A Master’s thesis in the College of Agriculture on studying the effect of foliar nutrients on the growth traits and yield of three cauliflower genotypes.

The College of Agriculture at the University of Diyala completed the master’s thesis

(Study of the effect of foliar nutrients on growth traits and yield of three genotypes of cauliflower)

The study presented by the student, Shahad Muhammad Turki, included a study of the effect of two factors, the first factor represented by spraying plants with microelements represented by boron and zinc, and the sugar solution with sorbitol at concentrations of 100 ml l-1 and sorbitol 5 gm l-1, in addition to the interactions between them that were sprayed on the plants, and the second factor represented by hybrids. . The first spraying began 20 days after planting and continued according to the number of sprays scheduled for each treatment, so that we had 21 experimental units in one replicate, and the total number of experimental units was 63 experimental units, with 12 plants in each unit, so that the number of plants in the total experiment was 756 plants.

The most important conclusions reached by the study:
The hybrid Barkha (V3) was significantly superior in all studied traits.
Spraying with chemical treatments (sorbitol, zinc, boron) had a significant effect on all the characteristics of the study.
The interaction between the Barkha hybrid (V3) and the chemical treatment (sorbitol, zinc boron) had a significant effect in improving all the characteristics of the study.

The study recommends:-
By planting the hybrid Barkha (V3) due to its suitability to climatic conditions and its superiority in all characteristics,
Conducting studies of the same hybrid with other hybrids not currently used to determine new hybrids suitable for cultivation in the same climatic conditions of the study area. We recommend using spraying with chemical treatment (sorbitol, zinc, boron) at the concentrations used in the study, and conducting future studies of the same materials used with an increase. Concentrations to indicate the extent to which cauliflower plants respond to higher concentrations or use with other plants.