Effect of Spraying With Gibberellic and Liquorices Extract and Their Interaction on Some Growth Characteristics and Yield Components of Trigonella foenum–graecum L. ( Indian Varity ).

Abstract

This study was conducted in private nursery in Baghdad governorate during the growing season of 2013 –2014 to study the effect of three concentrations of GA3 ( 0 , 100 and 200 mg.l-1 ) and three concentrations of liquorices extract ( 0 , 2 and 4 g.l-1 ) and their interactions on growth of fenugreek plant ( Indian Varity ). This experiment was conducted in as a factorial experiment , Complete Randomized Block Design ( R.C.B.D.) with three replicates. Results indicated that plants treated with concentrations of 100 mg.l-1 GA3 and 4 g.l-1 liquorices extract and their interactions showed the highest values of all measured parameters. Significantly increased dry weight, pod number and length , fresh weight of pods , number of seeds / pod and number of seeds in plant compared with control plants .