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: Received: 26 September 2023 / Approved: 27 September 2023 / Online: 28 September 2023 (09:38:04 CEST)
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Gomasta, J.; Hassan, J.; Sultana, H.; Ozaki, Y.; Alamri, S.; Alfagham, A.T.; AL-Humaid, L.A. Tomato Response Evaluation through Fertilization and PGRs Application under Temperature Differentiation in Late Winter. Preprints2023, 2023091951. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1951.v1
Gomasta, J.; Hassan, J.; Sultana, H.; Ozaki, Y.; Alamri, S.; Alfagham, A.T.; AL-Humaid, L.A. Tomato Response Evaluation through Fertilization and PGRs Application under Temperature Differentiation in Late Winter. Preprints 2023, 2023091951. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1951.v1
Gomasta, J.; Hassan, J.; Sultana, H.; Ozaki, Y.; Alamri, S.; Alfagham, A.T.; AL-Humaid, L.A. Tomato Response Evaluation through Fertilization and PGRs Application under Temperature Differentiation in Late Winter. Preprints2023, 2023091951. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1951.v1
APA Style
Gomasta, J., Hassan, J., Sultana, H., Ozaki, Y., Alamri, S., Alfagham, A.T., & AL-Humaid, L.A. (2023). Tomato Response Evaluation through Fertilization and PGRs Application under Temperature Differentiation in Late Winter. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1951.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Gomasta, J., Alanoud T. Alfagham and Latifah A AL-Humaid. 2023 "Tomato Response Evaluation through Fertilization and PGRs Application under Temperature Differentiation in Late Winter" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1951.v1
Abstract
This study evaluated the exogenous application of PGRs substitute chemical fertilization without compromising the growth and yield of tomato in fluctuated day-night temperature and humidity stressed late winter. Two-factor experiment comprising chemical fertilizers at 100, 110, 90 and 80 % of recommended doses besides control and PGRs of GA3; NAA, 4-CPA and SA @ 50 ppm including control was conducted where treatments were assigned in triplicates. Results revealed no significant variation among the fertilizer doses (80% to 110% of recommendation) regarding growth and yield contributing traits while among the PGRs, GA3 @ 50 ppm produced maximum number of flower clusters plant-1 (16.85), flowers (8.80) and fruits (5.79) cluster-1, single fruit weight (67.83 g) and fruit yield (6.61 kg plant-1) of tomato that was statistically identical with the findings of SA. But significant reduction in yield was noted in NAA and 4-CPA (1.20 kg and 1.21 kg plant-1, respectively). Interestingly, GA3 and SA in combination with any doses of the studied fertilizers maximize the tomato morphological and reproductive traits while fertilizer plus NAA and 4-CPA interaction gave the inferior results. Further, correlation matrix and PCA findings revealed that five fertilizer doses have no distinctiveness whereas GA3 and SA has distinct position than other PGRs with the maximum dependent variables those were contributed positively in the total variations. The study findings suggested that 20% fertilizer requirement could be reduced with the substitution of GA3 and SA @ 50 ppm for successful cultivation of tomato in late winter having the extreme environmental issues.
Keywords
chemical fertilizer; climate change; hormone signaling; plant growth Regulators; abiotic stress; temperature rise; tomato
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Horticulture
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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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