| Autor: |
Teeter-Wood KR; Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada., Flaherty EJ; Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada., Donetz AJ; Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada., Hoover GJ; Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada., MacDonald WN; Agricxulture Department, Niagara College Canada, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0, Canada., Wolyn DJ; Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada., Shelp BJ; Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada. |
| Abstrakt: |
Fertilizer boron (B) and molybdenum (Mo) were provided to contrasting cultivars of subirrigated pot chrysanthemums at approximately 6-100% of current industry standards in an otherwise balanced nutrient solution during vegetative growth, and then all nutrients were removed during reproductive growth. Two experiments were conducted for each nutrient in a naturally lit greenhouse using a randomized complete block split-plot design. Boron (0.313-5.00 µmol L -1 ) or Mo (0.031-0.500 µmol L -1 ) was the main plot, and cultivar was the sub-plot. Petal quilling was observed with leaf-B of 11.3-19.4 mg kg -1 dry mass (DM), whereas Mo deficiency was not observed with leaf-Mo of 1.0-3.7 mg kg -1 DM. Optimized supplies resulted in leaf tissue levels of 48.8-72.5 mg B kg -1 DM and 1.9-4.8 mg Mo kg -1 DM. Boron uptake efficiency was more important than B utilization efficiency in sustaining plant/inflorescence growth with decreasing B supply, whereas Mo uptake and utilization efficiencies appeared to have similar importance in sustaining plant/inflorescence growth with decreasing Mo supply. This research contributes to the development of a sustainable low-input nutrient delivery strategy for floricultural operations, wherein nutrient supply is interrupted during reproductive growth and optimized during vegetative growth. |
