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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (22): 21-25.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb16050103

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Effects of Foliar Fertilizers on Moringa oleifora Quality

Wang Huijiao1, Wang Tai1, Han Xueqin2, Jin Jie2, Liao Chengfei2, Li Guihua2, Zhang Naiming1   

  1. (1College of Resource and Environment, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201;2Institute of Tropical Eco-agricultural Sciences, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Yuanmou Yunnan 651300)
  • Received:2016-05-17 Revised:2016-07-17 Accepted:2016-07-04 Online:2016-08-09 Published:2016-08-09

Abstract: The paper studied effects of different foliar fertilizers and their concentration on quality of Moringa oleifora, to provide certain bases for field management of M. oleifora. 0.5% KH2PO4, 1% KH2PO4, 0.5% self-made foliar fertilizer and equivalent water (control) were sprayed on M. oleifora, and the effects of foliar fertilizers on nutrition indexes of M. oleifora were analyzed. The results showed that spraying foliar fertilizers had significant effects on M. oleifora quality, and nutrition quality could be improved remarkably by spraying KH2PO4. Fertilizer efficiency of 0.5% KH2PO4 was the best, 14.06%, 55.73%, 9.54% and 8.25% higher than control in soluble sugar, vitamin C, protein and flavone. 0.5% self-made foliar fertilizer was 50.38 % higher than control in vitamin C, but significantly lower than 0.5% KH2PO4 in other nutrition indexes. As a conclusion, compared with other treatments, spraying 0.5% KH2PO4 has the greatest effects on quality of M. oleifora, which can be applied to field management of M. oleifora.