon basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is an indigenous plant which is commonly used as vegetable,medicinal herb, cosmetic ingredient, perfume ingredient, and food ingredient. This study was aimedat assessing the effects of the application of different compositions of KCl fertilizer and cattle urineon the growth and production of lemon basil accession. A factorial completely randomized designwith two factors was used. The first factor was the composition of KCl fertilizer and cattle urineconsisting of six levels, namely 100% R cattle urine 75% R cattle urine + 25% R KCl, 50% Rcattle urine + 50% R KCl, 25% R cattle urine + 75% R KCl, 100% R KCl, and 0% R cattle urine+ 0% R KCl. The second factor was lemon basil accession consisting of three levels, namely Bogor,Cianjur, and Sukabumi. Results showed that the composition of 25% R cattle urine + 75% R KCland 100% R cattle urine gave leaf area and total yield dry weight, respectively, which were higherthan those in other treatments. Bogor accession was found to have plant height, number of leaves,and length of branches which were significantly higher than those found in other accessions.Meanwhile, number of branches, leaf area, stem diameter, yield wet weight, and yield dry weightof Sukabumi accession were higher than those in Bogor and Cianjur accessions.Key words: Ocimum basilicum, leaf area, dry weight

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Performance of Different Cultivars of Mungbean in Coastal Region of Bangladesh

SAARC Journal of Agriculture ◽

10.3329/sja.v18i1.48390 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 161-172

Author(s):

KN Islam ◽

MMH Khan ◽

MM Islam ◽

MM Uddin ◽

MA Latif

Keyword(s):

Block Design ◽

Coastal Region ◽

Flood Plain ◽

Ecological Zone ◽

Contributing Factors ◽

Yield Attributes ◽

Randomized Complete Block Design ◽

Number Of Leaves ◽

Pod Length ◽

Number Of Branches

The study was conducted at farmers’ field of Itbaria, Patuakhali sadarupazila under Patuakhali district during January to April 2016under the agro ecological zone AEZ-13 (Ganges Tidal Flood plain). This site was located in between 22°14' and 22°29' North latitudes and in between 90°12' and 90°28' East longitudes of Bangladesh. Fifteenmungbean varieties viz., BARI Mung-1, BARI Mung-2, BARI Mung-3, BARI Mung-4, BARI Mung-5, BARI Mung-6, BINA Moog-4, BINA Moog-5, BINA Moog- 6, BINA Moog-7, BINA Moog-8, BU Mug-1, BU Mug-2, BU Mug-4 and Patuakhali local Mung were tested to select best suitable variety for costal region.The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with threereplications. Significant variation was observed among the different mungbeanvarities in respect of majority of the observed parameters.BU Mug-1 showed the tallest plant height while the tallest pod length was observed in BARI Mung-5. The highest number of branches per plant was found in BINA Moog-4 whereas the highest number of leaves per plant found for BARI Mung-6. The highest seed yield and yield attributes like number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod and 1000 seed weight was recorded in BARI Mung-6 followed by BINA Moog-8 while Patuakhali local Mung produced the lowest yield and attributes. Most of the yield contributing factors of BARI Mung-6 wasfavorable for better yield in coastal region of Bangladesh. Hence the mungbean production can be increased by introducingBARI Mung-6 in costal region. SAARC J. Agri., 18(1): 161-172 (2020)

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The Effect of Planting Distance and Spraying with Different Concentrations of (Micronate15) on Vegetative Growth and Yield Traits of Pea Plant (Pisum Sativum L.)

Kurdistan Journal of Applied Research ◽

10.24017/science.2018.3.3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 13-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ismael Ahmad Hassan

Keyword(s):

Vegetative Growth ◽

Foliar Application ◽

Growth Traits ◽

Total Yield ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Fresh Weight ◽

Number Of Leaves ◽

Planting Distance ◽

Number Of Seeds ◽

Number Of Branches

The aim of this study was to find the effect of planting distances and spraying with different concentrations of leaf fertilizer with micronate15 on some vegetative growth traits and yield of pea variety Green Canada in non-heated greenhouses, by using three planting distance (factor A) which includes: A1:20, A2: 30, and A3:40 cm and four spray concentrations as foliar application (factor B) which includes: B0: zero, B1: 0.5, b2: 1.5 and b3: 2.5 liter of water). According to the results of this study the highest plant (124.82cm), number of branches (4.58), fresh weight,(95.94 g) and the total yield (142.41 g)were observed in the distance of planting (30 cm), while the highest value of the pod length was observed from the distance planting in 40 cm which is 8.39 cm. The concentration of 1.5 mL / liter of micronate15 gave the highest values of branches 4.53 branches, fresh weight 97.47 g, number of pods 36.73 pods, number of seeds 8.55 oats, length of the pod 8.83 cm and the total yield 150.78 g. The highest values of the number of branches 5.14 branch, fresh weight 105.72 g, the number of seeds 8.90 seed and the total yield 159.78 g were observed from the interaction between the planting distance of 30 cm and 1.5 mL / liter of nutrient micronate15. Also, the interaction between 20 cm distance and foliar application with 2.5 mL l of micronate15 gave the highest value in the number of leaves which is 53.36.

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Effect of different levels of phosphorus on growth and yield of Cowpea varieties in Dang, Nepal

Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources ◽

10.3126/janr.v4i1.33228 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 62-78

Author(s):

Anjeela Aryal ◽

Ashbin Kumar Devkota ◽

Krishna Aryal ◽

Mohan Mahato

Keyword(s):

Leaf Area ◽

Total Yield ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Optimum Level ◽

Phosphorus Level ◽

Cowpea Varieties ◽

Number Of Leaves ◽

Pod Length ◽

Different Levels ◽

Number Of Branches

Variety having proper response to phosphorus for proper nutrient uptake and the optimum level of phosphorus for higher yield may be a way of increasing production and productivity in the context of Nepal. This experiment was carried out in Lamahi Municpality, Dang district of the Province no: 5, inner terai region of Nepal during the rainy season, 2019. The objective of the experiment was to study the effect of different phosphorus level on growth and development of different varieties of cowpea. The experiment was laid out in two factorial RCBD with two varieties (Aakash and Prakash) and five phosphorus level (0 kg ha-1, 20 kg ha-1, 40 kg ha-1, 60 kg ha-1 and 80 kg ha-1). The result revealed that variety Aakash showed the significantly higher yield of fresh pod (15.99 t ha-1) and yield attributing parameters like number of leaves at 45 DAS (35.22), leaf area at 45 DAS (70.23 cm²), pod diameter (0.77 cm), total number of fresh pods per plant (44.85) than Prakash variety (yield; 12.25 t ha-1). The parameters like number of branches and pod length were not affected by the variety used. In addition, the different level of P also affects the yield of the fresh pod of different varieties. The P level 40 kg ha-1 reported highest yield of fresh pod (20.18 t ha-1 and showed significantly higher number of leaves (38.9), number of branches (23.48), plant height (88.78cm), leaf area (81.89 cm²), pod length (17.76 cm), pod diameter (0.79 cm) and total number of fresh pods per plant (55.19) whereas control produced the lowest total yield of fresh pod (8.33 t ha-1), control (30.99) and 80 kg P ha-1 (30.86) produced the least number of leaves, control produced the least number of branches (17.31), control (63.77 cm) and 80 kg P ha-1 (67.83) produced the shortest plant, 80 kg P ha-1 produced the minimum leaf area (51.09 cm2), control produced least pod length (14.3 cm), pod diameter (0.74cm), total number of fresh pods (34.29). Similarly, interaction of Aakash and phosphorus dose 40 kg ha-1 produced significantly maximum number of leaves (43.07) and total yield of fresh pods (23.33 t ha-1). The results of the experiment revealed that variety Aakash with the phosphorus level 40 kg ha-1 seems the more profitable in Terai and inner Terai condition of Nepal. However, the results need to be confirmed for other varieties used by farmers in the region.

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Growth variation and proline accumulation of Echinacea purpurea cultivated to CaCl2 salinity

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/905/1/012017 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 905 (1) ◽

pp. 012017

Author(s):

J P Choirunnisa ◽

Y Widiyastuti ◽

B Pujiasmanto ◽

A T Sakya ◽

A Yunus

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plant ◽

Echinacea Purpurea ◽

Proline Accumulation ◽

Purple Coneflower ◽

Randomized Design ◽

Growth Variation ◽

Number Of Leaves ◽

Completely Randomized Design ◽

Saline Land ◽

Number Of Branches

Abstract Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench) is classified as medicinal plant comes from North America and not much developed in Indonesia. E. purpurea can be developed by utilizing suboptimal land such as saline land. This study aims to determine the effect of CaCl2 concentration on growth and proline accumulation of three accessions E. purpurea. This study used a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 2 factors and five replications. The first factor is three accessions E. purpurea (accession 1; 2; and 3). The two factor is four concentrations CaCl2 (0; 2500; 5000; and 10000 ppm). The observations are plant height, number of leaves, number of branches and proline accumulation. Data were analyzed using SPSS to test difference. The results showed that highest concentration of CaCl2 can inhibit growth and increase proline accumulation. The highest proline accumulation in accession 2 was 22.8002 µmol g−1, accession 2 as an indicator of accession tolerant to salinity.

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Unequal Probability Scheme for Fruit Count in a Guava Tree

Journal of AgriSearch ◽

10.21921/jas.v3i4.6713 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Author(s):

R. C. BHARATI

Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Area ◽

Equal Probability ◽

Sampling Scheme ◽

Research Station ◽

Sectional Area ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Unequal Probability ◽

Selection Probabilities ◽

Horticultural Research ◽

Number Of Branches

Data on fruit count corresponding to primary, secondary and tertiary branches of a randomly selected guava CV. Allahabad Safeda were recorded from the guava orchard of Horticultural Research Station, Birauli. The proposed sampling scheme in which the selection probabilities are based on length of braches between two forking points was compared with equal probability(PE), probability proportional to the number of branches(PPN), probability proportional to the cross sectional area (PPA) and probability proportional to volume (PPV) method of sampling and found to be more efficient.

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The Classification of Medicinal Plant Leaves Based on Multispectral and Texture Feature Using Machine Learning Approach

Agronomy ◽

10.3390/agronomy11020263 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 263

Author(s):

Samreen Naeem ◽

Aqib Ali ◽

Christophe Chesneau ◽

Muhammad H. Tahir ◽

Farrukh Jamal ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Medicinal Plant ◽

Texture Feature ◽

Stevia Rebaudiana ◽

Ocimum Sanctum ◽

Multi Layer Perceptron ◽

Plant Leaves ◽

Chi Square ◽

Lemon Balm

This study proposes the machine learning based classification of medical plant leaves. The total six varieties of medicinal plant leaves-based dataset are collected from the Department of Agriculture, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan. These plants are commonly named in English as (herbal) Tulsi, Peppermint, Bael, Lemon balm, Catnip, and Stevia and scientifically named in Latin as Ocimum sanctum, Mentha balsamea, Aegle marmelos, Melissa officinalis, Nepeta cataria, and Stevia rebaudiana, respectively. The multispectral and digital image dataset are collected via a computer vision laboratory setup. For the preprocessing step, we crop the region of the leaf and transform it into a gray level format. Secondly, we perform a seed intensity-based edge/line detection utilizing Sobel filter and draw five regions of observations. A total of 65 fused features dataset is extracted, being a combination of texture, run-length matrix, and multi-spectral features. For the feature optimization process, we employ a chi-square feature selection approach and select 14 optimized features. Finally, five machine learning classifiers named as a multi-layer perceptron, logit-boost, bagging, random forest, and simple logistic are deployed on an optimized medicinal plant leaves dataset, and it is observed that the multi-layer perceptron classifier shows a relatively promising accuracy of 99.01% as compared to the competition. The distinct classification accuracy by the multi-layer perceptron classifier on six medicinal plant leaves are 99.10% for Tulsi, 99.80% for Peppermint, 98.40% for Bael, 99.90% for Lemon balm, 98.40% for Catnip, and 99.20% for Stevia.

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