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Response of Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.) to Nitrogen Application
Author(s) -
Khan M. M. A.,
Afaq S. H.,
Afridi R. M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of agronomy and crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.095
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-037X
pISSN - 0931-2250
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-037x.1995.tb00199.x
Subject(s) - solasodine , solanum nigrum , urea , solanum , nitrogen , horticulture , yield (engineering) , biology , vegetative reproduction , agronomy , chemistry , botany , metallurgy , biochemistry , materials science , organic chemistry
A pot experiment was conducted on Black nightshade ( Solanum nigrum L.) to study the effect of urea nitrogen and select the optimum dose required for its vegetative and reproductive growth, leaf NPK content, yield of fruit and fruit solasodine. Urea was applied at 0.0, 0.45, 0.90, 1.35, 1.80 and 2.25 g N per pot which contained 3.5 kg soil. Seeds were sown directly in pots and plant samples were drawn at fortnightly intervals for recording growth and yield parameters. In addition, solasodine content in fruit and N, P and K in leaves were also estimated. The results showed that all the parameters were influenced by N. In general, N at 1.80 g per pot was optimal.