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Effect of foliar application of zinc oxide on growth and photosynthetic traits of cherry tomato under calcareous soil conditions

Authors :
Hasan Sardar
Safina Naz
Shaghef Ejaz
Omer Farooq
Atique-ur Rehman
Muhammad Sameen
Gulzar Akhtar
Source :
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum: Hortorum Cultus, Vol 20, Iss 1 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
University of Life Sciences in Lublin - Publishing House, 2021.

Abstract

Tomato is considered as a valuable vegetable crop all over the world. It prefers loose, well drained loamy soils rich in organic matter. In Pakistan, mostly soils are calcareous in nature. In calcareous soils, the production of tomato crop is low because of zinc deficiency. Therefore, current study was aimed to examine the potential of foliar application of zinc oxide in tomato cultivar Tiny Tim Cherry in calcareous soil conditions. In the current study, all the studied traits i.e. plant height, stem diameter, number of branches per plant, number of leaves, number of flowers per plant, fruit weight and yield per plant were significantly higher after foliar application of zinc oxide (30 ppm) and significantly lower in controlled treatment as compared to other treatments of zinc oxide. The maximum total soluble solids (TSS), chlorophyll A, chlorophyll B, vitamin C, flavonoids, carotenoids and phenolics were recorded in plants treated with 30 ppm of zinc oxide as compared to other treatments. However, the highest acidity was calculated in 10 ppm, while the lowest acidity was measured in 0 ppm (control). Conclusively, foliar application of Zn has potential to increase the nutritional components of tomato fruits.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
16440692 and 25451405
Volume :
20
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum: Hortorum Cultus
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.554c7b5b6ed142338aecec5d3b71ec57
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.24326/asphc.2021.1.8