PJB-2009-335
EFFECT OF VARIOUS FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS ON NUTRITIONAL CONTENT AND LENGTH OF STEM AND NODE OF A CARNATION (DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS L) SEEDLINGS
IŞIN KOCABAŞ1 AND MUSTAFA KAPLAN1*
Abstract
In the present study, sprayed carnation cuttings either stored in a cold storage at 4oC for 55 days or non-stored were used as plant material. During rooting process, 3 different fertilizer solutions were applied through leaves of carnation cuttings at two separate application intervals and its respective effect on some of the morphological characteristics and nutritional contents of the seedlings were investigated. As a result of the study, it was found that the fertilizer solutions increased the K, Ca, Mg, Zn and Cu contents in seedlings obtained from stored cuttings and that the solutions increased the K, Ca and Cu contents in seedlings formed by rooting of non-stored cuttings while they attenuated the Mn amount. The fertilizer solutions increased the length between the stem and the first node and decreased the length between the stem and the fifth node in seedlings obtained from the stored cuttings. On the other hand, they increased the number of nodes in the seedlings from non-stored cuttings. Frequency of the application was found to affect the N, P, K and Mg amounts in seedlings obtained from stored cuttings and the Mg and Cu contents in seedlings obtained from non-stored cuttings. When their morphological characteristics were investigated, it was identified that the fertilizer solutions proved to affect the fifth node length of seedlings obtained from stored cuttings and the stem diameter of the seedlings obtained from non-stored cuttings.
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