Authors : Narges Mesbah and Syyed Ali Noorhosseini
Abstract: In order to evaluate the effects of type and amount of nitrogen fertilizers on control of broomrape in prescience of sunflower, as host plant a factorial experiment in randomized complete block design were down in Saveh Islamic Azad University with 4 replication. First factor was type of fertilizer (urea, amonium nitrate, amonium phosphate). Second factor was concentration nitrogen (0, 2, 4 and 5 ppm). Results of this experiment showed that effect of type of nitrogen fertilizer on dry seed weight, dry weight of broomrape and number of broomrape is significant (p<0.01). Highest dry weight of stem and leaf of sunflower were in concentration of 4 ppm of amounium nitrate. In concentration of 5 ppm of ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate and urea fertilizers, highest seed of sunflower weighted. Lowest dry weight of broomrape was in concentration of 2 and 4 ppm of ammonium nitrate and least number of broomrape were counted in 5 ppm of urea form of fertilizers.
Narges Mesbah and Syyed Ali Noorhosseini, 2014. Effect of Nitrogen Fertilizers on the Yield of Host Plant, Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) in Presence of Parasitic Plant (Orobanche aegyptiaca). Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 9: 188-192.