The Influence of Nitrogen and Potassium Nutrition on Vine and Root Development of the ‘Allgold’ Sweetpotato at Early Stage of Storage Root Enlargement1
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- 1 November 1971
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Horticultural Science in Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
- Vol. 96 (6) , 718-720
- https://doi.org/10.21273/jashs.96.6.718
Abstract
Plants of the ‘Allgold’ sweetpotato were grown for 60 days with 3 levels of N and K in a peat-perlite medium to determine the influence of these nutrients on plant development early in the stage of root enlargement. Dry vine and fresh root weights were highly correlated, with high N and medium K resulting in the largest vine and root weights. The numbers of roots were influenced more by K than by N, but the size of roots was influenced more by N than by K. The addition of N without K was responsible for long roots, and the addition of K reduced root length at all N levels.Keywords
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