Study the Effects of Micro-nutrients, Macro-nutrients and Plant Shading on Quantitative Traits of Tomato) Lycopersicon esculentum)
Subject Areas : Research On Crop Ecophysiology
MOHAMMAD MIRZAEI HEYDARI
1
,
SARA KABODI
2
1 - Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Isfahan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
2 - MSc graduated, Department of Agriculture and Plant Breeding, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran.
Keywords: Shading, Zinc, Tomato, Keywords: Essential nutrients,
Abstract :
Study the Effects of Micro-nutrients, Macro-nutrients and Plant Shading on Quantitative Traits of Tomato) Lycopersicon esculentum)Mohammad Mirzaei heydari*1, Sara Kabodi2 Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Isfahan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran. MSc graduated, Department of Agriculture and Plant Breeding, Ilam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ilam, Iran.*Corresponding author’s E-mail: mirzaeiheydari@yahoo.comReceived: 10 March 2020 Accepted: 10 June 2020AbstractTomato is one of the great importance in terms of the worldwide consumption of nutritional regimes. The present study investigated the effects of macro (75, 150 and 300 kg NPK ha-1) and micro-nutrients (0 zinc and 0 boron, 2 Zn and 2 B and 4 Zn and 4 B kg ha-1) with plant shading (shading and non-shading) in tomato cropping systems. The results showed that application of 150 kg NPK ha-1 with shading produced 43.11 g fruit weight per plant and the lowest fruit weight (5.66 gr fruit weight per plant) obtained in 75 kg NPK ha-1. The combination of micronutrients and macronutrients with shading had significant effects on plant height. Among studied treatments just micronutrients significantly affected brix index. Highest plant height obtained at 150kg/ha NPK and also 4kg/ha Zn and B resulted to highest plant height. The results obtained from this experiment strongly support this idea of improving the growth and yield of tomatoes by provision of balanced amount of nutrients.Keywords: Essential nutrients, Shading, Tomato, Zinc