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Effect of spraying with potassium silicate and phosphorus fertilizer levels on growth, yield, and fruit quality of eggplant plants under low temperatures stress

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Low temperatures have a negative impact on eggplant growth, and development. Also, cold stress especially causes yield-limiting during the Autumn growth season. So, the experiment was carried out in the net house at the Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate, Giza, Egypt during the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 seasons. This studied factors were three different levels of phosphorus fertilizer (50,100 and 150% from recommended before transplanting doses) and foliar spraying with potassium silicate (0, 1, 2, 4 and 8g/L). The effect of the two studied factors on growth, yield and quality of eggplant plants was tested. The experimental design was split-plot design with three replicates. The obtained results showed that applying 100% of phosphorus fertilizer has a significant positive effect on all studied traits. Otherwise, the least values were recorded by applying 50% of phosphorus fertilizer in the two seasons. Foliar spraying with potassium silicate at 1g/L increased all measured values on eggplant plants. On the contrary, the lowest values were reported by foliar spraying with potassium silicate at 8g/L in the two study seasons. The application combined 100% of phosphorus fertilizer rate and foliar spraying with potassium silicate at 1g/L had the best all measured parameters. Alternatively, the lowest values were obtained by the application combined application 50% of phosphorus fertilizer and foliar spraying with potassium silicate at 8g/L under conditions trail.

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10.21608/ejar.2023.189007.1326

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Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), yield, low temperature, Phenol, flavonoid

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Doaa A.M.

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Gad

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Application of Agriculture Climate Research Department, Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate (CLAC), Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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dr.dodgad@yahoo.com

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Ghada U.M.

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Radwan

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Application of Agriculture Climate Research Department, Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate (CLAC), Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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Mohamed A.A.

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Abdrabbo

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Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate (CLAC), Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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101

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1

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38358

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2023-03-01

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2023-01-22

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2023-03-01

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213

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223

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1110-6336

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2812-4936

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Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research

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Effect of spraying with potassium silicate and phosphorus fertilizer levels on growth, yield, and fruit quality of eggplant plants under low temperatures stress

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24 Dec 2024