Foliar application of zinc reduces the risk of drought stress on poppy (Papaver somniferum L.)

0482522 - ÚVGZ 2019 RIV CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Škarpa, P. - Richter, R. - Hlavinka, Petr - Trnka, Miroslav
Foliar application of zinc reduces the risk of drought stress on poppy (Papaver somniferum L.).
PROSPERUJICI OLEJNINY 2015. Prague: CZECH UNIVERSITY LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE, 2015 - (Svachula, V.; Vach, M.; Becka, D.), s. 123-126. ISBN 978-80-213-2598-2.
[International Conference on Prosperous Oil Crops. Praha (CZ), 10.12.2015-11.12.2015]
Institutional support: RVO:86652079
Keywords : grain-yield * boron * cultivars * nutrition * manganese * wheat * soil * poppy * foliar nutrition * zinc * yield * drought * precipitation * evapotranspiration
OECD category: Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection

Especially in arid regions, drought stress is considered as one of the main reasons for yield reduction of plant. Zinc, as one of the essential microelements in crop plant, plays a crucial role in resistance to drought stress. The objective of the vegetation experiment established in 2011-2015 on locality Zaboice was to explore the effect of the foliar zinc application on the yield of poppy in interactions with weather conditions observed years. Effect of zinc foliar application was significantly dependent on the average daily air temperature (r =-0.936). Foliar application of zinc increases production of poppy seed, in the range from 6.9 to 25.5 % and the efficiency of zinc foliar fertilization increases with a widening deficit rainfall calculated as the difference between the precipitation sum and reference evapotranspiration of poppy growing season (r =-0.9072). In general, the results of the present study indicate that usage of zinc foliar application reduces the harmful effects of water deficit stress and increases resistance to drought stress in poppy plant.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0277947