Response of Schefflera (Schefflera arboricola L.) plant to different water regimes treatments

Document Type : Original Research Papers

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1 قسم البساتين - كلية الزراعة بمشتهر - جامعة بنها - مصر

2 Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Egypt.

3 Dept. of Ornamental Plant Horticulture research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt

10.21608/bjas.2025.365853.1611

Abstract

Schefflera arboricola plant is an important ornamental plant used extensively in interior decoration and is native to Australia and belongs to the Araliaceae family.. A pot experimental trial was carried out during two successive seasons of 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 and at the Horticultural Rresearch Station in Al-Qanater Al-Khairia , Horticultural Research Institute,Agriculture Research Center Qalyubia Governorate, cooperation of faculty of Agriculture Benha University to study the effect of four treatments water regimes treatments, i.e 100, 70 , 50 and 30 % of the field capacity (FC) of Schefflera arboricola L.plant. The results showed, plant height, shoots fresh and dry weights and root parameters of Schefflera arboricola L. plant were significantly affected by using deficient irrigation treatments. It was observed that these parameters mention above were decreased with a decrease in the level of field capacity, and the lowest value was achieved by applying 30 % FC treatment for both seasons. Furthermore, the highest percentage of N,P,K and total carbohydrates % were significantly increased by the high level of irrigation and was recorded at (100%FC) treatment in both seasons, followed in descendingly by(70%FC). Conclusively, it is preferable to the treatment 100 % FC followed descendingly by 70 % FC gave the maximum values of the growth and the chemical constituents of Schefflera arboricola L. plant

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Benha Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 10, Issue 6 - Serial Number 6
Applied Agriculture Sciences
June 2025
Pages 121-130

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