scholarly journals Monitoring Optical Tool to Determine the Chlorophyll Concentration in Ornamental Plants

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2197
Author(s):  
Rafael Jiménez-Lao ◽  
Pedro Garcia-Caparros ◽  
Mónica Pérez-Saiz ◽  
Alfonso Llanderal ◽  
María Teresa Lao
Keyword(s):  
Open Field ◽  
Photosynthetic Pigments ◽  
Chlorophyll Concentration ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Field Conditions ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Linear Relationships ◽  
Chlorophyll Index ◽  
Ornamental Species

The accurate estimation of leaf photosynthetic pigments concentration is crucial to check the plant´s health. Traditional methods of measuring photosynthetic pigments involve complex procedures of solvent extraction followed by spectrophotometric determinations. Portable plant instruments such as Soil Plant Analysis Development (SPAD) meters can facilitate this task for the speed and simplicity of the measures. The relationship between chlorophyll index obtained by SPAD-502 and pigment concentration in several ornamental species can help in the management of ornamental plant production. Two trials have been carried out in two different growing seasons (spring and summer) and facilities (greenhouse and open air), involving 30 ornamental species. There was a high linear relationship between concentrations of Chla and Chlb, as well as between Chlt and Ct in different species studied under greenhouse and open field conditions. The ratio between Chla and Chlb was higher at open field conditions and similar between Chlt and Ct. There was also a good relationship between Chlorophyll index and Chlt under both growing conditions, as well as between Chlorophyll index and Ct under greenhouse conditions. However, linear relationships with different slopes were observed for groups of species at open field conditions.

scholarly journals Application of Bio-Friendly Formulations of Chitinase-Producing Streptomyces cellulosae Actino 48 for Controlling Peanut Soil-Borne Diseases Caused by Sclerotium rolfsii

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Gaber Abo-Zaid ◽  
Ahmed Abdelkhalek ◽  
Saleh Matar ◽  
Mai Darwish ◽  
Muhammad Abdel-Gayed
Keyword(s):  
Open Field ◽  
Biocontrol Agent ◽  
Sclerotium Rolfsii ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Culture Broth ◽  
Field Conditions ◽  
Damping Off ◽  
Mycelium Growth ◽  
Particle Size Analyzer ◽  
Cell Pellet

Of ten actinobacterial isolates, Streptomyces cellulosae Actino 48 exhibited the strongest suppression of Sclerotium rolfsii mycelium growth and the highest chitinase enzyme production (49.2 U L−1 min−1). The interaction between Actino 48 and S. rolfsii was studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM), which revealed many abnormalities, malformations, and injuries of the hypha, with large loss of S. rolfsii mycelia density and mass. Three talc-based formulations with culture broth, cell-free supernatant, and cell pellet suspension of chitinase-producing Actino 48 were characterized using SEM, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and a particle size analyzer. All formulations were evaluated as biocontrol agents for reducing damping-off, root rot, and pods rot diseases of peanut caused by S. rolfsii under greenhouse and open-field conditions. The talc-based culture broth formulation was the most effective soil treatment, which decreased the percentage of peanut diseases under greenhouse and open-field conditions during two successive seasons. The culture broth formulation showed the highest increase in the dry weight of peanut shoots, root systems, and yielded pods. The transcriptional levels of three defense-related genes (PR-1, PR-3, and POD) were elevated in the culture broth formulation treatment compared with other formulations. Subsequently, the bio-friendly talc-based culture broth formulation of chitinase-producing Actino 48 could potentially be used as a biocontrol agent for controlling peanut soil-borne diseases caused by S. rolfsii.

scholarly journals Effect of different irrigation and fertilizer levels on growth, yield and cost economics of papaya (Carica papaya L.) cv. red lady under open field conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 2184-2191
Author(s):  
Vinod Godi ◽  
Mahabaleshwar Hegde ◽  
Vidya A ◽  
Thimmegouda MN ◽  
Subbarayappa CT ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Field ◽  
Carica Papaya ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Field Conditions

scholarly journals Plant production on the Fladen ground

1956 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Steele
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Chlorophyll Concentration ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Phytoplankton Production ◽  
Oxygen Production ◽  
Full Account ◽  
Dark Bottle ◽  
Direct Estimation ◽  
Relevant Variables

The quantitative study of phytoplankton production may be pursued in many ways, but these ways can be divided into two general methods of approach. There is, first, the direct estimation of a production rate for a particular sample of the population; for example, the light-dark bottle technique for measuring oxygen production (Gaarder & Gran, 1927; Riley, 1939) and the new 14C technique (Steeman Nielsen, 1952). These estimates are made under conditions which must be, to some extent, artificial. Secondly, there is the direct estimation of relevant variables in the sea (phosphate, oxygen, chlorophyll concentration, etc.) from which production is calculated on the basis of hypotheses about the behaviour of phytoplankton. These hypotheses are, of necessity, simplifications of a mass of laboratory experiments and of previous field work. Riley, Stommel & Bumpus (1949) give a full account of this approach and of the difficulties involved in it.

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