Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration could have significant implications on technologies for managing plant nutrition to sustain crop productivity in the future. Soybean ( Glycine max [L.] Merr.) (C3 species) and grain sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) (C4 species) were grown in a replicated split-plot design using open-top field chambers under ambient (357 μmol/mol) a...

18 Experiments to assess the capability of different combinations of Fe-compounds and 19 adjuvants to provide iron (Fe) via foliar application to Fe-deficient plants have been 20 carried out. A total of 80 formulations containing i) one of five Fe-compounds 21 (FeSO4.7H2O, Fe(III)-citrate, Fe(III)-EDTA, Fe(III)-DTPA, Fe(III)-IDHA), ii) a 22 surfactant (Mistol, alkyl-polyglucoside1 or alkyl-poly...

Nitrogen (N) in plants is generally diagnosed by a soil test and plant tissue analysis.However, such analyses are costly in terms of time and money and are not easily accessible byresearchers and extension workers, let alone farmers. Alternative cost-effective methods arerequired for rapid analysis of the N status of crops and to guide N management in wheat. Theobjective of this study was to as...

Feng, M. C., J. J. Wang, C. Wang, W. D. Yang, H. Q. Wang, L. J. Xiao, Y. H. Song, L. M. gao, M. J. ZHang and g. W. Ding, 2013. Response of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) spectral reflectance characteristics to chlorophyll content in planting densities application rate. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 19: 1190-1197 The leaf chlorophyll content of wheat is one of important agronomic parameters to anal...

the objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of nitrogen fertigation frequency on lint yield, lint properties, chlorophyll content (spad readings), and the photosynthesis rate (pr) of cotton. this study was carried out in the southeastern anatolia region of turkey in 2011 and 2012 with drip-irrigated cotton. the maximum lint yield (1,856 kg ha-1) was obtained with one lateral for e...

Twenty six accessions of grain Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.) were evaluated for salient biochemical and quantitative traits particularly reference to chlorophyll a and b, total chlorophyll, phenol content, leaf moisture, leaf protein content, test weight and yield plant. Genetic divergence and association among these traits were analysed. Chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophy...

monly used instruments is a Minolta SPAD (soil plant analysis development) meter. The SPAD meter measures the difference in light absorption at 430 and 750 nm (Wood et al., 1992). The former is the transmittance peak for chlorophyl ‘a’ and ‘b’, and the latter is in the near-infrared region. The instrument converts the difference in light absorption at these two wavelengths into a numerical SPAD...

Heat stress is a major production constraint of wheat in South Asia, particularly the Gangetic plains India and Bangladesh. The leaf chlorophyll status key determinant for high rate photosynthesis under stress. present experiments included 238 genotypes 2016-2017 321 2017-2018 optimum heat conditions. Subsequently, set 100 selected on basis susceptibility index was evaluated 2018-2019 condition...

1. Aqueous extracts of spinach and Aspidistra leaves yield highly opalescent preparations which are not in true solution. Such extracts differ markedly from colloidal chlorophyll in their spectrum and fluorescence. The differences between the green leaf pigment and chlorophyll in organic solvents are shown to be due to combination of chlorophyll with protein in the leaf. 2. The effect of some a...