The impact of Silica fertilizer on growth, biomass and nutrient absorption of potted seedlings of Persian oak
Subject Areas : Genetic
Mehrdad Zarafshar
1
(Natural Resources Department, Fars Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Shiraz, Fars, Iran)
Seyed Kazem Bordbar
2
(Natural Resources Department, Fars Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Shiraz, Fars, Iran)
Mohammad Matinizadeh
3
(Forest Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.)
Alireza Abbasi
4
(Natural Resources Department, Fars Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Shiraz, Fars, Iran)
Mohammadreza Negahdarsaber
5
(Natural Resources Department, Fars Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center)
Shahram Ahmadi
6
(the expert of general office of natural resources and watershed management in Fars Province, Shiraz, Iran)
Saied Bahrami
7
(the expert of general office of natural resources and watershed management in Fars Province, Shiraz, Iran)
Hassan Rezaie
8
(the expert of general office of natural resources and watershed management in Fars Province, Shiraz, Iran)
Keywords: silicon, Zagros forests, Fertilization, Forest seedling, Nurseries,
Abstract :
The study of various affecting factors in order to promote seedling growth at nursery and afforestation areas is very important. Although silicon is not recognized as an essential element in plants, it has very beneficial effects on plant species. For this purpose, an experiment was conducted following a completely randomized design with 5 treatments to evaluate different concentrations of silica on some growth parameters and nutrient uptake in Iranian oak seedlings. For each treatment, 10 pots were considered and treatments were performed including control and irrigation treatments with concentrations of 50, 150, 350 and 500 mg L-1 silica (based on field capacity). The result showed that silica had no statistically significant effect on basic diameter but root volume and stem diameter in seedlings treated with 500 mg L-1 were greatre around more than 50% in comparison with control seedlings. On the other hand, seedlings treated with 500 mg L-1 silica had the highest dry biomass compared to control and other treatments so that the leaf, stem and root biomass of the treatment were higher around 68-80% than control seedlings. The highest absorption of nitrogen, potassium and calcium were observed in 150 mg L-1 treatment. However, at low concentrations, silica decreased the uptake of manganese, copper and zinc and decreased the amount of iron uptake in the presence of silicon. Finally, it can be concluded that the use of silica in this study increased the total biomass of oak seedlings and also increased the absorption of macro elements so, the finding can be considered in forest nursery to seedling production. Nevertheless, further studies are needed to understand its mechanism, including gene and protein expression analysis.
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Epstein, E. (1999). Silicon. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 50(1): 641-664.
Gholami, Y. and Falah, A. (2013). Effects of two different sources of silicon on dry matter production, yield and yield components of rice, Tarom Hashemi variety and 843 Lines. International Journal of Agriculture and Crop Sciences (IJACS). 5(3): 227-231.
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Mateos-Naranjo, E., Andrades-Moreno, L. and Davy, A.J. (2013). Silicon alleviates deleterious effects of high salinity on the halophytic grass Spartina densiflora. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 63: 115-121.
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Schaller, J., Faucherre, S., Joss, H., Obst, M., Goeckede, M., Planer-Friedrich, B., Peiffer, S., Gilfedder, B. and Elberling, B. (2019). Silicon increases the phosphorus availability of Arctic soils. Scientific Reports. 9(1): 1-11.
Singh, A. K., R. Singh, and K. Singh. (2005). Growth, yield, and economics of rice (Oryza sativa) as influenced by level and time of silicon application. Indian Journal of Agronomy. 50:190–93.
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Sun, D., Hussain, H.I., Yi, Z., Rookes, J.E., Kong, L. and Cahill, D.M. (2016). Mesoporous silica nanoparticles enhance seedling growth and photosynthesis in wheat and lupin. Chemosphere. 152: 81-91.
Tashakori, Sh. (2015). The effect of bulk and nano SiO2 on drought resistant of Quercus infectoria. A master thesis submitted to Urmia university. 83 p.
Wallace, A. (1989). Relationships among nitrogen, silicon, and heavy metal uptake by plants. Soil Science. 147(6): 457-460.
Wang, M., Gao, L., Dong, S., Sun, Y., Shen, Q. and Guo, S. (2017). Role of silicon on plant–pathogen interactions. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, p.701.
Yuvakkumar, R., Elango, V., Rajendran, V., Kannan, N.S. and Prabu, P. (2011). Influence of Nanosilica Powder on the Growth of Maize Crop (Zea Mays L.), International Journal of Green Nanotechnology. 3(3): 180-190.
Zarafshar, M. (2014). Thes response of wild pear seedlings (Pyrus biosseriana Buhse) to drought stress and efficiency of TiO2 and SiO2 nanomaterial in improving deleterious effects of drought stress. A PhD thesis submitted to Tarbiat Modares University. 146 p.
Zarafshar, M., Akbarinia, M., Askari, H., Hosseini, S.M., Rahaie, M. and Struve, D. (2015). Toxicity Assessment of SiO2 Nanoparticles to Pear Seedlings. International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 11(1), 13-22.
