ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Promoting Effect of Potassium Fertilization,
Yeast Extract, Algae Extract and Molasses as
Foliar Applications on Shedding Percentage
and Yield Characters of Faba Bean Cultivars
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Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University,
P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia
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Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Egypt
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Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, KafrelSheikh University, Egypt
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Agronomy Department, Higher Institute Agric. Co-Operation Cairo, Egypt
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Plant Production Department, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute (ALCRI), City of Scientific Research
and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria 21934, Egypt
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Biology Department, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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EPCRS Excellence Center, Plant Pathology and Biotechnology Lab., Faculty of Agriculture,
Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Egypt
Submission date: 2025-02-12
Final revision date: 2025-03-13
Acceptance date: 2025-06-15
Online publication date: 2025-09-15
Corresponding author
Khaled Abdelaal
EPCRS Excellence Center, Plant Pathology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Agricultural Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Egypt, Egypt
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ABSTRACT
Two field experiments were carried out to evaluate shedding (%), yield, and its components
of three faba bean cultivars (Nubaria 4, Nubaria 5, and Giza 716) under growth-promoting treatments
(potassium as a foliar and soil application, yeast extract, algae extract, and molasses) in the 2022/23
and 2023/24 seasons. The results showed that shedding %, number of flowers, total chlorophyll content,
yield, and yield components were meaningfully augmented by applying molasses and potassium
(K) as foliar treatment compared to the control in both seasons, except for straw yield (kg fed-1)
and shedding %. The cultivars were meaningfully varied for all studied characters, where Giza 716
was the best cultivar for all vegetative characters and yield components as compared to the other
cultivars under study, while Nubaria 4 recorded the highest shedding %. Furthermore, the interaction
between K treatments, natural extracts, and faba bean cultivars led to significant increases in yield components in both seasons. In general, applying molasses and foliar treatment with potassium was
the best treatment for the maximum yield of faba bean plants (Giza 716 cultivar).