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Foliar Application of Nano-NPK in Combination with Nano-Micronutrients for Growth, and Flowering of Tecoma stans L. Plants

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Soils, food security and human health

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Eco-friendly, cost-effective, and long-term solutions for agricultural systems should be explored, such as nano fertilizers, which can be employed as controlled-release or slow-release fertilizers. Therefore, pot experiments were conducted to investigate foliar application of nano-NPK and nano-micronutrients at different concentration on growth, flowering and chemical constituents of Tecoma stans plants compared to the traditional mineral fertilization (NPK) at a private nursery in Mansoura city, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt over the course of two consecutive 2021 and 2022 seasons. The examined treatments included; 3 g L-1 of mineral NPK fertilizer as control, nano-NPK at 1, 2 and 3 ml L-1 and nano-NPK at 2 ml L-1 + nano-micronutrients at 0.5, 1, 1.5 ml L-1 for each. Results demonstrated that all treatments with nanofertilizers enhanced vegetative growth (plant height, branches number/plant, aerial fresh and dry weights/plant, leaves number and leaf area), root growth (length, fresh and dry weight), membrane stability index, relative water content, and flowering parameters (inflorescence number, and floret number/inflorescence). Additionally, chemical components such as total carotenoids in flowers; leaves chlorophyll a and b, total carotenoids, mineral N, P, and K, and peroxidase and catalase activity in leaves were all enhanced by all nano treatments. Treatment with 2 ml L-1 of nano NPK + 1.5 ml L-1 of nano-micronutrients produced the most statistically significant results for these characteristics. The same treatment exhibited the highest reduction in the period from planting date until emergence the first inflorescence. It could be concluded that applying mixture of nano-NPK fertilizer (2 ml L-1) and nano-micronutrient (1.5 ml L-1) at intervals of 15 days during the growth season achieved the most favorable results in terms of morphological, biochemical, and physiological parameters.

DOI

10.21608/ejss.2024.288930.1768

Keywords

Nano fertilizers, Micronutrient, Antioxidant activity, Photosynthetic pigments, Tecoma

Authors

First Name

Emam

Last Name

Nofal

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Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt

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emam.nofal@agr.kfs.edu.eg

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First Name

Fardous

Last Name

Menesy

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Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

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faardousmenesy2@gmail.com

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First Name

Walid

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M. Abd El-Hady

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Ornamental Plants and Landscape Gardening Research Department, Horticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Egypt.

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fahmy.waleed18@gmail.com

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First Name

Eman

Last Name

G. Shehab

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-

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Ornamental Plants and Landscape Gardening Research Department, Horticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Egypt

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eman.shehabeldin4141@gmail.com

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First Name

Hassan

Last Name

El-Ramady

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Affiliation

soil and water dept. faculty of agriculture

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ramady2000@gmail.com

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Kafr El-Sheikh

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0000-0002-1113-726X

First Name

József

Last Name

Prokisch

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Institute of Animal Science, Biotechnology and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 138 Böszörményi Street, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary

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jprokisch@agr.unideb.hu

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64

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3

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46704

Issue Date

2024-09-01

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2024-05-12

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2024-09-01

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1,179

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1,191

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0302-6701

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2357-0369

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Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

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https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/

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Foliar Application of Nano-NPK in Combination with Nano-Micronutrients for Growth, and Flowering of Tecoma stans L. Plants

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23 Dec 2024