Examination of the Productivity and Physiological Responses of Maize (Zea mays L.) to Nitrapyrin and Foliar Fertilizer Treatments

Nutrient stress has been known as the main limiting factor for maize growth and yield. Nitrapyrin, as a nitrification inhibitor—which reduces nitrogen loss—and foliar fertilizer treatments have been successfully used to enhance the efficiency of nutrient utilization, however, the impacts of these two technologies on physiological development, enzymatic responses, and productivity of maize are poorly studied. In this paper, the concentration of each stress indicator, such as contents of proline, malondialdehyde (MDA), relative chlorophyll, photosynthetic pigments, and the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) were measured in maize leaf tissues. In addition, biomass growth, as well as quantitative and qualitative parameters of yield production were examined. Results confirm the enhancing impact of nitrapyrin on the nitrogen use of maize. Furthermore, lower activity of proline, MDA, SOD, as well as higher photosynthetic activity were shown in maize with a more favorable nutrient supply due to nitrapyrin and foliar fertilizer treatments. The obtained findings draw attention to the future practical relevance of these technologies that can be implemented to enhance the physiological development and productivity of maize. However, this paper also highlights the importance of irrigation, as nutrient uptake from soil by the crops decreases during periods of drought.

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Application of Mycorrhizal Technology for Improving Yield Production of Common Bean Plants

International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology ◽

10.3126/ijasbt.v4i2.15103 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 191-197 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Gamal M. Abdel-Fattah ◽

Wafaa M. Shukry ◽

Mahmoud M.B. Shokr ◽

Mai A. Ahmed

Keyword(s):

Common Bean ◽

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽

Am Fungi ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Mycorrhizal Dependency ◽

Npk Fertilizers ◽

Yield Production ◽

Bean Plants ◽

Mycorrhizal Plants ◽

Common Bean Plants

This study aimed to investigate the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi with different levels of NPK fertilizers on yield production of common bean plants which common bean plants were subjected to five levels of NPK fertilizers (0, 25, 50, 75, 100 %). Application of AMF significantly increased the growth and yield components of common beans with minimized the levels of NPK comparing to equivalents non-mycorrhizal ones. The results obtained revealed that inoculation with AMF and the concentrations 50% and 75% of NPK with AMF are the greater than other concentrations and non-mycorrhizal plants. Mycorrhizal Common bean plants had significantly higher number of pods, length of one pod, pods weight, 100 seeds weight, weight of seed/plant and intensity of mycorrhizal colonization(M%) . Concentrations of nutrients (N, P, K, Ca and Mg) and total carbohydrates, crude protein and mycorrhizal dependency of some yield parameters were significantly increased in mycorrhizal plants at different NPK levels when comparing to those of non-mycorrhizal plants paticularly at (50% and 75%) concentration of NPK, but lower Na concentration in mycorrhizal common bean seeds than those of non-mycorrhizal.Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol, Vol 4(2): 191-197

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GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSE OF PAK CHOI (BRASICCA RAPA) TO DIFFERENT FOLIAR FERTILIZERS UNDER PROTECTED CULTIVATION

International Journal of Advanced Research ◽

10.21474/ijar01/13427 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (09) ◽

pp. 430-431

Author(s):

May Ann G. Cantillo ◽

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Cornelio R. Molon SR. ◽

Keyword(s):

Disease Incidence ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Yield Response ◽

Net Income ◽

Effective Microorganisms ◽

Pak Choi ◽

Foliar Fertilizer ◽

Remarkable Effect ◽

Protected Cultivation ◽

The Cost

The experiment was conducted to determine the growth and yield response of pak choi (Brasiccarapa var. Chinkang Genghis Khan) to different foliar fertilizers (viz. vermitea, commercial foliar fertilizer, effective microorganisms [EM-1] and natural farming inputs [NFI]) under protected cultivation. It aimed to evaluate the influence of the different foliar fertilizers on pak choi in terms of growth characteristics, yield components, and pests and disease incidence. Similarly, to conclude which among the foliar fertilizers evaluated will be most the economical for pak choi production. The study was done in the DA-ATI IV-A and LSPU Organic Agriculture Learning Site in the Laguna State Polytechnic University, Siniloan, Laguna in December 2015 to February 2016. A total of 300 plants were used as experimental units in the study. Every treatment was replicated three times and each replication has 10 polyethylene bags planted with two plants each. Data was collected and analysed with the use of the Duncans Multiple Range Test (DMRT). Results revealed that the foliar fertilizers used have no remarkable effect on the weekly height, weekly growth rate, length of leaves, and shoot root ratio of pak choi. Nevertheless, commercial fertilizer significantly increased the mean number of leaves (7.53cm), width of leaves (15.10cm), economic and biological yields (105.10 grams and 106.88 grams, respectively) of pak choi compared with the rest of the treatments, except for vermitea which produced a comparable width of leaves (15.04cm). Also, a significantly lower number of the damaged leaves caused by looper (TrichoplusianiHÃ¼bner) was noted on plants treated with commercial foliar fertilizer (0.51 leaf per plant). The highest net income was obtained by commercial foliar fertilizer-treated plants, but plants treated with vermitea earned the highest return of investment (ROI). Therefore, the utilization of vermitea in pak choi production can reduce the cost of fertilizer and contribute to an economical production system under protected cultivation.

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The Effect of Guano Walet Fertilizer and Ratu Biogen Foliar Fertilizer on the Growth and Yield of Tomato (Lycopercicum esculentum Mill.) Monza Variety

AGRIFOR ◽

10.31293/af.v17i2.3611 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 231

Author(s):

Dian Kristina ◽

Abdul Rahmi

Keyword(s):

Plant Height ◽

Fertilizer Application ◽

Fruit Weight ◽

Factorial Experiment ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Tomato Plants ◽

Foliar Fertilizer ◽

Randomized Design ◽

Completely Randomized Design ◽

The Village

This experiment aims to: (1) to study of the effect of guano walet fertilizer and Ratu Biogen foliar fertilizeras well as their interaction on the growth and yield of tomato plants; and (2) to find proper dosage of guano walet fertilizer and proper concentration of Ratu Biogen foliar fertilizer for better growth and yield of tomato plants.The research carried out from May 2014 to July 2014, in the Village Melak Ulu RT.20 Subdistrict Melak, West Kutai. It applied Completely Randomized Design with factorial experiment 4 x 4 and five replications. The first factor is the dosage of the guano walet fertilizer (G) consists of 4 levels, namely: no fertilizer application guano walet (g0), 10 Mg ha ̵ ¹, or 100 g of polybag ̵ ¹ (g1), 15 Mg ha ̵ ¹ or 150 g polibag ̵ ¹ (g2), 20 Mg ha ̵ ¹ or 200 g polybag ̵ ¹ (g3). The second factor is the concentration of Ratu Biogen (B) consists of 4 levels: without POC Ratu Biogen (b0), 1 ml 1 ̵ ¹ water (b1), 2 ml 1 ̵ ¹ water (b2), 3 ml 1 ̵ ¹ water (b3).Result of the research revealed that : (1) application of guano walet fertilizer affect very significantly on plant height at 14, 28, 42 days after planting, the number of fruits per plant, and weight of fruit per plant, but the effect is not significant on the days of plant flowered and days of plant harvest. The best production is attained by the 200 g polybag-1 fertilizer guano walet (g3), namely 282,50 plant-1, In reverse, the least production is attained by without fertilizer guano walet (g0), namely 227,25 g plant ̵ ¹; (2) application of Ratu Biogen foliar fertilizer after significantly to very significantly on the plant height at 14 days after planting and the number of fruits per plant, but the effect is no significant on the plant height at 28 and 42 days after planting, days of plant flowered, days of plant harvest, and weight of fruit per plant; and (3) interaction between guano walet fertilizer and Ratu Biogen foliar fertilizer no significantly on the plant height at 14, 28, and 42 days after planting, days of plant flowered, days of plant harvest, number of fruit per plant, and fruit weight per plant.

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The Effect of Population Density and Intercropping with Tomato on the Growth and Yield of Winged Bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)

Journal of Tropical Crop Science ◽

10.29244/jtcs.6.02.81-88 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (02) ◽

pp. 81-88

Author(s):

Gerson Hans Maure ◽

Muhammad Achmad Chozin ◽

Edi Santosa

Keyword(s):

Population Density ◽

Photosynthetic Activity ◽

Block Design ◽

Nutrient Content ◽

Winged Bean ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Psophocarpus Tetragonolobus ◽

Randomized Block Design ◽

High Nutrient ◽

Almost All

Winged bean (Fabaceae) is a tropical crop that has high nutrient content, and almost all parts of the plant are edible. The research aimed to evaluate the growth and production of winged bean in an intercropping system with tomato. The study was conducted at the Cikabayan Experimental Field of Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia, in a randomized block design with three replications during the rainy season of December 2017 to June 2018. Winged beans were planted in high and low population densities and intercropped with three tomato genotypes, “Tora”, F70030081-12-16-3 and “Apel Belgia”. Monoculture winged bean was assigned as control. Tomatoes were planted between the rows of the winged beans in the intercropping treatment. The results showed that the growth of winged bean in monoculture and intercropping systems was not significantly different. The photosynthetic activity of winged bean at three to five weeks after planting remained high, indicating that the vegetative growth was optimal in both systems. Intercropping increased the winged bean number of pods per plant by 12.66-19.52% compared to monoculture, irrespective of population density. Therefore, winged bean could be considered as suitable to grow in intercropping systems.

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The impact of nano-ZnO foliar fertilizer on growth and yield of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties in Sri Lanka

Ceylon Journal of Science ◽

10.4038/cjs.v50i2.7872 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 109

Author(s):

S. Somaratne ◽

S. R. Weerakoon ◽

N. Karthikeyan ◽

D.S.P. Munasinghe

Keyword(s):

Oryza Sativa ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Cultivated Rice ◽

Nano Zno ◽

Foliar Fertilizer ◽

The Impact

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Genome-Wide Mining and Identification of Protein Kinase Gene Family Impacts Salinity Stress Tolerance in Highly Dense Genetic Map Developed from Interspecific Cross between G. hirsutum L. and G. darwinii G. Watt

Agronomy ◽

10.3390/agronomy9090560 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 560 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Muhammad Shehzad ◽

Zhongli Zhou ◽

Allah Ditta ◽

Xiaoyan Cai ◽

Majid Khan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Salt Stress ◽

Gene Family ◽

Stress Tolerance ◽

Genetic Map ◽

Interspecific Cross ◽

Genetic Erosion ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Limiting Factor ◽

Kinase Gene ◽

Cotton Species

Abiotic stress is an important limiting factor in crop growth and yield around the world. Owing to the continued genetic erosion of the upland cotton germplasm due to intense selection and inbreeding, attention has shifted towards wild cotton progenitors which offer unique traits that can be introgressed into the cultivated cotton to improve their genetic performance. The purpose of this study was to characterize the Pkinase gene family in a previously developed genetic map of the F2 population derived from a cross between two cotton species: Gossypium hirsutum (CCRI 12-4) and Gossypium darwinii (5-7). Based on phylogenetic analysis, Pkinase (PF00069) was found to be the dominant domain with 151 genes in three cotton species, categorized into 13 subfamilies. Structure analysis of G. hirsutum genes showed that a greater percentage of genes and their exons were highly conserved within the group. Syntenic analysis of gene blocks revealed 99 duplicated genes among G. hirsutum, Gossypium arboreum and Gossypium raimondii. Most of the genes were duplicated in segmental pattern. Expression pattern analysis showed that the Pkinase gene family possessed species-level variation in induction to salinity and G. darwinii had higher expression levels as compared to G. hirsutum. Based on RNA sequence analysis and preliminary RT-qPCR verification, we hypothesized that the Pkinase gene family, regulated by transcription factors (TFs) and miRNAs, might play key roles in salt stress tolerance. These findings inferred comprehensive information on possible structure and function of Pkinase gene family in cotton under salt stress.

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Nitrogen Fertilizer Induced Alterations in The Root Proteome of Two Rice Cultivars

International Journal of Molecular Sciences ◽

10.3390/ijms20153674 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (15) ◽

pp. 3674 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tang ◽

Sun ◽

Chen ◽

Damaris ◽

Lu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Crop Production ◽

Oryza Sativa L ◽

N Fertilizer ◽

Differentially Expressed ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Limiting Factor ◽

Fertilizer Treatment ◽

Rice Cultivars ◽

Differentially Expressed Proteins ◽

Proteomic Approach

Nitrogen (N) is an essential nutrient for plants and a key limiting factor of crop production. However, excessive application of N fertilizers and the low nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) have brought in severe damage to the environment. Therefore, improving NUE is urgent and critical for the reductions of N fertilizer pollution and production cost. In the present study, we investigated the effects of N nutrition on the growth and yield of the two rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars, conventional rice Huanghuazhan and indica hybrid rice Quanliangyou 681, which were grown at three levels of N fertilizer (including 135, 180 and 225 kg/hm2, labeled as N9, N12, N15, respectively). Then, a proteomic approach was employed in the roots of the two rice cultivars treated with N fertilizer at the level of N15. A total of 6728 proteins were identified, among which 6093 proteins were quantified, and 511 differentially expressed proteins were found in the two rice cultivars after N fertilizer treatment. These differentially expressed proteins were mainly involved in ammonium assimilation, amino acid metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, lipid metabolism, signal transduction, energy production/regulation, material transport, and stress/defense response. Together, this study provides new insights into the regulatory mechanism of nitrogen fertilization in cereal crops.

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Enhanced Growth and Yield of Lowland Rice (Oryza sativa L.) with Greenshield Organic-based Fortified Foliar Fertilizer

Asian Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition ◽

10.9734/ajsspn/2017/33267 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Jiryk Montifalcon ◽

Alminda Fernandez

Keyword(s):

Oryza Sativa ◽

Oryza Sativa L ◽

Lowland Rice ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Foliar Fertilizer

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GROWTH AND YIELD OF COCONUT–CACAO INTERCROPS

Experimental Agriculture ◽

10.1017/s0014479701002022 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 195-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

I. MIALET-SERRA ◽

X. BONNEAU ◽

S. MOUCHET ◽

W. T. KITU

Keyword(s):

Environmental Conditions ◽

Theobroma Cacao ◽

Cocos Nucifera ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

Limiting Factor ◽

Death Rates ◽

Planting Material ◽

Cacao Tree ◽

Tree Development

The study of interactions between cacao (Theobroma cacao) and coconut (Cocos nucifera) in Lampung, Indonesia, examined different combinations of age, plant lay-out, planting chronology and choice of planting material under changing environmental conditions. Four coconut-cacao intercropping trials were used to assess the performance of each intercrop under limiting or non-limiting environmental conditions. In intercropping experiments with young cacao trees and young coconut palms, delayed cacao tree development and reduced yields were observed. When coconut palms were aged five years or over, coconut and cacao growth were satisfactory under virtually normal environmental conditions; death rates remained reasonable and yield percentages differed little from those of the monocultures for each crop. The performance of both plants, however, changed when water became a limiting factor.

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