Horticultural Science, 2023 (vol. 50), issue 2
The influence of biofertilization on the vegetative growth, yielding and nutritional status of ‘Sampion’ apple trees in first years after plantingOriginal Paper
Waldemar Treder, Krzysztof Klamkowski, Lidia Sas-Paszt, Katarzyna Wójcik, Anna Tryngiel-Gaæ, Mateusz Fr±c, Anna Lisek, Krzysztof Górnik, Edyta Derkowska, Augustyn Mika
Hort. Sci. (Prague), 2023, 50(2):91-100 | DOI: 10.17221/101/2021-HORTSCI 
The effects of biofertilizers on the growth, yielding, and nutritional status of apple trees (in comparison with the standard mineral fertilization) was evaluated in 3-years experiment (2018–2020). The experiment included the following treatments: (i) Super Fos Dar, (ii) Polifoska 6, (iii) Super Fos Dar + fungi (Aspergillus niger, Purpureocillium lilacinum), (iv) Urea enriched with fungi, (v) Urea dose reduced to 60% enriched with fungi, (vi) Super Fos Dar + bacteria applied on their own to the soil (Bacillus sp., Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Paenibacillus polymyxa), (vii) Super Fos Dar enriched with bacteria,...
Effect of elicitors and biostimulants on the content of bioactive compounds in raspberry fruitsOriginal Paper
Nayelli Azucena Sigala Aguilar, Jose Antonio Gonzales Fuentes, Luis Alonso Valdez Aguilar, Mercedes Guadalupe López Pérez, Julia Medrano Macias Medrano Macias, Adalberto Benavides-Mendoza Benavides Mendoza, Susana González Morales
Hort. Sci. (Prague), 2023, 50(2):101-111 | DOI: 10.17221/98/2021-HORTSCI
Raspberry has acquired great interest in human health due to its content of bioactive compounds that provide protection against diseases caused by non-communicable diseases. Bioactive compounds are mainly represented by secondary metabolites such as phenols, anthocyanins, and flavonoids. Biostimulants and elicitors are substances or microorganisms that provide protection and defence to the physiological processes of plants. The present study evaluated the effect of two elicitors (hydrogen peroxide, salicylic acid) and three biostimulants (humic and fulvic acids, glutamic acid, seaweed extracts) on the content of bioactive compounds in raspberry fruits,...
Influence of beneficial soil microorganisms and mineral fertilizers enriched with them on the flowering, fruiting, and physical and chemical parameters of the fruit of three-year-old strawberry plants in field cultivationOriginal Paper
Lidia Sas Paszt, Beata Sumorok, Krzysztof Górnik, Zygmunt S. Grzyb, Anna Lisek, S³awomir G³uszek, Pawe³ Trzciñski, Edyta Derkowska, Mateusz Fr±c, Waldemar Treder, Bo¿ena Podlaska
Hort. Sci. (Prague), 2023, 50(2):112-126 | DOI: 10.17221/90/2021-HORTSCI
The excessive use of chemicals in plant production, including mineral fertilizers has a harmful effect on the morpho- and physiological state of strawberry plants, their yielding, and the physicochemical properties of the fruit and soil. Increasing the effectiveness of beneficial microorganisms, i.e. filamentous fungi, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and bacteria, is an essential method of reducing the amount of fertilizers used to fertilize the soil. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of beneficial soil microorganisms (filamentous fungi and bacteria) applied alone or together with mineral fertilizers on the morpho- and physiological...
Modulation of nutritional and biochemical status of hydroponically grown Cucurbita pepo L. by Calcium Nitrate under saline conditionsOriginal Paper
Farhad Behtash, Hanifeh Seyed Hajizadeh, Bagher Tarighi
Hort. Sci. (Prague), 2023, 50(2):127-141 | DOI: 10.17221/105/2021-HORTSCI
Salinity is one of the critical environmental factors that decreases the water availability and induces nutritional imbalance in crops. In order to study the effect of calcium nitrate [(Ca(NO3)2] in the nutrient solution under salinity conditions, an experiment was designed with different salinity (0, 50, and 100 mM) and Ca(NO3)2 (2, 3, and 4 mM) levels on Cucurbita pepo (zucchini). Based on the results, an increase in the salinity from 0 to 100 mM caused a decrease in the leaf potassium and calcium concentration, whereas the iron, magnesium and zinc concentrations increased. The most effective Ca(NO3)2...
Seed yield, nutrient absorption and soil health as influenced by sowing time, nutrient levels and genotypes of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.)Original Paper
Anamika Chandel, Akhilesh Sharma, Parveen Sharma, Surinder Singh Rana, Ranbir Singh Rana, Shilpa
Hort. Sci. (Prague), 2023, 50(2):142-151 | DOI: 10.17221/138/2022-HORTSCI
The choice of variety, sowing time and optimum nutrition are important management options to optimise the seed yield. Accordingly, an experiment comprising of 18 treatments was conducted during the winter 2017–2018 and 2018–2019 in a factorial randomized block design, replicated three times to assess the response of pea genotypes (DPP-SP-6, Him Palam Matar-1 and Pb-89) to the seeding time (26th October and 10th November) and nutrient levels (0, 100 and 125% of the recommended NPK). The individual treatment effects revealed that early sowing, application of 125% NPK and DPP-SP-6 were significantly superior for the seed yield and related...
Determination of Verticillium and Fusarium wilt resistance levels of different interspecific hybrid eggplant linesOriginal Paper
Sevtap Doksöz Boncukçu, Naif Geboloğlu, Funda ªahin
Hort. Sci. (Prague), 2023, 50(2):152-158 | DOI: 10.17221/62/2022-HORTSCI
This study was conducted to investigate the resistance of 4 wild eggplant species (Solanum aethiopium group Aculeatum, S. incanum, S. macrocarpon, S. linnaeanum), 3 cultivated eggplant varieties (‘Anamur F1’, ‘Pala’, ‘Yamula’), 1 eggplant rootstock (Köksal F1) and 34 interspecific hybrids to Verticillium dahliae Kleb. and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melongenae. Disease resistance of eggplant genotypes was determined by the pathogenicity test. The disease severity values varied between 0–80% for Verticillium and between 0–100% for Fusarium. Among the 42 genotypes,...
Long-term high temperature stress decreases the photosynthetic capacity and induces irreversible damage in chrysanthemum seedlingsOriginal Paper
Yuanda Zhang, Zaiqiang Yang, Peijuan Wang, Chao Xu
Hort. Sci. (Prague), 2023, 50(2):159-173 | DOI: 10.17221/28/2022-HORTSCI
To study the effects of long-term and short-term high temperature stress and recovery on the physiological functions and appearance quality of chrysanthemums, a controlled experiment with chrysanthemums was conducted. The treatments were 25 °C for 3 days (T1D3), 25 °C for 9 days (T1D9), 41 °C for 3 days (T2D3) and 41°C for 9 days (T2D9). The results indicated that there is no significant difference between the T1D3 and T1D9 groups. Conversely, the total chlorophyll content (Chl), net photosynthetic rate (PN), and maximum quantum yield of Photosystem II (PSII) (FV/FM) under T2D3 and T2D9 decreased by 27.07%, 43.30%, 5.62%, and 44.85%, 68.22%, 8.29%,...