Effects of Soil Aeration and Fertilization Practices on Alleviating Iron Deficiency Chlorosis in “Huangguan” Pears Grafted onto Quince A in Calcareous Soils
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Materials and Experimental Conditions
2.2. Experimental Implementation
2.3. Leaf Soil Plant Analysis Development (SPAD) Value
2.4. Rhizosphere pH, Soil Active Fe Concentration, and Soil Moisture
2.5. Root FCR Activity
2.6. Leaf Fe Concentration
2.7. Statistical Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Leaf SPAD Values
3.2. Soil Active Fe Concentrations and Soil Moisture
3.3. Root FCR Activities and Rhizosphere pH
3.4. Leaf Fe Concentrations and the Ratio of SPAD to the Leaf Fe Concentration (RSFe)
4. Discussion
4.1. Improving the Leaf Fe Concentration
4.2. Fe Activation in Leaves
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
Fe | Iron |
SPAD | Soil plant analysis development |
FCR | Ferric-chelate reductase |
FDR | False discovery rate |
HG-QA | “Huangguan” grafted onto quince A with Hardy as an interstock |
FM | Flattening with landscape fabric mulching |
R | Ridging without landscape fabric mulching |
F | Flattening without landscape fabric mulching |
M | Manure application |
SFe | Fe application in soil |
FFe | Foliar Fe application |
RSFe | The ratio of SPAD to the leaf Fe concentration |
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Zhao, Y.; Li, H.; Sun, M.; Liang, Z.; Yu, F.; Li, F.; Liu, S. Effects of Soil Aeration and Fertilization Practices on Alleviating Iron Deficiency Chlorosis in “Huangguan” Pears Grafted onto Quince A in Calcareous Soils. Horticulturae 2021, 7, 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7070172
Zhao Y, Li H, Sun M, Liang Z, Yu F, Li F, Liu S. Effects of Soil Aeration and Fertilization Practices on Alleviating Iron Deficiency Chlorosis in “Huangguan” Pears Grafted onto Quince A in Calcareous Soils. Horticulturae. 2021; 7(7):172. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7070172
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhao, Yanyan, Haigang Li, Mingde Sun, Zhenxu Liang, Futong Yu, Fei Li, and Songzhong Liu. 2021. "Effects of Soil Aeration and Fertilization Practices on Alleviating Iron Deficiency Chlorosis in “Huangguan” Pears Grafted onto Quince A in Calcareous Soils" Horticulturae 7, no. 7: 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7070172