The role of starter solutions on growth and yield of lettuce transplants grown at southern 0f Iraq

Abstract

The study was conducted at the agricultural research station affiliated with the college of Agriculturwe ,University of Basrah in the area of Garmat Ali, to study the effect of lettuce transplants treatment with two starter solutions urea (0,0.5,1,2)gm litter-1 NPK (0,0.5,1,2)gm litter-1 and their interaction on the vegetative growth and yield . The results showerd both of starter solutions treatments significantly affected in transplants weight ,hight,srem length, total leaves number ,leaf area ,total head weight and total yield.The interaction between starter solutions significantly affected in all traits of the study except the diameter stem