SALICYLIC ACID POSITIVELY AFFECTED PLANT GROWTH, PHOTOSYNTHETIC LEAF PIGMENTS AND FRUIT YIELD OF SUMMER SQUASH (Cucurbita pepo L.) GROWN UNDER DIFFERENT N-LEVELS
Nitrogen (N) fertilization plays a central role for improving yield in different vegetable crops and high N assimilation is desired to produce higher fruit yield. Several studies showed that salicylic acid (SA) application increases plant growth and productivity, but no attempts have been made to investigate the interaction effects of SA and N-nutrition. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of different N-rates and SA concentrations, and their interaction on plant growth, photosynthetic pigments and fruit yield. Field experiments were carried out during two consecutive growing seasons under Egyptian conditions using different combinations of N and SA rates. Plant biomass and fruit yield were increased linearly in response to N addition from 0.0 to 90 kg/fed. in both years, however, this effect was true for photosynthetic pigments, especially chlorophyll a, b and total chlorophyll, in the second year of cultivation. Salicylic acid application showed mostly a significant increase in the previous traits under all N-rates. Carotenoids content in leaves was not affected significantly by N and SA in the first sampling date, however, in the second date it affected negatively by N fertilizer. The above mentioned results revealed a synergism between N fertilizer and SA application. This study showed that SA addition increased plant growth and yield mainly by increasing the N recovery from the soil.
Elwan, M., & El-Shatoury, R. (2012). SALICYLIC ACID POSITIVELY AFFECTED PLANT GROWTH, PHOTOSYNTHETIC LEAF PIGMENTS AND FRUIT YIELD OF SUMMER SQUASH (Cucurbita pepo L.) GROWN UNDER DIFFERENT N-LEVELS. Journal of Plant Production, 3(7), 2123-2138. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2012.84872
MLA
M. W. M. Elwan; R. S. A. El-Shatoury. "SALICYLIC ACID POSITIVELY AFFECTED PLANT GROWTH, PHOTOSYNTHETIC LEAF PIGMENTS AND FRUIT YIELD OF SUMMER SQUASH (Cucurbita pepo L.) GROWN UNDER DIFFERENT N-LEVELS", Journal of Plant Production, 3, 7, 2012, 2123-2138. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2012.84872
HARVARD
Elwan, M., El-Shatoury, R. (2012). 'SALICYLIC ACID POSITIVELY AFFECTED PLANT GROWTH, PHOTOSYNTHETIC LEAF PIGMENTS AND FRUIT YIELD OF SUMMER SQUASH (Cucurbita pepo L.) GROWN UNDER DIFFERENT N-LEVELS', Journal of Plant Production, 3(7), pp. 2123-2138. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2012.84872
VANCOUVER
Elwan, M., El-Shatoury, R. SALICYLIC ACID POSITIVELY AFFECTED PLANT GROWTH, PHOTOSYNTHETIC LEAF PIGMENTS AND FRUIT YIELD OF SUMMER SQUASH (Cucurbita pepo L.) GROWN UNDER DIFFERENT N-LEVELS. Journal of Plant Production, 2012; 3(7): 2123-2138. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2012.84872
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