Vol. 9 (2) : March-April 2018 issue
Green Farming Vol. 9 (2) : 290-295 ; March-April, 2018
Effect of sodium silicate on the growth and physiological attributes of tomato
CHANCHAL MALHOTRAa1, RITI THAPAR KAPOORa2*, DEEPAK GANJEWALAa3 and N.B. SINGHb4
aPlant Physiology Laboratory, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida - 201 313 (Uttar Pradesh),
bPlant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad - 211 002 (Uttar Pradesh)
Designation : 1Ph.D. Scholar, 2Asstt. Professor *(rkapoor@amity.edu), 3Assoc. Professor, 4Professor
Subject : Plant Physiology, Crop Physiology and Bio-Chemistry
Paper No. : P-7176
Total Pages : 6
Received : 13 February 2018
Revised accepted : 20 March 2018
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Citation :
CHANCHAL MALHOTRA, RITI THAPAR KAPOOR, DEEPAK GANJEWALA and N.B. SINGH. 2018. Effect of sodium silicate on the growth and physiological attributes of tomato. Green Farming Vol. 9 (2) : 290-295 ; March-April, 2018
ABSTRACT
The effect of sodium silicate was studied on the growth and physiological attributes of tomato seedlings. The high concentration of sodium silicate (3mM) significantly increased the growth parameters and biochemical components such as pigment content, sugar, proline, protein and total antioxidant contents in the seedlings of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. variety Pusa 120. Increase in seed germination percentage and other growth characteristics followed the order: T3> T2> T1> Control. Maximum increase 98.86% in total antioxidant content was recorded in the tomato seedlings treated with 3 mM concentration of sodium silicate. The results of the present study shows that sodium silicate promotes the growth of tomato seeds and it can be applied as fertilizer in crop fields.
Key words :
Biochemical constituents, Growth & Physiological attributes, Lycopersicon esculentum, Sodium silicate.
