Response of Some Wheat Cultivars to Nano- , Mineral Fertilizers and Amino Acids Foliar Application

Wheat is the major source of food for human nutrition and a part of daily dietary need in one form or more. There is need to increase its productivity vertically and horizontally. In order to improve productivity of three wheat cultivars, nano- technological fertilizer, common mineral fertilizer and amino acids as foliar applications were tested. Two field experiments were conducted at El- Horaia village, Abou El- Matamir district, El- Behira Governorate, Egypt, during 2014/2015 and 2015/2016growing seasons, in split plot design with three replications. The main plots included foliar application (mineral, amino acids, nano fertilizer, mineral + amino acids, mineral + nano- fertilizer, and amino acids + nanofertilizer), while three bread wheat cultivars (Sids 12, Sids 11 and Giza 168) were allocated in the sub plot. The obtained results revealed such significant increases in plant height, spikes number/m2, spikelets number/spike, grains number/spike, 1000- kernel weight, grain, straw, and biological yields/fed., as well as harvest index (%) using nano- fertilizer + amino acids during both growing seasons. Meanwhile, the applied mineral fertilizer, alone; gave the lowest mean values of the studied traits. However, “Sids 12” cultivar recorded the highest means values of the studied characters. Spray “Sids 12” cultivar by nanofertilizer and amino acids; recorded the highest mean values of yield and its components. On the other hand, “Giza 168” cultivar, possessed the lowest ones.