Influence of drip irrigation on the height of cup plant (silphium perfoliatum l.) cultivated on the very light soil from the micropropagation seedlings

At field experiment carried out in the years 2009-2010 at the very light soil in Kruszyn Krajeński near Bydgoszcz, the influence of drip irrigation on the chosen features of height of cup plant was studied. The cup plants were cultivated from the micropropagation seedlings. The experiment was done as a one factorial in 4 replications. The main factor of the experiment was irrigation done with following variants: O- without irrigation (control plots), K- with drip irrigation. Drip irrigation scheduling was done according to tensiometers indications. Experimental material were cup plants seedlings from micropropagation. Irrigation significantly influenced on the height increase of the leaves fresh mass and the number of the leaves. Irrigation also increased the transpiration leaf area and the dry matter content. ...

drip irrigation, cup plant, in vitro seedlings, micropropagation, very light soil,

A field experiment carried out in two vegetation seasons in the years 2010 and 2011 on a very light soil at Kruszyn Krajeński, in the vicinity of Bydgoszcz, Poland. Investigation of the influence of drip irrigation on some growth parameters of 2-year-old cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum L.) were done. The cup plants were cultivated from the micropropagation seedlings. The experiment was performed as one factorial in 4 replications. The main factor of the experiment was irrigation performed with following variants: O- without irrigation (control plots), D- with drip irrigation. Drip irrigation was scheduled according to tensiometers indications. Irrigation significantly increase the height of the plants, the length and number of internode, the thickness of the stalk,. Irrigation also increased the fresh weight of the shoots, and the number of the leaves. ...