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Abstract
A field experiment was carried out during 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 seasons at the Nursery of ornamental plants, Fac. of Agric., Minia Univ. to investigate the response of coriander plants to compost, NPK, E.M. and/or vitamins in terms of vegetative growth traits, yield of fruits and essential oil, as well as, chemical constituents. The obtained data revealed that all vegetative growth traits (plant height, stem diameter, number of branches/plant), yield components (number of umbels/plant, number of fruits/umbel and fruit yield/plant and /fed.), oil productivity (essential oil % and yield/plant and /fed.) and chemical constituents (pigments and N, P and K %) were significantly increased with all treatments of compost over those of control. The maximum values were recorded at high level of compost (10 ton/fed.).
Vegetative growth traits, yield and its components, oil productivity parameters, as well as, chemical constituents parameters were significantly affected with mineral NPK (full dose), E.M. and/or vitamins (vit. E or vit. B1). The most effective treatments in this concern were NPK (full dose) followed by E.M. + (vit. E or vit. B1) in most cases.
For high quality and safety product, it could be recommended to adding compost (10 ton/fed.) in combination with E.M. + vit. E.