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Effects of individual and combined metal foliar fertilisers on iron- and manganese-deficient Solanum lycopersicum plants

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Abstract

Aims

Using Fe- and Mn-deficient Solanum lycopersicum plants, we investigated the effects of Fe and Mn foliar fertilisers, either individually or combined, on plant biomass, leaf chlorophyll and metal micronutrient levels in leaves and roots.

Methods

Plants were grown in hydroponics with different combinations of 0 or 45 μM Fe and 0 or 4.6 μM Mn. Foliar fertiliser formulations (9 mM FeSO4 and/or 3 mM MnSO4, supplemented with a surfactant) were applied in three consecutive doses. Fertilisation was applied to the first three leaf levels, while upper leaf levels were left untreated.

Results

Iron and Mn deficiency led to characteristic symptoms. Foliar treatments increased concentrations of Fe and Mn, biomass and chlorophyll in treated leaves, although re-greening was incomplete. Approximately 11–12 % of the Fe increase was in roots (likely mediated via phloem transport), but no Fe increase occurred in untreated leaves. Regarding Mn, a 2 % increase occurred in untreated leaves, but no increase occurred in roots.

Conclusions

Iron fertilisation was effective not only in leaves treated with the fertiliser but also in roots, whereas Mn fertilisation had major effects on treated leaves and minor effects on untreated ones. The combined application of Fe + Mn was not detrimental to Fe- or Mn-deficient plants.

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Abbreviations

Chl :

Chlorophyll

EDTA:

Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid

ROS:

Radical oxygen species

SPAD:

Soil–plant analysis development

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (projects IPT-2012-0004-060000, AGL2012-31988 and AGL2013-42175-R, co-financed with FEDER) and the Aragón Government (group A03). We thank J.J. Peguero-Pina for his help in carrying out fluorescence measurements. J.J.R was supported by a JAEPost-CSIC contract. We appreciate the technical assistance of Marga Palancar for the AAS analysis.

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  1. Department of Plant Nutrition, Aula Dei Experimental Station, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), P.O. Box 13034, E-50080, Zaragoza, Spain

    Sandra Carrasco-Gil, Juan José Rios, Ana Álvarez-Fernández, Anunciación Abadía & Javier Abadía

  2. Department of Environmental Biology, Agricultural Chemistry and Biology, Group - CMI Roullier, Faculty of Sciences, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

    José María García-Mina

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Carrasco-Gil, S., Rios, J.J., Álvarez-Fernández, A. et al. Effects of individual and combined metal foliar fertilisers on iron- and manganese-deficient Solanum lycopersicum plants. Plant Soil 402, 27–45 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-015-2759-z

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