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  • Research Article   
  • Adv Crop Sci Tech 2017, Vol 5(3): 283
  • DOI: 10.4172/2329-8863.1000283

Application of Cysteine, Methionine and Amino Acid Containing Fertilizers to Replace Urea: The Effects on Yield and Quality of Broccoli

Ghasem Shekari* and Jamal Javanmardi
Department of Horticultural Science, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
*Corresponding Author : Ghasem Shekari, Department of Horticultural Science, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, Tel: 989373940978, Email: ghsemshekari@yahoo.com

Received Date: May 04, 2017 / Accepted Date: May 12, 2017 / Published Date: May 19, 2017

Abstract

A greenhouse experiment was carried out to determine the influence of replacing 80% of urea in broccoli fertilization with L-cysteine and L-methionine foliar spray at two concentrations 100 and 200 mgL-1 and amino acid containing fertilizer (AA) at 750 and 1500 mgL-1 on yield, nitrate accumulation, dry weight of head, vitamin C, phenolic compounds and total acidity. Replacing 80% of urea with AA increased the total acidity significantly (P = 0.05). Elimination of 80% urea but foliar spray of cysteine (100 and 200 mgL-1), methionine (200) the percentage of dry weight significantly (P = 0.05). Urea (250 kg ha-1) plus amino acids and amino acid Alone in Comparison with control (just 50 kg ha-1 urea) increased significantly (P = 0.05) Yield. The content of vitamin C, decrease significantly (P = 0.05) by the urea (250 kg ha-1) application with amino acids. Application of amino acid containing fertilizer (750 and 1500 mgL-1) along with urea (250 kg ha-1) increased nitrate accumulation.

Keywords: Urea; Amino acid; Cysteine; Methionine; Broccoli

Citation: Shekari G, Javanmardi J (2017) Application of Cysteine, Methionine and Amino Acid Containing Fertilizers to Replace Urea: The Effects on Yield and Quality of Broccoli. Adv Crop Sci Tech 5: 283. Doi: 10.4172/2329-8863.1000283

Copyright: © 2017 Shekari G, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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