Abstract
This study was conducted in one of the unheated plastic house at the Department of Horticulture and Landscape design, College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul during the agricultural season 2013-2014 to study the impact of two factors, the first: Soil mulching with black plastic and without mulching, the second: Foliar application of Liquid organic fertilizers (Azomin, Vit Org) and chemical fertilizer (Rosa Sol) at a concentration of 3 cm3. L−1 on growth and yield of eggplant plants Belen variety grown under the unheated plastic house, the experiment was designed in the Split Plot system within a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD)with three replicates. The treatment of the soil mulching was laid in the main plots and the fertilizers in the sub plots. The results could be summarized as:The soil mulching and organic fertilizers spraying increased plant height, leavesnumber, branches number per plant, leaf area, fruits number, plant yield and total yield.
