Impact of Ferrous Sulfate fertilizers FeSO4.7H2O  on corn"Zea maiz, L" growth and its macronutrients -Al-Jabel Al-Akhdar El-Baida- Libya

Ahmed Aaiad ElFaitoury; Jamal Saeed Deryag

doi:10.58916/jhas.v11i3.1172

Authors

Ahmed Aaiad ElFaitoury Department of Soil and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, Bani Waleed University, Bani Walid, Libya Author
Jamal Saeed Deryag Department of Soil and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Al-Bayda, Libya Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58916/jhas.v11i3.1172

Keywords:

Fertilization , Iron element, Ferrous Sulfate, calcareous soil, corn plant

Abstract

A Ferrous Sulfate compound is also known as iron(II) sulfate. It is most commonly represented by the chemical formula FeSO₄.7H₂O ₄.A field experiments have been conducted at the research farm Dept of Horticulture Sci. Fac. of Agric . Omar- El- Mokhtar Uni, El. Baida city which faceted in the east of Libya. To investigate to the effectiveness of ferrous sulfate fertilizers " FeSO4,7H2O" with levels "0,10,20,40" kg/h on growth of corn plant . A randomized complete block design was used with three replication . Means were compared using LSD at "0.05"%.

The results which obtained revealed that the application of Fe. Fertilizers significantly increased growth parameters of corn plant , i.e. plant high, fresh weight dry weight and mineral contents of plant. The effectiveness of Fe fertilizers in increasing growth parameter and macronutrients contents of corn plant . In general , Fe application increased Fe uptake but decreased that of phosphorus, potassium, is attributed to antagonistic effect of Fe with nutrients .A resulting hypothesis is that to uptake sites on roots without going in the ions from through the solution around roots .So, application of iron fertilizers to corn "zea maiz .L" grown on calcareous soil . is recommended.