PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON DIGITALIS PLANT

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out at the experimental farm of faculty of agriculture t moshtohor for o seasons 1997/1998 and 1998/1999 respectively. This investigation consists of two experiments, the first experiment was carried out to study the effect of foliar fertilization with each - of magnesium, iron,-manganese and boi:oii••op vegetative growth -• -- • and chemical analysis of digitalis plant leaves, the obtained data showed that there was a significant increase in most vegetative ••• •"••• -•--••••••• -• • • •-t.J •--•' ... _ .. •:,_, .,.••:•.""'0"'- . graWth chara9ter and chemical composjtiOri wtt11 the application- .. •, • .:- --- oLelementsanc(Iijeii- .diffei•ent:concentrattons in-:-eompa:flng-with . control. The second experiment aimed to study the effect of irrigation intervals on the same mentioned characters, the obtained data showed that, irrigation every 14 days gave the best vegetative growth and the best chemical composition •among the irrigation treatments.