| Abstrakt: |
This study was carried out at vegetables field of Horticulture and landscape department, College of Agriculture and Forestry, Mosul University, Iraq, during season 2018, to investigate the effect of two factors, first: soil mulching which included black plastic and without mulching. Second factor: included three types of fertilizer (chemical NPK with Tow organic fertilizers: Humic acid and at Atalpolina on growth and yield characters of summer squash plants. The experiment involved 8 treatments which conducted in a Split -- plot system arranged within Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). The obtained results could be summarized as follows: soil mulching treatment of black plastic showed to a significant increase in leaf area, fruits number, fruits weight, fruit length, plant yield and total yield as compared to plants planted in non-mulching soil. All fertilizers treatments leaded to a significant increase in most growth and yield studied characters as compared to control plants, most of interaction between cover type and types of fertilizer showed same significant effects as a single factor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
