The Effect of the Irrigation Period, Boron, and Sulfur on the Concentration of some Elements and Dry Weight of Turnip Tubers

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Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.

Abstract

Proper irrigation and optimal nutrition of plants have a significant effect on the yield and quality of the plant. To investigate the effect of irrigation period, sulfur and boron levels on turnip yield and quality, an experiment was conducted as the split split-plot (twice split plots) with randomized complete block design with three replications in the field. Irrigation as a main treatment in three levels (3, 5 and, 7 days), sulfur (0, 400, 800 and, 1200 kgha-1 from powdered sulfur source) and boron (0, 1.7, 3.4, and 5.1 kgha-1 from Boron acid source) were considered as a sub-treatments at four levels. The results showed that the highest and lowest dry weight of turnip tuber obtained from S800B3.4I3 and S0B0I7 treatments, respectively, had 82.3% differences. The highest and lowest concentrations of turnip tuber sulfur were obtained by 0.8% and 0.19% in S800B3.4I3 and S0B0I5 treatments, respectively. In this study, the synergistic effect between boron-potassium and the antagonistic effect was observed between sulfur-phosphorus and boron-nitrogen, sulfur, calcium, and magnesium. The highest boron concentration of turnip tuber was obtained 39.4 mgkg-1 in S0B3.4I3 treatment and the lowest boron concentration was 18.19 mgkg-1 in S1200B0I7 treatment. Overall, it can be stated that the highest turnip tuber yield and the best balance of macronutrients and boron were observed in S800B3.4I3 treatment.

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  • Receive Date: 04 November 2019
  • Revise Date: 18 February 2020
  • Accept Date: 11 June 2023

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