EFFECT OF SPRAYING SILICON AND SELENIUM ON GROWTH, VINE NUTRITIONAL STATUS, BERRY SETTING, YIELD AND BERRIES QUALITY OF SUPERIOR GRAPEVINES GROWN UNDER SANDY SOIL CONDITIONS I- THE EFFECT ON GROWTH AND VINE NUTRITIONAL STATUS | ||||
Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||||
Article 11, Volume 31, Issue 2, July 2017, Page 135-144 PDF (263.72 K) | ||||
Document Type: Research articles. | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2017.191258 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Ahmed , M.M.A. Akl1; Faissal F. Ahmed1; Mohamed A.M. Abada2; Sameh, E.M. Yassen2 | ||||
1Hort. Dept., Fac. of Agric., Minia Univ., Egypt. | ||||
2Viticulture Res. Dept., Hort. Res. Instit. ARC, Giza, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
This study was carried out during 2014 and 2015 seasons to examine the effect of spraying potassium silicate at 0.125 to 0.5% and/or selenium at 50 to 200 ppm on growth and vine nutritional status of Superior grapevines grown under sandy soil. Treating the vines three times with potassium silicate at 0.125 to 0.5% and/or selenium at 50 to 200 ppm was very effective in stimulating main shoot length, number of leaves/shoot, leaf area, wood ripening coefficient, pruning wood weight/vine and cane thickness, chlorophylls a & b, total chlorophylls, total carotenoids, leaf total carbohydrates %, N, P, K, Mg (as %), Zn, Mn and Fe (as ppm) of Superior grapevines over the control treatment. Carrying out three sprays of a mixture of potassium silicate at 0.25% and selenium at 100 ppm gave the best results with regard to growth and vine nutritional status of Superior grapevines grown under sandy soil. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Silicon; Selenium; Superior grapevines; growth; vine nutritional status | ||||
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