Effect of Mycorrhiza, Vermicompost and Chemical Fertilizer Application on Yield and Lawson Content of Henna as Medicinal Plant Under Water Deficit Condition

In order to study the effect of biofertilizers, chemical fertilizers and water deficit stress on biological yield, lawson content and root colonization with mycorrhiza in henna5 an experiment was conducted at research greenhouse of bam university in 2014 and 2015 growing seasons . The factors were fertilizers ( without any fertilizer (F1), Humic acid(F2), application of Mycorrhizae and Vermicompost (F3), Vermicompost (F4) and Chemical fertilizer (F5) and Water deficit condition ( 100% W.R, 80% W.R and 60% W.R). The treatments were arranged as factorial in a randomized complete blocks design with fifteen treatments and three replications. Results showed that the highest weight of dry leaf, No of leaf and biological yield were obtained with application of mycorrhizae and vermicompost treatment (I1F3). With increasing stress severity, the highest weight of dry leaf (0.153g), No of leaf (171), Plant Height (120.33 cm) were obtained with in I2F3 and biological yield (5.21 g/plant) were obtained with application mycorrhizae and vermicompost treatment under 60% water requirement. The highest lawson content (69.6 mg) were obtained with in I3F3 treatment.The highest root clonization (82.2%) were obtained in I3F3 treatment. It seems that biofertilizers can consider as a replacement for chemical fertilizers in henna medicinal plant production.