The Effects of Dıfferent Growıng Medıums on The Root and Stem Development of Corn

Abstract

This research was carried out to determine the effects of different growing mediums on dry and wet root weight, dry and wet stem weight, root and stem lenght of  corn in the Soil Since Department of Agriculture Faculty, Atatürk University. In this research, pure materials of soil, pumice, perlite and torf, and mixtures of 50% + 50 %pumice + soil, 50 %+ 50 %perlite + soil, 50 %+ 50 %torf + soil were used as growing mediums.

 

          As to the findings of this study; the effects of different growing mediums on the root and stem dry weight, root and stem length of corn were found to be statistically significant but root and stem weight  nosignificant. According to the result, the highest valuees of dry root weight ( 0.78  g/pot), wet root weight (2.00  g/pot),  dry stem weight ( 0.92 g/pot) wet stem weight ( 11.44 g/pot), root length ( 200 cm/pot), stem length ( 272 cm/pot) were obtanied from the pots in which pumice + soil 50 % + 50% was used. The lowest value were determined from the pots containing pumice, perlite and torf 100%. As a result, it was determined that the best root and stem development of corn was in 50% + 50% Pumice + Soil environment.

 

Keywords

• Corn,Media,Root,Stem,Soil

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