Effects of different phosphorus supply levels on growth,photosynthetic characteristics and mineral element absorption of green pepper seedlings
[Objective]This study investigated the effects of different phosphorus supply levels on pho-tosynthetic characteristics and mineral element absorption of green pepper seedlings to provide basis for further improving precise fertilization and high-quality production of green pepper.[Method]The experi-ment was carried out by hydroponic method with green pepper seedlings of Audrey Red Silk spear.Four treatments of T1(50%P),T2(75%P),T3(100%P),T4(125%P)were included and biomass,root activi-ty,photosynthetic pigment content,photosynthetic characteristics,mineral element content and accumula-tion of green pepper seedlings were measured.Then,the effects on growth characteristics of green pepper seedlings were analyzed and the comprehensive performance was evaluated using principal component ana-lysis.[Result]Compared to T3,fresh quality of root,dry quality of root,root activity,chlorophyll a,carote-noid,chlorophyll a+b,net photosynthetic rate(Pn),transpiration rate(Tr)and stomatal conductance(Gs)of grafted green pepper seedlings in T1 treatment were significantly decreased by 35.03%,33.33%,54.32%,38.65%,61.83%,22.01%,50.48%,36.50%and 40.16%,while intercellular CO2 concentration(Ci)was increased significantly by 18.43%.In T2 treatment,fresh quality of shoot,dry quality of shoot,root activity,chlorophyll b,Tr and Gs were significantly increased by 51.76%,54.02%,14.76%,40.49%,62.02%and 124.76%,respectively.In T4 treatment,fresh quality of root,dry quality of root,root activity,chlorophyll a and Pn were significantly decreased by 26.60%,32.00%,17.87%,9.81%and 28.83%,re-spectively.Compared with T3,the accumulation of Fe,Zn,Ca,K,Mg and N in T2 was increased significant-ly by 62.67%,44.56%,42.33%,24.00%,33.97%and 41.41%,while that of Mn and P was decreased sig-nificantly by 20.85%and 34.99%,respectively.The principal component analysis showed that the compre-hensive performance of green pepper seedlings was in the order of T2>T3>T4>T1.[Conclusion]The application of 75%phosphorus fertilizer(T2)had good effects on growth,photosynthesis and mineral ele-ment absorption of green pepper seedlings.
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