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EFFECT OF ANTIOXIDANTS AND POTASSIUM ON PRODUCTIVITY OF SUNFLOWER IN SANDY SOIL

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Plants

Abstract

During two summer seasons of 2015 and 2016, the influence of antioxidants application and potassium levels on productivity of sunflower was estimated under sandy soil conditions. Antioxidants (nil antioxidants; tap water only; vitamin E, 50 ppm; vitamin C, 100 ppm; citric acid, 500 ppm and vitamin E + vitamin C + citric acid at the same levels used individually for each). Potassium levels included 0, 24, 36 and 48 kg K2O/feddan (0.42 hectar). Results showed that both antioxidants application and potassium levels treatments had remarkable effects on plant height, head diameter, number of seeds/head, 1000 seed weight, seed and oil yields as well as percentages of harvest index, shelling, seed protein and seed oil in both seasons. Maximum values of such tested traits were commonly recorded with using vitamin E + vitamin C + citric acid. Increasing potassium level from 0 to 48 kg K2O/feddan caused significant increases in all traits of sunflower plants and the highest values were obtained at 48 kg K2O/feddan in both seasons. All studied traits were significantly affected by the interaction between antioxidants application and potassium levels, except harvest index and seed protein percentage. 

DOI

10.21608/ejdr.2018.3236.1004

Keywords

Sunflower, antioxidants, potassium, sandy soil, Oil yield

Authors

First Name

Emad

Last Name

Salem

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Affiliation

Department of Plant Production, Ecology and Dry Land Agriculture Division, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

emadmms@yahoo.com

City

Cairo, Egypt

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First Name

Hosam El-Din

Last Name

Shoman

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Affiliation

Department of Plant Production, Ecology and Dry Land Agriculture Division, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

dr_hosam_shoman@yahoo.com

City

Cairo, Egypt

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Volume

68

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1

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1359

Issue Date

2018-06-01

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2018-03-18

Publish Date

2018-06-01

Page Start

61

Page End

74

Print ISSN

1687-8043

Online ISSN

2356-9875

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https://ejdr.journals.ekb.eg/article_39091.html

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117

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Egyptian Journal of Desert Research

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https://ejdr.journals.ekb.eg/

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EFFECT OF ANTIOXIDANTS AND POTASSIUM ON PRODUCTIVITY OF SUNFLOWER IN SANDY SOIL

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22 Jan 2023