Foliar application of Boron, Calcium, and Indole-3-butyric acid on onion plants to improve seed production
Onion is the third most important cultivated vegetable crop around the world. Two types of varieties are cultivated: Open pollinated cultivars (OP) and first generation hybrids (F1). Little is known about the effects of foliar applications on onion seed production. This study was conducted to evalua...
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| author | Gabri Martin, Carlos Guillermo Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina Ibañez, Antonio Galmarini, Claudio Romulo |
| author_browse | Gabri Martin, Carlos Guillermo Galmarini, Claudio Romulo Ibañez, Antonio Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina |
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| description | Onion is the third most important cultivated vegetable crop around the world. Two types of varieties are cultivated: Open pollinated cultivars (OP) and first generation hybrids (F1). Little is known about the effects of foliar applications on onion seed production. This study was conducted to evaluate the enhancement of onion seed yield and seed quality through foliar applications of Boron (B), Calcium (Ca), and an auxin, indole-3-butyric acid (IBA). Male-sterile lines (MSL), and OP planted in pots and open field conditions were used over four seasons. The experiments were carried out with different levels of nutrients and IBA applied to the plants. Our results showed that foliar applications of nutrients and plant growth regulators were effective methods to improve onion seed yield and the number of seed per fruit, while seed quality parameters remained stable. The seed yield was enhanced by B by up to 83 %, but with an increasingly wide variability in comparison to the control. Indole-3-butyric acid improved yields when it was applied alone and mixed with B and Ca (40–45 % for OP and MSL, respectively) compared to the control. Therefore, foliar application of IBA, B and Ca could be effective in improving onion seed yields. |
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| spelling | INTA216862025-03-17T13:44:43Z Foliar application of Boron, Calcium, and Indole-3-butyric acid on onion plants to improve seed production Gabri Martin, Carlos Guillermo Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina Ibañez, Antonio Galmarini, Claudio Romulo Boro Calcio Cebolla Ácido Butirico Semilla Boron Calcium Onions Butyric Acid Seed Onion is the third most important cultivated vegetable crop around the world. Two types of varieties are cultivated: Open pollinated cultivars (OP) and first generation hybrids (F1). Little is known about the effects of foliar applications on onion seed production. This study was conducted to evaluate the enhancement of onion seed yield and seed quality through foliar applications of Boron (B), Calcium (Ca), and an auxin, indole-3-butyric acid (IBA). Male-sterile lines (MSL), and OP planted in pots and open field conditions were used over four seasons. The experiments were carried out with different levels of nutrients and IBA applied to the plants. Our results showed that foliar applications of nutrients and plant growth regulators were effective methods to improve onion seed yield and the number of seed per fruit, while seed quality parameters remained stable. The seed yield was enhanced by B by up to 83 %, but with an increasingly wide variability in comparison to the control. Indole-3-butyric acid improved yields when it was applied alone and mixed with B and Ca (40–45 % for OP and MSL, respectively) compared to the control. Therefore, foliar application of IBA, B and Ca could be effective in improving onion seed yields. EEA San Juan Fil: Gabri Martín, Carlos Guillermo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Juan; Argentina. Bayer Argentina; Argentina Fil: Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza (IBAM); Argentina Fil: Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza (IBAM); Argentina Fil: Ibañez, Antonio Alberto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Chilecito; Argentina Fil: Galmarini, Claudio Rómulo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Centro Regional Mendoza-SanJuan; Argentina Fil: Galmarini, Claudio Rómulo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Galmarini, Claudio Rómulo. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina 2025-03-17T13:35:07Z 2025-03-17T13:35:07Z 2024-06-03 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21686 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1125471824000082 2039-6805 1125-4718 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijagro.2024.100008 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Italian Journal of Agronomy 19 (2) : 100008. (June 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Boro Calcio Cebolla Ácido Butirico Semilla Boron Calcium Onions Butyric Acid Seed Gabri Martin, Carlos Guillermo Soto Vargas, Verónica Carolina Ibañez, Antonio Galmarini, Claudio Romulo Foliar application of Boron, Calcium, and Indole-3-butyric acid on onion plants to improve seed production |
| title | Foliar application of Boron, Calcium, and Indole-3-butyric acid on onion plants to improve seed production |
| title_full | Foliar application of Boron, Calcium, and Indole-3-butyric acid on onion plants to improve seed production |
| title_fullStr | Foliar application of Boron, Calcium, and Indole-3-butyric acid on onion plants to improve seed production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foliar application of Boron, Calcium, and Indole-3-butyric acid on onion plants to improve seed production |
| title_short | Foliar application of Boron, Calcium, and Indole-3-butyric acid on onion plants to improve seed production |
| title_sort | foliar application of boron calcium and indole 3 butyric acid on onion plants to improve seed production |
| topic | Boro Calcio Cebolla Ácido Butirico Semilla Boron Calcium Onions Butyric Acid Seed |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21686 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1125471824000082 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijagro.2024.100008 |
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