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The Effect of Different Types of Soils on the Germination Rate of the Watercress Seeds (Nasturtium Officinal)

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  • TASNIM MAHMOUD MAHMOUD

    (Faculty of Pharmacy, British University, Egypt)

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In this research, we investigated the effect of different types of soil on plant growth. We wanted to study the effects of soil on plant growth to see how different content of soil can affect plant growth. The experiment was held by planting watercress seeds in three different soils; Qatari soil, Egyptian soil and American soil. 15 seeds were planted in each soil. The reason for choosing watercress seeds specifically is for their fast growth rate and the fact that they grow in sunny conditions [1] which matches Qatar's atmosphere. The experiment was done for 21 days based on an investigational study by [2]. The plants were watered with 150 ml in an equal time intervals and they were were placed 2 cm away from the window. After three weeks, the average seeds plumule of the seeds planted in the American soil were 18.14 and the average height of the radical was 3.04. The seeds which were planted in the Egyptian soil had an average shoot length of 11.38 cm, and 1. 93 cm root length; While the seeds which were planted in the Qatari soil had shown an average height of 1.6cm for the radical and 9.97 cm for the plumule. Those results indicated that American soil was most fertile in compare to Egyptian or Qatari soil.

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  • Tasnim Mahmoud Mahmoud, 2016. "The Effect of Different Types of Soils on the Germination Rate of the Watercress Seeds (Nasturtium Officinal)," International Journal of Applied and Physical Sciences, Dr K.Vivehananthan, vol. 2(1), pages 21-32.
    • Handle: RePEc:apa:ijapss:2016:p:21-32
    DOI: 10.20469/ijaps.2.50004-1.pdf
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    1. Ali A. Mahmood & Lenny Lim Ee Chung, 2017. "Experimental Modelling of a Reinforcement Theoretical Model on Peaty Soils," International Journal of Applied and Physical Sciences, Dr K.Vivehananthan, vol. 3(3), pages 75-84.
    2. W. Khalid & M. Hussain & M. Nasir Bashir & M.M. Quaz & Imran Ali & Jahanzeb Bhatti & Hammad Ur Rehman, 2019. "Development of water jet cutting and study on different parameters," Journal of Applied and Physical Sciences, Prof. Vakhrushev Alexander, vol. 5(3), pages 81-87.
    3. Latief Mahir Rachman, 2018. "Technical development to assess soil health using soil health index in Indonesia," Journal of Applied and Physical Sciences, Prof. Vakhrushev Alexander, vol. 4(3), pages 79-85.
    4. Mehmet Sükrü Özçoban & Sevgi Günes Durak & Türkan Ormanci Acar & Güler Türkoglu Demirkol & Suna Özden Çelik & Nese Tüfekci, 2017. "Evaluation of clay soils’ permeability: A comparative study between the natural, compacted, and consolidated clay soils," Journal of Advances in Technology and Engineering Research, A/Professor Akbar A. Khatibi, vol. 3(5), pages 184-191.

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