Effect of different chemical fertilizers on chicory (Cichorium intybus L.)

Saeedeh Khaghani; Mohammad Javad Shakouri    and Saeedeh Mafakheri; Mohammad Aslanpour

doi:10.17485/ijst/2012/v5i1.15

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Effect of different chemical fertilizers on chicory (Cichorium intybus L.)

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2012/v5i1.15

Year: 2012, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-3

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Effect of different chemical fertilizers on chicory (Cichorium intybus L.)

Saeedeh Khaghani^{* 1} , Mohammad Javad Shakouri^{* 2}and Saeedeh Mafakheri³ , Mohammad Aslanpour⁴

¹Department of Environment,
² Department of Horticulture,
³Department of Horticulture,
⁴Department of Horticulture, [email protected]gmail.com^{* 2}
and [email protected]*
*Author For Correspondence
Saeedeh Khaghani
Department of Environment
Email:[email protected]

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Abstract

Chicory is a medicinal plant; its flowers and especially leaves and roots are used because of their pharmaceutical characteristics such as blood filtration, lenitive and antipyretic. This experiment was conducted in 2008 to study the effects of different chemical fertilizer in dry and semi dry climate of Torbat Jam, Iran, in the form of complete randomized design with three replications. Treatments of the experiment included control, urea (150 kg/ha), NPK as 12-6-40, NPK as 20-20-20, NPK as 28-14-14 and the complete fertilizer at two stages. Results showed that all traits were significantly affected at P≤0.01. The highest total fresh and dried weight of plant and dried weight of root were achieved when urea was applied (2050, 416 and 138 kg/ha, respectively); this treatment was most effective.
Keywords: chicory, mineral nutrients, chemical fertilizer