Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Center of Desert Studies, University of Anbar, Ramadi 31001, Iraq
2 Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Science, University of Anbar, Ramadi31001, Iraq
Abstract
The genetic diversity is agriculturally very interesting to improve the crops using breeding methods. Therefore, the growth inputs possess vital role to extract latent power of genetic diversity in given crops. So, A field trial was conducted out in Alhabaniyah district, Anbar province, Iraq on two points meteors of lat 33.3910°N long 43.5992°E and lat 33.3996°N long 43.5578°E. Where, the objectives included assessing some growth and yield traits of five roselle varieties viz., Red Hit, Oreib, Aswan, Black Hit, Sudan-3 under two types of fertilizers, the organic is bat guano and another one is diammonium phosphate (DAP). Treatments were distributed randomly using RCBD with triplicates. Results pointed that Black Hit was superior in plant height of 191.89 cm, vegetative fresh weight of 848.5 gm and seed yield of 402.7 Kg ha-1, while Aswan excelled in capsules number per plants of 143.9 capsule plant-1, capsule weight of 486.66 gm. the genetic material was variant as its performance was various. Therefore, this diversity could be embedded in breeding project to improve this crop. Deep researches are required to evaluate the impacts of organic nutrition on calyx production, early flowering and nutrients. Such information will assist to maximize the urbanized proximity to fresh ethnic crops. Indigenous nutritional plants such as Roselle could be served as a modelling crop for certain ethno-crops when they are transitted to cash crops
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