Zamljen Tilen, Šircelj Helena, Veberič Robert, Hudina Metka, Slatnar Ana
Department of Agronomy, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Foods. 2024 Jan 26;13(3):401. doi: 10.3390/foods13030401.
Algal biostimulants are increasingly integral to vegetable cultivation due to their capacity to boost yield, alleviate abiotic and biotic stress, and enhance overall crop quality. This study evaluated the impact of two commercially available algal-based biostimulants on cucumber ( L.), examining their effects on yield, number of fruits, dry weight, color, flesh thickness, skin thickness, plastid pigments, and tocopherol content. Both biostimulant treatments resulted in a roughly 13% decrease in yield and fruit number compared to the control treatment. Notably, the biostimulants positively influenced the fruit brightness parameter (L*), leading to darker fruits. Fitostim algal biostimulant exhibited a positive effect on dry weight during the initial harvest. The predominant pigments were chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b (constituting 80% of all analyzed pigments), and the most abundant tocopherol was α-tocopherol, comprising 80% to 90% of tocopherols. Skin tissues contained significantly higher levels of pigments and tocopherols compared to flesh. Both biostimulants caused a notable decrease in total tocopherol content in the skin at the first harvest, with reductions of 19.91 mg/kg DW for Phylgreen and 9.43 mg/kg DW for Fitostim algae. The study underscores the variable efficacy of biostimulants, emphasizing their dependence on the specific biostimulant type and fruit part. The application of biostimulants has the potential to substantially enhance the internal quality of cucumbers, particularly in terms of plastid pigments and tocopherols, offering potential health benefits for consumers.
藻类生物刺激素在蔬菜种植中越来越不可或缺,因为它们能够提高产量、缓解非生物和生物胁迫并提升作物整体品质。本研究评估了两种市售藻类生物刺激素对黄瓜(L.)的影响,考察了它们对产量、果实数量、干重、颜色、果肉厚度、果皮厚度、质体色素和生育酚含量的作用。与对照处理相比,两种生物刺激素处理均使产量和果实数量降低了约13%。值得注意的是,生物刺激素对果实亮度参数(L*)有积极影响,使果实颜色更深。Fitostim藻类生物刺激素在初次收获时对干重有积极作用。主要色素为叶绿素a和叶绿素b(占所有分析色素的80%),最丰富的生育酚是α-生育酚,占生育酚的80%至90%。与果肉相比,果皮组织中的色素和生育酚含量显著更高。在初次收获时,两种生物刺激素均使果皮中的总生育酚含量显著降低,Phylgreen降低了19.91毫克/千克干重,Fitostim藻类降低了9.43毫克/千克干重。该研究强调了生物刺激素功效的多变性,突出了其对特定生物刺激素类型和果实部位的依赖性。生物刺激素的应用有可能大幅提高黄瓜的内在品质,特别是在质体色素和生育酚方面,为消费者带来潜在的健康益处。