TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Organically Amended Growing Substrates on the Growth and Physiological Attributes of Citrus Plants
AU - Abbas, Mazhar
AU - Aftab, Muhammad
AU - Zafar-ul-Hye, Muhammad
AU - Iqbal, Qumer
AU - Hussain, Mubshar
AU - Khan, Muhammad Mumtaz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/8/22
Y1 - 2015/8/22
N2 - The present experiment was conducted to study the influence of growing substrates on the growth of citrus plants. Rough lemon and Kinnow mandarin were selected as rootstock and scion cultivars, respectively. Eleven potting mixes were assessed along with the control, mixed on a v/v basis. Citrus seedlings cultivated in potting mix growing substrate (GM11) (sand + silt + farm yard manure + compost, 1:1:1:1) exhibited better plant development followed by the plants grown in GM12 (sand + silt + farm yard manure + coconut husk, 1:1:1:1). The saplings cultivated in substrates containing compost and coconut husk having optimum pH of 5.5–7.5 resulted in substantial improvement in horticultural traits and physiological variables when compared with the control. In sum, the growing substrate GM11 significantly improved the growth and development of citrus saplings due to increased mineral contents, leaf area index, photosynthetic rate (PN), stomatal conductance (gs), and transpiration rate (E) of citrus plants.
AB - The present experiment was conducted to study the influence of growing substrates on the growth of citrus plants. Rough lemon and Kinnow mandarin were selected as rootstock and scion cultivars, respectively. Eleven potting mixes were assessed along with the control, mixed on a v/v basis. Citrus seedlings cultivated in potting mix growing substrate (GM11) (sand + silt + farm yard manure + compost, 1:1:1:1) exhibited better plant development followed by the plants grown in GM12 (sand + silt + farm yard manure + coconut husk, 1:1:1:1). The saplings cultivated in substrates containing compost and coconut husk having optimum pH of 5.5–7.5 resulted in substantial improvement in horticultural traits and physiological variables when compared with the control. In sum, the growing substrate GM11 significantly improved the growth and development of citrus saplings due to increased mineral contents, leaf area index, photosynthetic rate (PN), stomatal conductance (gs), and transpiration rate (E) of citrus plants.
KW - Coconut husk
KW - compost
KW - gas exchange variables
KW - potting mixes
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U2 - 10.1080/00103624.2015.1059846
DO - 10.1080/00103624.2015.1059846
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84940439376
SN - 0010-3624
VL - 46
SP - 1863
EP - 1880
JO - Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
JF - Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
IS - 15
ER -