Kirkuk University discusses the effect of shading, organic fertilizer and chelated iron on the vegetative and floral growth of the gardenia plant

The College of Agriculture discussed a master's thesis on the effect of shading, vermicompost and chelated iron on the vegetative and floral growth of the gardenia plant, by the student Zainab Kamal Mustafa, under the supervision of Assistant Professor Dr. Alaa Hussein Abdul Qader.

The study aimed to know and document the extent of the success of the growth and flowering of gardenia seedlings in the gardens of Kirkuk city and to study the effect of shading on the gardenia plant and the possibility of its effect on the production of the vegetative and floral group of the plant, and to add organic fertilizer (vermicompost) to the soil because this factor has an effect on the properties and characteristics of the soil, and to add chelated iron to the soil at different levels and to follow up its effect on the production of the vegetative and floral group of plants growing within the environment of Kirkuk city.

The study concluded that planting the gardenia plant under the shade of 75% saran had a significant effect on most of the studied traits, and that fertilizing the gardenia plant with organic fertilizer (worms) vermicompost at a rate of 25% and mixing it with the mixed soil, and adding chelated iron at a concentration of 0.2 g.L-1 had a positive effect on most of the studied traits.