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Effect of Silicate Fertilizer on Oriental Melon in Plastic Film House  

Lee, Sung-Ho (Dept. of Agronomy, Yeungnam University)
Cho, Hyun-Jong (Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Daegu University)
Shin, Hyun-Jin (Dept. of Agronomy, Yeungnam University)
Shin, Yong-Sup (Songju Fruit and Vegetable Experiment Station)
Park, So-Deuk (Songju Fruit and Vegetable Experiment Station)
Kim, Bok-Jin (Dept. of Agronomy, Yeungnam University)
Chung, Jong-Bae (Dept. of Agricultural Chemistry, Daegu University)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.36, no.6, 2003 , pp. 407-416 More about this Journal
Abstract
Although the requirement and optimum soil level of Si for oriental melon are still not well understood, silicate fertilizer is commonly applied to the oriental melon in plastic film houses where soil silicate level is relatively high. In this research the effects of silicate fertilizer on growth, fruit yield and fruit quality of oriental melon, and soil properties were investigated in plastic film house where the soil available silicate was $212mg\;SiO_2\;kg^{-1}$. Silicate fertilizer was applied in the rates of 100, 200, and $300kg\;10a^{-1}$. The application of silicate fertilizer could not increase the early growth of oriental melon, and also the fruit yield and quality were not different among the treatments. Available Si and P contents in soils and also Si and P contents in leaf of oriental melon of the different treatments were not significantly different. In the relationship between total Si in oriental melon leaf and soil silicate extracted by 1 N sodium acetate, optimum soil available silicate level for oriental melon was found to be around $100mg\;SiO_2\;kg^{-1}$. These results indicate that the additional silicate fertilization in soils of available silicate higher than $100mg\;SiO_2\;kg^{-1}$ is unnecessary, and such application of silicate can not have any beneficial effect on the growth and fruit yield of oriental melon.
Keywords
Oriental melon; Silicate fertilizer; Silicon;
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