High level of copper application to soil and leaves reduce the growth and yield of tomato plants
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-90162006000300001Keywords:
dry root weight, fruit number, fungicides, plant height, greenhouseAbstract
Copper-containing fertilizers, fungicides and bactericides are extensively used in greenhouses in Turkey. Informations on effects of these applications to plants are scarce. The aim of the present study was to investigate effects of Cu application to a calcareous soil and to leaves on the yield and growth of tomato plants. Cu was first applied to soil as CuSO4.5H2O in three different levels (0, 1000, and 2000 mg Cu kg-1) and then to leaves in three different frequencies (no application, biweekly and weekly) using two cupric fungicides (Cu oxychloride, and Cu salts of fatty and rosin acids) in pot experiments carried out in a computer-controlled greenhouse. Total yield, fruit number, dry root weight and plant height decreased with increasing Cu application to soil. Increasing levels of Cu applied to soil and leaves resulted in decreasing final fruit number, dry root weight and plant height in 4th, 5th and 6th weeks. Combined applications of Cu to soil and leaves could be more deleterious to plants than when Cu is applied only to soil or leaves.Downloads
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2006-06-01
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High level of copper application to soil and leaves reduce the growth and yield of tomato plants . (2006). Scientia Agricola, 63(3), 213-218. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-90162006000300001