Determining the Effect of Natural Silica to Alleviate Salinity Stress of Tomatoes (Lycopersicum escullentum Mill.) on Entisol | Chapter 4 | Research Advances and Challenges in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 1

This phase primarily focuses on the effect of silica fertilizer (Si), seasoning stress and their interactions on the country characteristics of attractive woman plants on Entisol soil. High salinity leads to a decrease in plant development, biomass, yield, photosynthesis, and water use efficiency as salinity stress otherwise impacts the semantic, biochemical, and physiological processes of plants. Attractive woman is one of ultimate common and widely wasted vegetable crops in the realm. This research was conducted in ex-farm screen families, Agronomy and Gardening laboratories, and Soil Skill laboratories, Skill of Agriculture, Jenderal Soedinnan Academy from January 2020 to April 2020. The experiment employed factorial randomized complete block design (RCBD) wid1 2 determinants experiments that is level of conductivity, that is to say KO= 0 ds/m / pot, KI = 1 ds/m / marijuana, K2 = 2 ds/m/ pot, and K3 = 3 ds/m/marijuana, and doses of Si fertilizer, namely SO= 0 g/marijuana, SI = Sg/pot, S2 = 10 g/cauldron, and S3 = 15 g/pot. Skilled are 16 treatment blends with 3 replications, in total 48 exploratory unit were secondhand. The variables noticed were plant height, number of leaves, chlorophyll content, blooming age, 1 number of flowers, number offmits, fruit burden, and fruit book. Tomato blooms manifolded when Si fertilizer was used. Tomato plant altitude and weight were reduced by salinity stress. The quantity of leaves and blooms is affected by the merger of salt stress and silica manure (Si). The maximal number of leaves was at the dose of KCl 1 ds/m/plant and silica fertilizer 5 g/plant, while the capital number of flowers was at the dose of KCl 3 ds.lm.lplant and silica manure 10 g/plant. The application of Si manure causes the plant to maintain the number of flowers. Si used to plants has an effect on increasing the photosynthetic competency. This has a positive equivalence with progress rates such as the number of creative branches and the number of flowers.

Author(s) Details:

Kharisun,
Agriculture Faculty, University of Jenderal Soedirman, Central Java, Indonesia.

S. R. Suparto,
Agriculture Faculty, University of Jenderal Soedirman, Central Java, Indonesia.

R. Noorhidayah,
Agriculture Faculty, University of Jenderal Soedirman, Central Java, Indonesia.

C. M. Astuti,
Agriculture Faculty, University of Jenderal Soedirman, Central Java, Indonesia.

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