Abstract
The experiment was carried out under plastic house conditions during autumn seasons of 2016 and 2017 at the Agricultural Experiment Station, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University and Laboratory of Handling of Vegetable Department, Horticulture Research Institute, Giza Governorate, to study the effect of foliar spray with potassium silicate at different concentrations on vegetative growth, yield and its components, fruit quality and storability of cucumber fruits (Cucumus sativus L.) Hisham F1 hybrid. The results indicated that foliar spray with potassium silicate at 4% or 3% significantly increased vegetative growth parameters (plant height, number of leaves/ plant, fresh weight of plant and chlorophyll reading (SPAD) in leaves, silicon and potassium contents in the leaves, yield and its components (fruit weight and total yield / plant), physical and chemical properties of fruit and silicon and potassium contents in fruits as compared with other treatments or untreated plants (control). Potassium silicate at 4% improved storability of cucumber fruit (reduced weight loss, color change and maintained fruit firmness, TSS and V.C) and exhibited good appearance after 15 days of storage at 10o C.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar spray with potassium silicate at 4% or 3% significantly increased plant height, number of leaves and fresh weight of cucumber plants.
- Taxon
- Cucumber
Cucumis sativust0 - Treatment
- foliar spray with potassium silicate at 4% or 3%e0
- Outcome
- plant height, number of leaves/ plant, fresh weight of plante0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- other treatments or untreated plants (control)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruits”
e0“The results indicated that foliar spray with potassium silicate at 4% or 3% significantly increased vegetative growth parameters (plant height, number of leaves/ plant, fresh weight of plant and chlorophyll reading (SPAD) in leaves, silicon and potassium contents in the leaves, yield and its components (fruit weight and total yield / plant), physical and chemical properties of fruit and silicon and potassium contents in fruits as compared with other treatments or untreated plants (control)”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar potassium silicate significantly increased leaf SPAD chlorophyll reading and silicon and potassium contents in the leaves of cucumber.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- foliar spray with potassium silicate at 4% or 3%e0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll reading (SPAD) in leaves, silicon and potassium contents in the leavese0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- other treatments or untreated plants (control)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruits”
e0“The results indicated that foliar spray with potassium silicate at 4% or 3% significantly increased vegetative growth parameters (plant height, number of leaves/ plant, fresh weight of plant and chlorophyll reading (SPAD) in leaves, silicon and potassium contents in the leaves, yield and its components (fruit weight and total yield / plant), physical and chemical properties of fruit and silicon and potassium contents in fruits as compared with other treatments or untreated plants (control)”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar potassium silicate significantly increased fruit weight and total yield per plant of cucumber.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- foliar spray with potassium silicate at 4% or 3%e0
- Outcome
- fruit weight and total yield / plante0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- other treatments or untreated plants (control)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruits”
e0“The results indicated that foliar spray with potassium silicate at 4% or 3% significantly increased vegetative growth parameters (plant height, number of leaves/ plant, fresh weight of plant and chlorophyll reading (SPAD) in leaves, silicon and potassium contents in the leaves, yield and its components (fruit weight and total yield / plant), physical and chemical properties of fruit and silicon and potassium contents in fruits as compared with other treatments or untreated plants (control)”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar potassium silicate significantly increased physical and chemical properties of cucumber fruit.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- foliar spray with potassium silicate at 4% or 3%e0
- Outcome
- physical and chemical properties of fruite0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- other treatments or untreated plants (control)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruits”
e0“The results indicated that foliar spray with potassium silicate at 4% or 3% significantly increased vegetative growth parameters (plant height, number of leaves/ plant, fresh weight of plant and chlorophyll reading (SPAD) in leaves, silicon and potassium contents in the leaves, yield and its components (fruit weight and total yield / plant), physical and chemical properties of fruit and silicon and potassium contents in fruits as compared with other treatments or untreated plants (control)”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar potassium silicate significantly increased silicon and potassium contents in cucumber fruits.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- foliar spray with potassium silicate at 4% or 3%e0
- Outcome
- silicon and potassium contents in fruitse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- other treatments or untreated plants (control)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruits”
e0“The results indicated that foliar spray with potassium silicate at 4% or 3% significantly increased vegetative growth parameters (plant height, number of leaves/ plant, fresh weight of plant and chlorophyll reading (SPAD) in leaves, silicon and potassium contents in the leaves, yield and its components (fruit weight and total yield / plant), physical and chemical properties of fruit and silicon and potassium contents in fruits as compared with other treatments or untreated plants (control)”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium silicate at 4% reduced weight loss of cucumber fruit during storage.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- Potassium silicate at 4%e1
- Outcome
- weight losse1
- Direction
- reducede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruits”
e1“Potassium silicate at 4% improved storability of cucumber fruit (reduced weight loss, color change and maintained fruit firmness, TSS and V.C) and exhibited good appearance after 15 days of storage at 10o C”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium silicate at 4% reduced colour change of cucumber fruit during storage.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- Potassium silicate at 4%e1
- Outcome
- color changee1
- Direction
- reducede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruits”
e1“Potassium silicate at 4% improved storability of cucumber fruit (reduced weight loss, color change and maintained fruit firmness, TSS and V.C) and exhibited good appearance after 15 days of storage at 10o C”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium silicate at 4% maintained fruit firmness, TSS and vitamin C of cucumber fruit during storage.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- Potassium silicate at 4%e1
- Outcome
- fruit firmness, TSS and V.Ce1
- Direction
- maintainede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruits”
e1“Potassium silicate at 4% improved storability of cucumber fruit (reduced weight loss, color change and maintained fruit firmness, TSS and V.C) and exhibited good appearance after 15 days of storage at 10o C”
Claim · model-written summary
Cucumber fruit treated with potassium silicate at 4% showed good appearance after 15 days of storage at 10o C.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Outcome
- appearancee1
- Qualifier
- good appearance after 15 days of storage at 10o Ce1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruits”
e1“Potassium silicate at 4% improved storability of cucumber fruit (reduced weight loss, color change and maintained fruit firmness, TSS and V.C) and exhibited good appearance after 15 days of storage at 10o C”
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