Calcium lactate and salicylic acid foliar application influence eggplant growth and postharvest quality parameters
Eggplant is one of the most popular and vital vegetable crops in the world. Various plant bio-regulators have been used in different crops to increase uptake of nutrients thereby leading to improvement in growth, flowering, fruit quality, storability and yield. The scope of this study was to evalua...
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Eggplant is one of the most popular and vital vegetable crops in the world. Various plant bio-regulators have been used in different crops to increase uptake of nutrients thereby leading to improvement in growth, flowering, fruit quality, storability and yield. The scope of this study was to evaluate the effects of calcium lactate and salicylic acid foliar application on growth parameters, physiological characteristics and shelf-life of eggplant fruit. Obtained results showed that the highest applied concentrations of calcium lactate (4 mM or 0.8 g l-1) and salicylic acid (1.5 mM or 0.2 g l-1) foliar application led to the highest values of measured growth parameters and yield. Applying of calcium lactate and salicylic acid foliar treatments could increase tissue firmness and ascorbic acid content of fruits. Foliar application of calcium lactate 4 mM (0.8 g l-1) and salicylic acid 1 mM (0.13 g l-1) was the best treatment to decrease percentage of fruit decay. In conclusion, our results showed that foliar application of calcium lactate and salicylic acid can be useful and inexpensive treatment to improve growth parameters, physiological characteristics and post-harvest properties of eggplant fruit
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad7e86eaaadb4122a1dbdf68443b971e2023-09-03T07:55:54ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Agriculturae Slovenica1854-19412021-07-01117210.14720/aas.2021.117.2.151019396Calcium lactate and salicylic acid foliar application influence eggplant growth and postharvest quality parametersZahra GHAHREMANI0Masoud NOROUZI1Taher BARZEGAR2Mohamad Ebrahim RANJBAR3Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran. I.RDepartment of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran. I.RDepartment of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran. I.RDepartment of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran. I.R Eggplant is one of the most popular and vital vegetable crops in the world. Various plant bio-regulators have been used in different crops to increase uptake of nutrients thereby leading to improvement in growth, flowering, fruit quality, storability and yield. The scope of this study was to evaluate the effects of calcium lactate and salicylic acid foliar application on growth parameters, physiological characteristics and shelf-life of eggplant fruit. Obtained results showed that the highest applied concentrations of calcium lactate (4 mM or 0.8 g l-1) and salicylic acid (1.5 mM or 0.2 g l-1) foliar application led to the highest values of measured growth parameters and yield. Applying of calcium lactate and salicylic acid foliar treatments could increase tissue firmness and ascorbic acid content of fruits. Foliar application of calcium lactate 4 mM (0.8 g l-1) and salicylic acid 1 mM (0.13 g l-1) was the best treatment to decrease percentage of fruit decay. In conclusion, our results showed that foliar application of calcium lactate and salicylic acid can be useful and inexpensive treatment to improve growth parameters, physiological characteristics and post-harvest properties of eggplant fruit https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/13004eggplantcalcium sourceschlorophyll contentfoliar sprayingpost-harvest fruit characteristicssalicylic acid. |
| spellingShingle | Zahra GHAHREMANI Masoud NOROUZI Taher BARZEGAR Mohamad Ebrahim RANJBAR Calcium lactate and salicylic acid foliar application influence eggplant growth and postharvest quality parameters Acta Agriculturae Slovenica eggplant calcium sources chlorophyll content foliar spraying post-harvest fruit characteristics salicylic acid. |
| title | Calcium lactate and salicylic acid foliar application influence eggplant growth and postharvest quality parameters |
| title_full | Calcium lactate and salicylic acid foliar application influence eggplant growth and postharvest quality parameters |
| title_fullStr | Calcium lactate and salicylic acid foliar application influence eggplant growth and postharvest quality parameters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Calcium lactate and salicylic acid foliar application influence eggplant growth and postharvest quality parameters |
| title_short | Calcium lactate and salicylic acid foliar application influence eggplant growth and postharvest quality parameters |
| title_sort | calcium lactate and salicylic acid foliar application influence eggplant growth and postharvest quality parameters |
| topic | eggplant calcium sources chlorophyll content foliar spraying post-harvest fruit characteristics salicylic acid. |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/13004 |
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