Effect of Various Growing Substrates on Growth and Development of Ponytail Palm (Beaucarnea recurvata Lem.)
Effect of Various Growing Substrates on Growth and Development of Ponytail Palm (Beaucarnea recurvata Lem.)
Aimen Raza1, Muhammad Muzamil Ijaz1,2*, Adnan Younis1, Nasir Ahmad Khan3, Ahsan Akram1, M. Abdul Salam khan2 and M. Nadeem4
Figure 1:
Effect of various growth substrates on the chlorophyll content (SPAD) (nmol/cm) on Ponytail palm (Beaucarnea recuravata).
T0 (control), T1 (peat moss), T2 (coco peat), T3 (leaf compost), T4 (coco peat 50% + peat moss 50%), T5 (coco peat 50% + leaf compost 50%), T6 (peat moss 50% + leaf compost 50%), T7 (coco peat 33% + peat moss 33% + leaf compost 33%). Error bars reflect the statistical significance at P < 0.05).
Figure 2:
Effect of various growth substrates on the transpiration rate (mmol m-2s-1) of Ponytail palm (Beaucarnea recuravata).
T0 (control), T1 (peat moss), T2 (coco peat), T3 (leaf compost), T4 (coco peat 50% + peat moss 50%), T5 (coco peat 50% + leaf compost 50%), T6 (peat moss 50% + leaf compost 50%), T7 (coco peat 33% + peat moss 33% + leaf compost 33%). Error bars reflect the statistical significance at P < 0.05).
Figure 3:
Effect of various growth substrates on the photosynthetic rate (μmol m2s-1) of Ponytail palm (Beaucarnea recuravata).
T0 (control), T1 (peat moss), T2 (coco peat), T3 (leaf compost), T4 (coco peat 50% + peat moss 50%), T5 (coco peat 50% + leaf compost 50%), T6 (peat moss 50% + leaf compost 50%), T7 (coco peat 33% + peat moss 33% + leaf compost 33%) . Error bars reflect the statistical significance at P < 0.05).
Figure 4:
Root Anatomical attributes of Ponytail palm.
A (Epidermal cell area μm2), B (Cortical thickness μm), C (Xylem thickness μm), D (Metaxylem cell area μm2).
