Co-application of Phosphorus and Sulfur Improve Yield, Quality, and Nutrients Uptake in Nicotiana tabaccum L.

Authors

• Aftab Alam, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar-Pakistan
• Muhammad Tariq, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar-Pakistan
• Jawad Ali, Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Anbar, Swabi, Pakistan
• Muhammad Adnan, Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Anbar, Swabi, Pakistan; Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, USA
• Shah Fahad, Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Pakistan
• Manzoor Ahmad, Department of Agriculture (Agronomy), Bacha Khan University Charsadda KPK– Pakistan
• Muhammad Romman, Department of Botany, The University of Chitral, Pakistan
• Muhammad Hamzad Saleem, MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
• Mohammad K. Okla, Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
• Shakeel Ahmad, Guangxi Colleges and Universities, key laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Science Education, Agricultural College of Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
• Farhana Gul, Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Anbar, Swabi, Pakistan
• Durrishahwar Durrishahwar, Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Anbar, Swabi, Pakistan
• Fazli Subhan, Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Anbar, Swabi, Pakistan
• Fazli Wahid, Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Anbar, Swabi, Pakistan
• Inyat-ur- Rahman, Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Anbar, Swabi, Pakistan

Publication Date

3-1-2022

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 tabaccum 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.

Recommended Citation

Alam, Aftab; Tariq, Muhammad; Ali, Jawad; Adnan, Muhammad; Fahad, Shah; Ahmad, Manzoor; Romman, Muhammad; Saleem, Muhammad Hamzad; Okla, Mohammad K.; Ahmad, Shakeel; Gul, Farhana; Durrishahwar, Durrishahwar; Subhan, Fazli; Wahid, Fazli; and Rahman, Inyat-ur- (2022) "Co-application of Phosphorus and Sulfur Improve Yield, Quality, and Nutrients Uptake in Nicotiana tabaccum L.," The Philippine Agricultural Scientist: Vol. 105: No. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/pas/vol105/iss1/6