Co-application of phosphorus and sulfur improve yield, quality, and nutrients uptake in Nicotiana tabaccum L.
Issue Date
3-2022
Abstract
A field experiment was carried out to evaluate the interactive effect of phosphorus (0, 30, 60, and 90 kg P2O5 ha-1) and sulfur (0, 15, 30, and 45 kg ha-1) on yield, quality, and uptake of nutrients by tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). The experiment was organized in a two-factorial randomized complete block design with three replications at Tobacco Research Station, Mardan, Pakistan in 2017-2018. Application of 90 kg P2O5 ha-1 improved tobacco leaf area (24.2%), green leaf weight (44.5%), cured leaf weight (44.7%), grade index (18.3%), nicotine (35.8%), sugar (12%), and P (24.5%) contents but decreased S content (35.3%) over control phosphorus plots. Similarly, application of 45 kg S ha-1 optimized leaf area (13.6%), grade index (12%), nicotine (15%), P (5.9%), and S (96%) contents over control sulfur plots. Interactively, P application antagonized leaf S content. However, it did not show any adverse effect on other agronomic and quality parameter. Both P and S application decrease leaf chloride content by 43.5% and 21.4%, respectively. Thus, 90 kg P2O5 ha-1 along with 45 kg S ha-1 is recommended for obtaining optimum yield of good quality tobacco crop.
Source or Periodical Title
Philippine Agricultural Scientist
ISSN
0031-7454
Volume
105
Issue
1
Page
61-68
Document Type
Article
Frequency
quarterly
Physical Description
graph, tables
Language
English
Subject
Nicotiana tabacum, nutrient uptake, phosphorus, sulfur, yield, quality
Recommended Citation
Alam, Aftab; Tariq, Muhammad; Ul Haq, Ikram; Ali, Jawad; Fahad, Shah; Ahmad, Manzoor; Romman, Muhammad; Saleem, Muhammad Hamzah; Ahmad, Shakeel; Gul, Farhana; Durrishahwar; Subhan, Fazli; Wahid, Fazli; Inyat-ur-Rahman; Adnan, Muhammad; and Yasin, Ghulam, "Co-application of phosphorus and sulfur improve yield, quality, and nutrients uptake in Nicotiana tabaccum L." (2022). Journal Article. 5737.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/journal-articles/5737
Identifier
https://pas.cafs.uplb.edu.ph/2022/march-2022-vol-105-no-1/
Digital Copy
Yes
En – AGROVOC descriptors
NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHOSPHOTOUS; SULFUR; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; YIELDS; QUALITY