EFFECT OF FOLIAR SPRAYING BY CHELATING IRON ON TECHNOLOGICAL TRAITS AND NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF FABA BEAN SEEDS

To investigate the influence of foliar spraying with chelating iron on technological traits, nutritional value and yield of produced faba bean seeds, thus, two field experiments were conducted at Sers El-layian Agric. Res. St. farm. In the two successive seasons 2008 and 2009. Plants were sprayed by chelating iron (EDTA) at concentrations 0.04% and 0.08% and / or without sucrose 0.4% as foliar fertilizer. Application of EDTA 0.08% was more effective than EDTA 0.04% . Addition of sucrose 0.4% increased improvement of all evaluated traits. Stewing percentage reached 100% , imbibed water after soaking : 97.2% , seed density 1.62% and T.S.S. : 7.19% . : Protein content reached 29.46% , K, Ca , Mg , Fe , Zn, and Mn showed maximum contents of 1102.6, 56.81, 91.04, 9.17, 4.35 and 1.232 mg/100g sample(D.W.B.) respectively . (c) Productivity recorded : seed yield 13.67 t/fed. And weight of 100 seeds : 77.57g .