Trends in Biosciences
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 14

Effect of Chloride and Sulphate Salinity on Growth and Development of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in Relation to Phosphorous Application

  • Author:
  • M.C. Bharadwaj1,, Narendra Kumar Jatav2,
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 1717 to 1722

1Department of Soil Science, Parmanand Degree Collage, affiliated to Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Gajsinghpur, Bikaner, Rajasthan

2Department of Plant Pathology, Parmanand Degree Collage, affiliated to Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Gajsinghpur, Bikaner, Rajasthan

*Email: mcbharadwaj1965@yahoo.co.in

**drnarendrakumarjatav@gmail.com

Online published on 31 December, 2014.

Abstract

Chloride dominated salinity was more toxic as compared to sulphate. Sprouting was delayed by almost 8 days at 8.0 dS/m ECe as compared tocontrol. Phosphorous application of 60 or 120 mg/Kg under non – saline and in lower levels of 2 and 4 dS/m of salinity proved beneficial in most of the parameters studied in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). The interaction effect among plant height, fresh weight and yield of tuber and that of salinity and P levels were significant.

Keywords

Chloride, sulphate, salinity, potato