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Scientific Journal of Flowers and Ornamental Plants
ISSN 2356-7864 · Scientific Society for Flowers and Ornamental Plants · 259 articles in the index
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ENHANCING THE TOLERANCE OF FENNEL PLANT TO SALINITY STRESS USING GAMMA RAYS AND LASER AND EVALUATING THE MUTATIONS BY ISSR AND RAPD MARKERS
Salinity causes a decrease in plant growth and productivity, and the problem of salinity increases with the worsening impact of climate change. This work aimed to study the effect of the physical mutants, laser and gamma rays, on the vegetative growth, yield and chemical constituents of Foeniculum…
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EFFECT OF HUMIC ACID AND SOME MICRO NUTRIENTS ON GROWTH, SEED YIELD AND OIL CONTENT OF BORAGO OFFICINALIS L. PLANT
Borage (Borago officinalis L.) is a yearly herbaceous plant belonging to the Boraginaceae family and known as the bee plant or bee bread. Borage is a significant medicinal plant indigenous to the Mediterranean region and has become widespread in many other countries. A factorial experiment was…
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EFFECT OF SOIL TYPE AND NITROGEN LEVELS ON GROWTH, YIELD AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SALVIA OFFICINALIS L.
The present study was conducted on Salvia officinalis L. plants throughout two successive seasons in 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 at a private farm in Fayoum Governorate, Egypt. The experiments aimed to find out the individual and the combined effects of nitrogen at three concentrations in the form of…
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EFFECT OF SOIL TYPE AND MYCORRHIZA INOCULATES ON GROWTH, YIELD AND CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF SALVIA OFFICINALIS L.
The present study was conducted on sage (Salvia officinalis L.) plants throughout two successive seasons 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 at a private farm in Fayoum Governorate, Egypt. The experiments aimed to find out the individual and the combined effects of mycorrhiza inoculates at three concentrations…
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EFFECT OF PLANTING DATE AND FOLIAR APPLICATION OF HUMIC ACID ON VEGETATIVE GROWTH, YIELD, AND FIXED OIL OF BLACK CUMIN PLANTS
An experiment was established to study the influence of humic acid (HA) application at different rates (0, 1.5, 3.0 and 4.5 g/l) on vegetative characters and the production of black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) sown on three different dates (15th Oct., 1st and 15th Nov.). The plants cultivated on the…
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EFFECT OF PLANTING DATES, ALGAE EXTRACT AND NITROGEN FERTILIZER RATES ON THE GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF CALENDULA OFFICINALIS L. UNDER SANDY SOIL CONDITIONS
A field experiment was set up at the Experimental Farm of the El-Quassassin Horticultural Research Station, Hort. Res. Inst., ARC., Ismailia Governorate, Egypt, during two winter seasons (2022/2023 and 2023/2024), with the aim to achieve the optimal growth and flowering productivity of marigold…
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RESPONSE OF SEASHORE PASPALUM (PASPALUM VAGINATUM SWARTZ.) LAWN TO DIFFERENT NPK FERTILIZATION TREATMENTS AND PLANTING DENSITY AT NEW VALLEY REGION UNDER SPRINKLER SYSTEM
A field study was carried out at East Owainat Agric., Res. Station, New Valley, Egypt during two successive seasons (2022/2023 and 2023/2024) to investigate the most suitable NPK fertilization rate and five planting densities (70, 60, 50, 40 and 30 plants/m2) for the best growth performance of…
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INFLUENCE POTASSIUM HUMATE ON ROSEMARY PLANTS GROWN IN SANDY SOIL UNDER IRRIGATION WITH SALINE WATER
To examine the ability of potassium humate (0, 1000, 2000 and 3000 ppm) for lessening the deleterious impacts of saline water (0, 1.4, 2.8 and 4.2 dS/m) on Rosmarinus officinalis plant, a pot study was undertaken at the Nursery of Ornamental Plants, Fac. Agric., Minia Univ. during the two…
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RATIONALIZING THE USE OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS BY USING SOME MICRO-ORGANISMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY OF OENOTHERA BIENNIS L. PLANT
In order to examine the effects of bio-agent technology, the current study, which used a complete randomized block design, was conducted in the Farm of Cairo University's Pharmacy Department throughout the two succeeding growing seasons of 2020/2021 and 2021/2022. In order to investigate the…
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RESPONSE OF SWEET BASIL PLANTS TO SPRAYING WITH CHITOSAN AND PROLINE GROWN IN SALINE SOIL
A field experiment was conducted with sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum, L.) throughout two successive seasons of 2022 and 2023 in the Eastern Desert of Minya Governorate to evaluate the response of basil plants to spraying with chitosan and proline under saline soil conditions on its production and…
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EFFECT OF POTASSIUM FERTILIZATION ON TWO MENTHA SPECIES
A field experiment was carried out at Cairo Aromatic Farm found in Farafra Oasis (New Valley) through two growing seasons (2022 and 2023) to examine the impact of different levels of potassium sulfate ( 50% K2O) fertilization (0.0, 45, 90 and 135 kg/fed K2O/fed) on the vegetative growth characters…
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EFFECTS OF SOME NATURAL SOIL AMENDMENTS AND WATER REQUIREMENTS ON THE GROWTH AND CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF SOME LAWNS (PASPALUM VAGINATUM, L.)
The aim of this research was to improve properties of calcareous soil by adding two natural soil conditioners (sand + compost) with different rations, i.e., calcareous, calcareous + composted leaves (3:1 v/v), calcareous + sand (3:1 v/v) and calcareous + sand + composted leaves (1.5:1.5:1 v/v/v))…
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EFFECT OF POTASSIUM FERTILIZATION ON OIL PRODUCTIVITY AND SOME CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF MENTHA SPICATA AND MENTHA PIPERITA
The farm of Cairo Aromatic located in Farafra Oases (New Valley) was subjected to a field experiment through two successive seasons (2022 and 2023) to evaluate the effect of potassium sulfate K2SO4 (0.0, 90, 180 and 270 kg/fed) on oil production (volatile oil %, volatile oil yield either per m2 per…
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EFFECT OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND BIOCHAR ON EVENING PRIMROSE (OENOTHERA BIENNIS L.) PLANT
A field experiment was done to investigate the effect of biochar application (0, 1 and 2 t/fed) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation (un-inoculation, seed-inoculation and after-germination inoculation) on growth, yield and quality of evening primrose plants (Oenothera biennis L.)…
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RESPONSE OF FOUR ORIENTAL LILIUM CULTIVARS TO POTASSIUM SOURCES ACCOMPANIED BY INTEGRAL FERTILIZER APPLICATION
Improving the quality of oriental Lilium is a big demand from farmers and florists in Egypt using proper fertilization. In this research, we studied different responses of four cultivars of oriental Lilium, ‘Bacardi®’, ‘Zambesi®’, ‘Adelante®’, and ‘Vonq®’, to six treatments of two potassium…
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REDUCING SALINITY INJURIES ON GROWTH AND QUALITY OF MURRAYA EXOTICA (L.) JACK PLANT USING SOME SOIL ADDITIVES
A pot experiment was conducted in the open field at the nursery of Hort. Res. Institute, Giza, Egypt during 2022 and 2023 seasons to study the role of either gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O) or magnetic iron (Fe3O4) at 2.0 g/plant for each in reducing the harmful effects of saline irrigation water at 0, 2000…
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INFLUENCE OF FOLIAR SPRAY WITH AMINO ACIDS AND SEAWEED EXTRACT COMBINED WITH MICROELEMENTS AND CALCIUM ON GROWTH, FLOWERING AND YIELD OF HYMENOCALLIS SPECIOSA L.
The present study aimed to investigate the beneficial effects of foliar spraying with amino acids and seaweed extract each at concentrations of 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 ml/l alone or with the addition of a mixture of microelements at 0.5 g/l and calcium at 0.25 ml/l on vegetative growth, flowering, bulb…
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INFLUENCE OF HUMIC ACID AND MINERAL NUTRITION ON THE GROWTH, YIELD OF FLOWERS AND THE CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF ROSA HYBRIDA, L.
The present study was designed to investigate the influence of humic acid (HA) as an organic nutrition and mineral NPK and their combined effects on growth, qualitative and quantitative characteristics and the chemical constituents of Rosa hybrida, L. cv. Santrix plants. Four different doses of…
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EVALUATING THE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION APPROACH OF WOODY TAXA IN GIZA ZOO, EGYPT
This is the first study to measure the diversity of woody taxa in Giza Zoo garden considered an extraordinarily diverse hotspot with an unusually high number of woody taxa found nowhere else in Egypt especially, tropical species. This study was conducted in several stages, preparation, inventory…
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ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF BASAL MEDIUM AND HORMONAL SUPPLEMENTS ON IN VITRO MICROPROPAGATION OF PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS
Plectranthus amboinicus plant is known for its traditional and modern pharmacological uses as well as its ornamental value. The high demand for plant harvest necessitates the existence of several alternative commercial propagation protocols. Therefore, the present paper explores the impact of…