Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 1069-1079.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2023.05.10

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Effect of foliar spraying of zinc fertilizer and citric acid on yield, quality and Cd absorption and transport ation of pepper

CHAI Guanqun1(), ZHOU Wei1, LIANG Hong2, FAN Feifei1, ZHU Dayan1, FAN Chengwu1,*()   

  1. 1. Institute of Soil and Fertilizer, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang 550006, China
    2. College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
  • Received:2022-05-31 Online:2023-05-25 Published:2023-06-01

Abstract:

In order to clarify the effects of ZnSO4 and citric acid on the pepper and to provide a theoretical basis for the safe production of Cd in pepper, a pot experiment was conducted to investigate effects of foliar spraying of 200 μmol·L-1 ZnSO4, 40 μmol·L-1 citric acid and the combination on the absorption and transportation of Cd in pepper, yield and quality of pepper fruit. The results showed that compared with foliar spraying of pure water, synergistic spraying of 200 μmol·L-1 ZnSO4 and 40 μmol·L-1 citric acid (Zn200+CA40) significantly reduced fruit yield, soluble sugar and amino acid contents, and increased soluble protein content, but had no significant difference in capsaicin. Pod pepper Qing Hong Yuan Shuai had a strong ability to absorb Cd from soil, Cd content in different tissues were as follows: leaf on main stem>root>fruit>leaf on fork stem>fork stem≈main stem. Content of Cd in pod pepper fruit ranged from 0.58 to 0.79 mg·kg-1. Compared with foliar spraying of pure water, the Cd content of pepper fruit treated with Zn200+CA40 was significantly reduced by 26.58%, and this treatment significantly reduced the net Cd uptake by root and its transfer efficiency of Cd from the leaf on the main stem and the leaf on the fork stem to the fruit, and significantly increased the transfer efficiency of Cd from root to main stem, fork stem, and leaf on the main stem and leaf on the fork stem, and it also significantly increased the distribution ratio of Cd in the aboveground vegetative organs of pepper, especially the distribution ratio of Cd in the leaf on the main stem. In summary, the decrease of Cd content in fruit treated with Zn200+CA40 was mainly due to the decrease of net Cd uptake by pepper root and the efficiency of Cd transport from leaf on main stem to fruit.

Key words: pepper, Cd, absorption and transportation, accumulation and distribution, yield, quality

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