Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 2
Written by Elena Maria DRĂGHICI, Elena DOBRIN, Adrian CHIRA, Lenuța CHIRA, Daniela BĂLAN, Gabriela LUȚĂ
The preliminary study was conducted at the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Faculty of Horticulture, on various sweet potato varieties obtained at the SCDL Dăbuleni, Romania. The sweet potato tubers were rooted in different types of substrates, in various combinations (100% peat, 100% perlite, 25% peat+75%perlite, 50% peat + 50% perlite, 75% peat + 25% perlite), with the aim of obtaining shoots necessary for establishing the crop. Observations were made regarding the growth of the obtained seedlings and the rooting time. The root volume and root mass were determined, and correlations were made regarding the influence of the type of substrate and the fertilizers used.
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