Two field trials were conducted on potato plants cv. Spunta, in the vegetable private farm at Kafr Meet Faris, Dakahlia Governorate, during two winter seasons of 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 to study the influence of foliar spray with calcium (0, 1000, 1500 and 2000 ppm) and some antioxidants (control, Ascorbic acid at 300 ppm, boric acid at 100 ppm and Salicylic acid at 50 ppm) in additions to their interaction on plant growth, yield and its components as well as chemical constituents in tuber.In general, all the studied characteristics were better in plants sprayed calcium compared with the control treatment. Plant length, number of main stems/plant, number of leaves/plant, leaf area and foliage dry weight/plant, total tubers yield, marketable tubers yield, tuber dry weight, the tuber content of N, P, K, starch and TSS were increased with increasing calcium level up to 2000 ppm.Foliar spray with antioxidants led to significant increases of the vegetative growth characteristics and enhanced total yield and its components as well as chemical constituents in tuber. Foliar spray with boric acid at 100 ppm have the highest records in all studied characteristics followed by Salicylic acid in both seasons.The positive interactions between foliar spray calcium levels and foliar spray with antioxidants were often observed.The best results were obtained by plants sprayed calcium at the level of 2000 ppm and boric acid followed by Salicylic acid.Therefore, this treatment could be recommended for raising potato yield and improving tuber quality of potato under such conditions of this study.
Two filed experiments were carried out during the winter seasons of 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 at the Experimental Farm, El-Gemmeiza, Agric Res. Station, (ARC), Gharbya Governorate (Middle Delta, Egypt), to study the effect of nitrogen fertilization at 90 and 120 kg/fad., and some stimulants; viz, salicylic acid (SA at 100 mg/l ), lithovit at 2 g/l and algae extract at 2%, beside unsprayed treatment on dry weight, yield, bulb quality and storability of garlic, Balady cultivar under clay soil conditions using flood irrigation system. The obtained results revealed that, the interaction between using 120 kg N/fad., and lithovit at 2 g/l increased dry weight of bulb, leaves and total dry weight/plant, N, P and K contents in bulb and leaves mineral uptake, uptake by bulb, leaves and their total uptake by plant as well as total chlorophyll in leaves, average bulb weight, marketable and total yields/faddan. While, the interaction between using 90 kg N/fad., and lithovit or SA increased nitrogen use efficiency, dry matter (DM). TSS, Pungency in bulbs at harvesting time and decreased total weight loss percentage after 180 days from storage in both seasons. The relative increases in total yield/fad., were about 41.96 and 61.11% for the interaction between fertilizing garlic plants with 120 kg N/fad., and spraying with lithovit at 2 g/l over 90 Kg N without spraying with stimulants in the 1 st and 2 nd seasons, respectively. In the same time, the interaction between 90 kg N/fad., and lithovit recorded increases in total yield/fad., were about 9.59 and 10.10% over the plants which received 120 kg N/fad., without spraying with stimulants in the 1 st and 2 nd seasons, respectively.
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