journal of kerbala university

Pots experiment was conducted in the wooden canopy in the botanical garden of Biology Department , College of Education for pure Science, Baghdad University during the growing season 2013 to evaluate the effect of foliar spraying with zinc 0,50,75 mg. L-¹ and boron 0, 25, 50, 75 mg. L-¹ and their interactions on some growth parameters of chickpea plant as relative growth rate, No. of flowers.pot-¹, concentration of nitrogen, phosphrous and calcium. Means were compared by using (LSD) least significant difference test according to the design of the experiment, Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications .
Results revealed that foliar spraying with zinc and boron gave a significant effect on the growth parameters of the plant, The interaction between them was significant and the treatment 75 mg . L -¹ zinc and 75 mg .L-¹ boron gave the best values for the relative growth rate and No. of flowers. pot-¹ , but the treatment of 75 mg .L -¹ zinc and 50 mg 1.L-¹ boron gave the best values for the macronutrients.