Improving the Vegetative Growth and Chemical Contents of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) Plant by Using Moringa Leaf Extract.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Veget. & Floric. Dept., Fac. Agric., Mansoura Univ.

2 Hort. Res. Inst. Agric. Res. Center

Abstract

This study was conducted to enhance the vegetative growth, fruits yield and chemical constituents of the coriander plant, in a trial to reducing the residual effects of the chemical fertilizers. Two methods for moringa leaf extract (cold or boiled extract) with different dilutions (25, 50, 75 and 100%) beside the distilled water as the control were used. The results cleared that the superior plant dry weight, N, P and K% in leaves were recorded by using the boiled MLE at 100%. In addition, the heaviest seed index (weight of 1000 fruits) was recorded by using the boiled MLE at 75%. In addition the maximum essential oil percentage was recorded by using 100% from the boiled or the cold MLE and linalool was the main component in the essential oil.

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