Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXIV, Issue 1
Written by Ramona CĂPRUCIU, Nicolae LASCU, Liviu Cristian MĂRĂCINEANU, Mihaela CROITORU
Agricultural soils in Romania contain in average around 15-68 ppm of boron, and the mobile boron quantity is between 0.1-0.8 ppm. The interest in the watermelon culture in Romania, especially in the south of the country, in Dolj County (is reflected by over 3,000 ha cultivated only in the Danube Plain). The Folibor product were applied in a quantity of 5 liters/ha, in 4 treatments, recording some productions of 58.3 t/ha the gains being of 17.8% comparing with the non-fertilized foliar variant. The fertilization with organic compounds of boron determined the increasing of average weight of fruits (1-10 %), increasing of glucose content (7.92-8.50%) and vitamin C content (from 7.08 mg/100 FWg to 13.28 mg/100 FWg).
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