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Phosphate Fertilizer Influences Growth and Photosynthesis of Pepper Seedlings  

Choi, Young-Whan (Department of Horticulture, Miryang National University)
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.12, no.1, 2003 , pp. 22-25 More about this Journal
Abstract
Seedlings of ‘Nokgwang’ and ‘Kwari’ green pepper were cultured in 32-cell plug trays in TK$_2$ medium to find out optimal concentrations of phosphate. Seedling growth of both ‘Nokgwang’ and ‘Kwari’ cultivars was affected by phosphate strength. Applying P fertilizer to the plug system caused a marked increase in plant height and leaf area at 1.0 phosphate strength. On the other hand, total dry weight increased with increasing phosphate strength. Higher chlorophyll content was observed in ‘Nokgwang’ than ‘Kwari’ in all treatments. Phosphate strength greater than 0.5 gave similar chlorophyll content. Photosynthetic rate was higher for plants fertilized with 1.0 strength for ‘Nokgwang’ and 0.5 strength for ‘Kwari’than the other treatments. Higher concentrations of phosphate reduced photosynthesis in both cultivars. With ‘Nokgwang’increasing concentration of phosphate up to 1.0 strength resulted in increase in stomatal conductance and transpiration rate.
Keywords
phosphorus; photosynthesis; chlorophyll; stomatal conductance;
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