RESPONSE OF TOMATO PLANTS TO DIFFERENT RATES OF IRON NANOPARTICLES SPRAYING AS FOLIAR FERTILIZATION

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Prof. of Ag. Eng. (Supervisor), Fac. of Ag., Cairo Univ., Egypt.

2 Prof. of Laser Application in Ag. Eng. (NILES), Cairo Univ., Egypt.

3 Prof. of Ag. Eng., Ag. Eng. Res. Inst., Ag. Res. Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

4 Assoc. Researcher of Soil, Water and Environmental Inst., Ag. Res. Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

A field experiment was carried out on a clayey soil in Egypt cultivated with tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), and furrow irrigation with Nile water, to study the potential benefits of iron nutrient in nanoparticles form(FeNPs) Vis. mineral [FeSO4.7H2O (20.14%Fe)]. The iron nutrient forms were applied as foliar application and the studied parameters were growth, yield, days to flowering and some quality parameters. The obtained results reveal that the tomato parts dry matter, yield of fruits, and some quality properties including pigment content (Chlorophyll and lycopene), total sugars and total soluble solids (TSS) were greatly increased, in general with additions of FeNPs at 50% of recommended mineral form.

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