Sreelatha, K and Mathew, Lizzy and Kaladharan, P (2018) Drenching aqueous extracts of seaweeds for enhancing growth, biochemical constituents and yield of Solanum melongena. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 60 (2). pp. 18-23.
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Abstract
Seaweed liquid fertilizer prepared from aqueous extracts of red and brown seaweeds were tried on Brinjal, Solanum melongena, L. under lab conditions. Basal application of aqueous extract of Sargassum wightii to Brinjal was found beneficial to boost the height of the plant, number of flowers/ plant considerably and the levels of chlorophyll pigments 27% more than the control. This increased the fruit yield exhibited by number and weight of fruits over control as well as the extract of red seaweed Grateloupia lithophila. However, extracts of G. lithophila promoted early flowering, delayed senescence of leaves of eggplant. Biochemical constituents in the treated plants such as total sugars, proteins and lipids too showed considerable increase (mg/g dry weight, P<0.001) due to application of Sargassum extract. These results enabled us to confirm that use of extracts of Sargassum as manure to crops can improve yield, save chemical fertilizers and protect soil fertility.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | seaweed manure, basal application, crop yield, green farming, soil fertility, Solanum melongena |
| Subjects: | Biochemistry > Bioactive compounds Algae > Seaweed |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Fishery Environment Management Division |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2019 05:26 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jun 2019 05:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/13672 |
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