Abstract
Two experiments were carried out in the experimental farm of Al-Kanater Research Station at ElQalyubia Governorate, during the two consecutive years of 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 to investigate the effect of potassium silicate foliar application on growth, productivity and some postharvest treatments on storability of garlic ((Allium sativum L.)" clone sids 40". In the field experiment, the treatments comprised of control(water spray),foliar application of potassium silicate at 4000, 6000 and 8000ppm and plants were sprayed at 30, 60 and 90 days after planting. In the storage experiment, cured bulbs were stored at room temperature conditions and subjected to sixteen postharvest treatments included the previous four treatments (the three potassium silicate levels and control). In addition, three spraying treatments of sodium silicate at 6000 ppm, chitosan at 200 ppm and calcium chloride at 3000 ppm both separately and their combinations with potassium silicate (three treatments in field) were done. The results revealed that, the highest plant length, number of leaves, fresh, dry weightplant, neck diameter, bulb diameter and chlorophyll content of garlic were achieved from foliar application of potassium silicate at the 4000ppm after 120 days from planting compared to the control. Foliar spray of potassium silicate at 4000 ppm recorded the highest total yield and bulb quality such as bulb diameter, bulb weight/plant, number of cloves, cloves weight, total soluble solids and dry matter of bulbs. Leaf K percentage significantly increased by spraying of potassium silicate at 6000ppm.Further, all potassium silicate treatments recorded higher silicon percentage over the control. Postharvest results showed that weight loss and shrinking percentages of the bulbs after 7 months of the storage were the least with the foliar application of potassium silicate at 8000ppm plus chitosan at 200ppm in storage followed by chitosan individually, potassium silicate at 8000 ppm and potassium silicate at 6000 ppm combined with calcium chloride as a postharvest treatment. However, the highest total soluble solids after 7 months of the storage was obtained from foliar spraying of potassium silicate at 4000 ppm combined with either sodium silicate or chitosan. Also, bulbs treated with foliar application of potassium silicate at 6000 or 8000 ppm combined with chitosan at 200 ppm, had the highest values of dry matter after 7 months from storage. In general, foliar application of potassium silicate at 4000ppm was the superior treatment for enhancing plant growth, yield and quality. Also, foliar application of potassium silicate at 8000ppm and sprayed with chitosan at 200 ppm was the most effective for garlic storability seven months at the room temperature conditions.
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Claim · model-written summary
Potassium silicate at 4000ppm gave the highest growth traits and chlorophyll at 120 days.
- Taxon
- garlic
Allium sativume0 - Treatment
- foliar application of potassium silicate at the 4000ppme0
- Outcome
- plant length, number of leaves, fresh, dry weightplant, neck diameter, bulb diameter and chlorophyll contente0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Qualifier
- after 120 days from plantinge0
- Comparator
- controle0
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t0“GARLIC”
e0“the highest plant length, number of leaves, fresh, dry weightplant, neck diameter, bulb diameter and chlorophyll content of garlic were achieved from foliar application of potassium silicate at the 4000ppm after 120 days from planting compared to the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium silicate at 4000 ppm gave the highest total yield.
- Taxon
- GARLICAllium sativumt0
- Treatment
- Foliar spray of potassium silicate at 4000 ppme0
- Outcome
- total yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“GARLIC”
e0“Foliar spray of potassium silicate at 4000 ppm recorded the highest total yield and bulb quality such as bulb diameter, bulb weight/plant, number of cloves, cloves weight, total soluble solids and dry matter of bulbs”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium silicate at 4000 ppm gave the highest bulb quality traits.
- Taxon
- GARLICAllium sativumt0
- Treatment
- Foliar spray of potassium silicate at 4000 ppme0
- Outcome
- bulb diameter, bulb weight/plant, number of cloves, cloves weight, total soluble solids and dry matter of bulbse0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“GARLIC”
e0“Foliar spray of potassium silicate at 4000 ppm recorded the highest total yield and bulb quality such as bulb diameter, bulb weight/plant, number of cloves, cloves weight, total soluble solids and dry matter of bulbs”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium silicate at 6000ppm increased leaf K percentage significantly.
- Taxon
- GARLICAllium sativumt0
- Treatment
- spraying of potassium silicate at 6000ppme0
- Outcome
- Leaf K percentagee0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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t0“GARLIC”
e0“Leaf K percentage significantly increased by spraying of potassium silicate at 6000ppm”
Claim · model-written summary
All potassium silicate treatments raised silicon percentage over control.
- Taxon
- GARLICAllium sativumt0
- Treatment
- all potassium silicate treatmentse0
- Outcome
- silicon percentagee0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
t0“GARLIC”
e0“all potassium silicate treatments recorded higher silicon percentage over the control”
Claim · model-written summary
The 8000ppm foliar treatment plus chitosan in storage minimized bulb weight loss and shrinking after seven months.
- Taxon
- GARLICAllium sativumt0
- Treatment
- foliar application of potassium silicate at 8000ppm plus chitosan at 200ppm in storagee0
- Outcome
- weight loss and shrinking percentages of the bulbse0
- Direction
- leaste0
- Qualifier
- after 7 months of the storagee0
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Verbatim
t0“GARLIC”
e0“weight loss and shrinking percentages of the bulbs after 7 months of the storage were the least with the foliar application of potassium silicate at 8000ppm plus chitosan at 200ppm in storage”
Claim · model-written summary
At seven months, 4000 ppm potassium silicate plus sodium silicate gave the highest soluble solids.
- Taxon
- GARLICAllium sativumt0
- Treatment
- foliar spraying of potassium silicate at 4000 ppm combined with either sodium silicate or chitosane0
- Outcome
- total soluble solidse0
- Direction
- higheste0
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Verbatim
t0“GARLIC”
e0“the highest total soluble solids after 7 months of the storage was obtained from foliar spraying of potassium silicate at 4000 ppm combined with either sodium silicate or chitosan”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium silicate at 6000 or 8000 ppm with chitosan gave the highest dry matter after seven months.
- Taxon
- GARLICAllium sativumt0
- Treatment
- foliar application of potassium silicate at 6000 or 8000 ppm combined with chitosan at 200 ppme0
- Outcome
- dry mattere0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“GARLIC”
e0“bulbs treated with foliar application of potassium silicate at 6000 or 8000 ppm combined with chitosan at 200 ppm, had the highest values of dry matter after 7 months from storage”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend 4000ppm foliar potassium silicate for growth, yield and quality.
- Taxon
- GARLICAllium sativumt0
- Outcome
- foliar application of potassium silicate at 4000ppme0
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Verbatim
t0“GARLIC”
e0“foliar application of potassium silicate at 4000ppm was the superior treatment for enhancing plant growth, yield and quality”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend 8000ppm foliar potassium silicate with chitosan for seven-month storage.
- Taxon
- garlicAllium sativume0
- Outcome
- foliar application of potassium silicate at 8000ppm and sprayed with chitosan at 200 ppme0
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Verbatim
t0“GARLIC”
e0“foliar application of potassium silicate at 8000ppm and sprayed with chitosan at 200 ppm was the most effective for garlic storability seven months at the room temperature conditions”
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