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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (7): 8-13.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2023-0146

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Effects of Combinations of Plant Growth Regulators on Growth and Yield of Sweet Potato at Seedling Stage

CHEN Jingwei(), MA Jukui, GAO Fangyuan, ZHANG Chengling, YANG Dongjing, TANG Wei, XIE Yiping, SUN Houjun()   

  1. Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences of Jiangsu Xuhuai Area/ Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Sweet Potato, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221131
  • Received:2023-02-28 Revised:2023-08-10 Online:2024-02-27 Published:2024-02-27

Abstract:

In order to investigate the effects of different combinations of plant growth regulators on the growth and yield of sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas ‘Yanshu25’ was used as experimental material to carry out seedling and field experiments. In the seedling test, the number of roots and root weight in the three combined treatments of 0.02% chlorin iron SP (167 mg/kg) with 50 mg/kg of NAA, IBA and IAA were higher than those in the control treatment of water, among which the combination of 0.02% chlorin iron SP with NAA had a significant effect on the number of hair roots compared with the water treatment plants. In field experiments, the yield of sweet potato treated with various combinations of plant growth regulators was higher than the control group with water. Among them, the treatment with a combination of 0.02% chlorin iron SP, IBA and NAA had a higher average yield compared to the control agent (50 mg/kg 60% choline chloride AS). The yield compared to the water treatment plants increased by 12.2% and 21.3% respectively. The large and medium potato rates were higher than the control after the compound treatment of each plant growth regulator, and the application of plant growth regulators promoted the rate of potato expansion, which may be one of the important reasons for the increased yield. No drug damage was occurred in the field with the application of each treatment, and the rate of cracked sweet potato in each treatment ranged from 5.3% to 6.7%, with no significant difference between treatments. Therefore, the combination of 167 mg/kg of 0.02% chlorin iron SP and 50 mg/kg of NAA showed the best effect on the growth and yield promotion of sweet potato.

Key words: plant growth regulator, iron chlorin soluble powder, sweet potato, yield, quality