Response of Marigold (Tagetes erecta l.) to Different Levels of Nitrogen at Bagh E Naran Park Peshawar- Juniper Publishers
Juniper Publishers-Open Access Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources Response of Marigold ( Tagetes erecta l. ) to Different Levels of Nitrogen at Bagh E Naran Park Peshawar Authored by Shafiullah Abstract An experiment on “Response of marigold to different levels of nitrogen” was carried out at the Horticulture Nursery, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, during 2013. Seedling of Marigold cultivar “Pygmy” were raised and transplanted on flat beds on 10th October 2013 at 30 cm Plant to Plant and 60 cm Row to Row. The seedlings were subjected to four different levels of nitrogen, 70 kg ha -1 , 90 kg ha -1 and 110 kg ha -1 along with the control with no nitrogen. Data were collected on plant height, number of branches, number of leaves, days to flowering, number of flowers and flower weight. Different level of nitrogen had significantly affected all the parameters mentioned below except number of leaves plant -1 . Maximum plant height (22.80 c...