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Non-Structural Carbohydrates, Foliar Nutrients, Yield Components and Oxidative Metabolism in Pecan Trees in Response to Foliar Applications of Growth Regulators

Authors :
Damaris Leopoldina Ojeda-Barrios
Laura Raquel Orozco-Meléndez
Raquel Cano-Medrano
Esteban Sánchez-Chávez
Rafael Ángel Parra-Quezada
Marisela Calderón-Jurado
Juan Luis Jacobo-Cuellar
Elizabeth Hernández-Ordoñez
Oscar Cruz-Álvarez
Source :
Agriculture, Vol 12, Iss 5, p 688 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2022.

Abstract

Foliar sprays of growth regulators have commercial potential for improving the performance of some of the parameters associated with alternate bearing in pecan trees. The objective was to evaluate the behaviour of alternate bearing through analysis of seasonal variations in buds and leaflets of non-structural carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, sucrose, and starch), mineral nutrients (N-total, P, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Fe2+, Cu2+, Mn2+ and Zn2+), yield components (nut weight per kilogram and kernel percentage) and oxidative metabolism (superoxide dismutase, hydrogen peroxide, catalase, guaiacol peroxidase and antioxidant capacity) in cv. Wichita pecan trees in response to foliar applications of gibberellic acid (50 mg L−1), calcium prohexadione (500 mg L−1) or thidiazuron (10 mg L−1). The experiment was of a completely randomized experimental design with five replicates. Foliar growth regulator (GRs) sprays help maintain the concentration of non-structural carbohydrates in the leaflets and buds between the evaluation years. With the exception of K+ (12.9 and 10.9 g kg−1) and Zn2+ (45.1 and 30.5 mg kg−1), the GRs did not show any effects on the concentrations of the foliar mineral nutrients. The results suggest foliar sprays of gibberellic acid improve the performance of parameters associated with alternate bearing, including oxidative metabolism.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20770472
Volume :
12
Issue :
5
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Agriculture
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f4c39282286549d1bb3ae5afc74e327f
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12050688