effect of adding two types of organic fertilizers in some growth and yield indicators for two cultivars of anise foeniculum vilgare

Abstract

This study was conducted in one of the agricultural fields in Al-Khalidiya district, east of the Ramadi city in the silty loam soil for the winter season of 2016 -2017 in order to study the effect of adding two types of organic fertilizer are sheep manures and ostrich manures on some growth indicators for two cultivars of Anise, first cultivar is (Sahoo), and the second cultivar is (Hanan). The Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) was used, with split-plot-design, and with three replicates. The results showed the superiority of ostrich manures in the plant height (134.39 cm.plant-1), number of branches (8.39 branch.plant- 1), the number of main inflorescences (62.55 main inflorescences .plant-1), the diameter of the stem (1.407 cm.plant-1), the weight of 1000 seed (9.90 g.plant-1), While sheep manures were excelled in the number of secondary inflorescences (121 secondary inflorescences .plant-1), the number of seeds in the secondary inflorescences (26.96 seed. secondary inflorescences- 1), and the unit yield (1419.8 g.unit-1). The Sahoo cultivar was excelled in the plant height (148.22 cm.plant-1), the number of main inflorescences (50.89 main inflorescences .plant-1), the number of secondary inflorescences (145.74 secondary inflorescences .plant-1), the number of seeds in the secondary inflorescences (27.98 seed secondary inflorescences-1), and the diameter of the stem (1.556 cm.plant-1), While Hanan cultivar was excelled in the number of branches (8.78 branches .plant- 1), the weight of 1000 seeds (11.21 g.plant-1), and unit yield (1913.9 g.unit-1). while the interaction between Sahoo cultivar and ostrich was excelled by giving it the highest number of branches for the plant (9.33 branches .plant-1), the number of main inflorescences (72.78 main inflorescences .plant-1), the diameter of stem (1.643 cm), while interaction between the Sahoo cultivar and dap fertilizer gave the highest plant height (150.56 cm.plant-1), the number of secondary inflorescences (154.89 secondary inflorescences .plant-1), the interaction Sahoo cultivar and sheep manure gave the highest number of seeds in the secondary inflorescence (28.97 secondary inflorescences .plant-1), While triple interaction between Hanan cultivar, sheep manure, and ostrich manure gave the highest weight of 1000 seeds (11.27 g.plant-1) and the highest