Effect of Some Biostimulants on the Vegetative Growth, Yield, Fruit Quality Attributes and Nutritional Status of Apple
Although the application of chemical fertilizers to crops promotes plant growth and yield, their continuous use affects soil heath and creates environmental pollution. On the other hand, plant biostimulants improve nutrients absorption, plant growth, yield and produce quality and are environment-fri...
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| author | Walid F. A. Mosa Lidia Sas-Paszt Sławomir Głuszek Krzysztof Górnik Muhammad Akbar Anjum Abaidalah A. Saleh Hesham S. Abada Rehab M. Awad |
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| description | Although the application of chemical fertilizers to crops promotes plant growth and yield, their continuous use affects soil heath and creates environmental pollution. On the other hand, plant biostimulants improve nutrients absorption, plant growth, yield and produce quality and are environment-friendly. Therefore, an experiment was conducted during 2021-22 to evaluate the effect of some biostimulants on the performance of the apple cv. Anna, planted in a sandy loam soil at Marsa Matruh governorate, Egypt. Ninety trees were randomly selected and sprayed with 4 or 6% moringa leaf extract (MLE), 0.3 or 0.4% seaweed extract (SWE), 1000 or 2000 mg L<sup>−1</sup> Fulvic acid (FA), 4% MLE + 0.3% SWE + 1000 mg L<sup>−1</sup> FA (combination 1), or 6% MLE + 0.4% SWE + 2000 mg L<sup>−1</sup> FA (combination 2) before flowering, during full bloom and one month later and compared with a control (untreated trees). The results demonstrated that spraying MLE, SWE or FA or their combinations positively improved the vegetative growth, fruit set %, fruit yield and fruit physical and chemical characteristics as well as leaf nutritional status. The positive effect of MLE, SWE and FA was increased in parallel to an increase in the used concentration of each one of them. The highest increments in the measured parameters were accompanied by the application of combination 2 over the other treatments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d5c9f988ecb43e5b8ad8ca4acd940ab2023-11-30T22:29:55ZengMDPI AGHorticulturae2311-75242022-12-01913210.3390/horticulturae9010032Effect of Some Biostimulants on the Vegetative Growth, Yield, Fruit Quality Attributes and Nutritional Status of AppleWalid F. A. Mosa0Lidia Sas-Paszt1Sławomir Głuszek2Krzysztof Górnik3Muhammad Akbar Anjum4Abaidalah A. Saleh5Hesham S. Abada6Rehab M. Awad7Plant Production Department (Horticulture-Pomology), Faculty of Agriculture, Saba Basha, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21531, EgyptThe National Institute of Horticultural Research, Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100 Skierniewice, PolandThe National Institute of Horticultural Research, Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100 Skierniewice, PolandThe National Institute of Horticultural Research, Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100 Skierniewice, PolandDepartment of Horticulture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, PakistanDepartment of Horticulture, Faculty Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Al-Bayda 00218-84, LibyaPlant Production Department, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg El-Arab City 21934, EgyptPlant Production Department (Horticulture-Pomology), Faculty of Agriculture, Saba Basha, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21531, EgyptAlthough the application of chemical fertilizers to crops promotes plant growth and yield, their continuous use affects soil heath and creates environmental pollution. On the other hand, plant biostimulants improve nutrients absorption, plant growth, yield and produce quality and are environment-friendly. Therefore, an experiment was conducted during 2021-22 to evaluate the effect of some biostimulants on the performance of the apple cv. Anna, planted in a sandy loam soil at Marsa Matruh governorate, Egypt. Ninety trees were randomly selected and sprayed with 4 or 6% moringa leaf extract (MLE), 0.3 or 0.4% seaweed extract (SWE), 1000 or 2000 mg L<sup>−1</sup> Fulvic acid (FA), 4% MLE + 0.3% SWE + 1000 mg L<sup>−1</sup> FA (combination 1), or 6% MLE + 0.4% SWE + 2000 mg L<sup>−1</sup> FA (combination 2) before flowering, during full bloom and one month later and compared with a control (untreated trees). The results demonstrated that spraying MLE, SWE or FA or their combinations positively improved the vegetative growth, fruit set %, fruit yield and fruit physical and chemical characteristics as well as leaf nutritional status. The positive effect of MLE, SWE and FA was increased in parallel to an increase in the used concentration of each one of them. The highest increments in the measured parameters were accompanied by the application of combination 2 over the other treatments.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/9/1/32<i>Malus domestica</i>fulvic acidmoringa leaf extractseaweed extract |
| spellingShingle | Walid F. A. Mosa Lidia Sas-Paszt Sławomir Głuszek Krzysztof Górnik Muhammad Akbar Anjum Abaidalah A. Saleh Hesham S. Abada Rehab M. Awad Effect of Some Biostimulants on the Vegetative Growth, Yield, Fruit Quality Attributes and Nutritional Status of Apple Horticulturae <i>Malus domestica</i> fulvic acid moringa leaf extract seaweed extract |
| title | Effect of Some Biostimulants on the Vegetative Growth, Yield, Fruit Quality Attributes and Nutritional Status of Apple |
| title_full | Effect of Some Biostimulants on the Vegetative Growth, Yield, Fruit Quality Attributes and Nutritional Status of Apple |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Some Biostimulants on the Vegetative Growth, Yield, Fruit Quality Attributes and Nutritional Status of Apple |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Some Biostimulants on the Vegetative Growth, Yield, Fruit Quality Attributes and Nutritional Status of Apple |
| title_short | Effect of Some Biostimulants on the Vegetative Growth, Yield, Fruit Quality Attributes and Nutritional Status of Apple |
| title_sort | effect of some biostimulants on the vegetative growth yield fruit quality attributes and nutritional status of apple |
| topic | <i>Malus domestica</i> fulvic acid moringa leaf extract seaweed extract |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/9/1/32 |
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