Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Efficiency of zinc and iron application methods on sunflower

Author(s):

Elnaz Ebrahimian ^1*, Ahmad Bybordi ^2*, Bahman Pasban Eslam ²

Recieved Date: 2010-06-22, Accepted Date: 2010-10-27

Abstract:

In order to evaluate efficiency of zinc and iron microelements application methods on sunflower, an experiment was conducted in the Agricultural Research Station of Eastern Azerbaijan province in 2008. The experimental design was a RCBD with eight treatments (F1 control, F2 iron, F3 zinc, F4 iron + zinc in the form of soil utility, F5 iron, F6 zinc, F7 iron+ zinc in the form of solution foliar application, and F8 iron + zinc in the form of soil utility and foliar application). Analysis of variance showed that there were significant differences among treatments on given traits, antioxidant enzymes activity, fatty acids percentage, plant height, seed weight to capitulum weight ratio, protein percentage, oil percentage, oil yield, 1000 seed weight, seed yield, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium percentage of leaves, zinc and iron content of leaves and capitulum diameters. The highest seed yield, oil yield, oil percentage, 1000 seed weight, seed weight to capitulum weight ratio and protein percentage were obtained from the soil and foliar application of iron + zinc treatments (F8). Also, the highest amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium concentration in leaves were achieved from control treatment which was an indication of non-efficiency of iron and zinc on the absorption rate of these substances in the leaves. The correlation between effective traits on the seed yield, such as, capitulum diameter, number of seed rows in capitulum, seed weight to capitulum weight ratio and 1000-seed weight were positively significant. In general, foliar and soil application of zinc and iron had the highest efficiency in aspect of seed production. The comparison of the various methods of fertilization showed that foliar application was more effective than soil application. Also, micronutrient foliar application increased concentration of elements, especially zinc and iron. Antioxidant enzymes activity was different in response to treatments, also the highest palmitoleic, oleic and myristic acid were observed in F6 and F7 treatments.

Keywords:

Foliar application, iron, soil utility, sunflower, zinc

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Journal: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
Year: 2010
Volume: 8
Issue: 3&4
Category: Agriculture
Pages: 783-789

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