Effect of foliar fertilization (FULARTAL) on the growth and yield of three wheat cultivars

Abstract

: A field experiment was carried out in the Experimental Field of Field Crops Department of the College of Agriculture - University of Baghdad during the winter of 2019-2020. To study the effect of foliar fertilization (FULARTAL) on the growth and yield of three wheat cultivars. A factorial experiment was applied by designing complete randomized plots with three replications. The first factor included cultivars (Abu-Ghraib, Fateh, Sham 6) symbolized by (F1, F2, F3); the second factor included three levels of fertilizer (0, 2, 4) l ha-1 , and the following symbols were taken (M0, M1, M2). The results showed there were significant differences between the levels of factors in the studied traits. There was a significant difference between cultivars, as Abu-Ghraib (F1) outperformed in some features, including plant height, tillers number, and spikes number by giving the highest averages at (107.77 cm, 434.00 spikes. m2 and 383.88 spikes. m2 ). Sham 6 cultivar (F3) showed the highest average in the flag leaf area, spike length, and the number of days from planting until 50% of flowering appeared (37.11 cm2 , 9.55 cm and 110.33 days). The concentration of 4 l ha-1 (M2) gave the highest average in the trait: plant height, tillers number, flag leaf area, spike length, and spikes number, reaching (109.89 cm, 430.89 tillers. m², 36.11 cm², 9.41 cm and 382.44 spikes m2 ). The concentration of 2 l ha-1 (M1) gave the least days from planting until 50% of flowering appeared (107.89 days). Keywords: FULARTAL fertilizer; wheat; growth and yield characteristics; foliar fertilizers.