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Yavar Vafaee

Yavar Vafaee

Academic rank: Associate Professor
ORCID:
Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 56380585600
Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture
Address: Department of Horticultural Science and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, 66177-15175, Iran
Phone: 08733627723

Research

Title
Effect of Chloride (KCl and MgCl2) and Various Nitrogen Sources in Two Strawberry Cultivars on Chemicals, Some Quantitative and Qualitative Factors
Type
Presentation
Keywords
strawberry, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, ammonium nitrate, chlorophyll content
Year
2010
Researchers Mohammad Fatahi ، Mansour Gholami ، Yavar Vafaee ، Bahman Fattahi

Abstract

The effect of replacement of KNO3 by KCl, with or without MgCl2 via use of various nitrogen sources in Hoagland and Arnon (1950) base nutrient solution on some quantitative and qualitative factors have studied in this paper. The five different solution were supplied in conformity with the experimental design were: KNO3 (control), KCl + NH4NO3, KCl + NH4NO3 + MgCl2, KCl + Ca (NO3)2, KCl + Ca (NO3)2 + MgCl2. Total yield, growth rate and ash amount was increased with replacement of KNO3 by KCl. Using of KCl via CaNO3 have improved total amount of element (ash), total chlorophyll content and fruit firmness in KCl + Ca (NO3)2 treated plants. Use of different treatment in solution have not any significant effect on fruit weight average, titratable acidity, pH, soluble solid content, fruit's dry matter, chlorophyll (a) and (b) content. Maximum growth and low ash rate was recorded in KCl+MgCl2+NH4 NO3-fertigated plants. Many articles confirm that NaCl was decrease yield and chlorophyll content, but our results show that chloride have positive effect on fruit yield and leaf chlorophyll content when was used lonely (without Na). The accumulation of some elements in different organs of both strawberry cultivars was significantly different when the various nutrient solutions were used. Replacement of KNO3 by KCl have caused to leave and fruits chloride amount was increased (P<0.05). Potassium concentration in Ca (NO3)2-treated plants was less than other treatment. Supplemental of MgCl2 cause to have increased potassium concentration in leaf and fruit samples. Despite some previous reports for other plants, chloride had no negative effect on the strawberries used in this study. It seems that, high amount of chloride in nutrient solution caused an improvement in some quantitative and qualitative factors in these cultivars. Also our result proposed to use of KCl as potassium source nitrogen source depend on our abject could be difference. If we want to increase yield, our results