Granular organic hydrosorbents increase water retention and resistance of boxwood seedlings

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027006%3A_____%2F25%3A10178133" target="_blank" >RIV/00027006:_____/25:10178133 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41310/25:102496

Result on the web

<a href="https://hortsci.agriculturejournals.cz/pdfs/hor/2025/02/08.pdf" target="_blank" >https://hortsci.agriculturejournals.cz/pdfs/hor/2025/02/08.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/72/2024-HORTSCI" target="_blank" >10.17221/72/2024-HORTSCI</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Granular organic hydrosorbents increase water retention and resistance of boxwood seedlings

Original language description

Sufficient available water in the soil is critical for plant growth, especially soon after planting. Water absorbed by organic hydrosorbents has the potential to reduce drought stress after planting and improve seedling survival. This research evaluates the effectiveness of granular organic hydrosorbents (GOH) in increasing soil-water retention in a pot experiment with boxwood (Buxus sempervirens L.) seedlings. The leaf chlorophyll content was also evaluated to determine plant growth. The following fertilisers were used: GOH 1 comprised 50% biogas products and 50% wheat straw, and GOH 2 combined post-harvest grain, legume and oilseed residues. The fertilisers were applied to the bottom of the pot or mixed with the soil. Both types doubled the initial water retention compared to the control. While the control water retention dropped below zero after 18 days without watering, retention in the fertilised treatments ranged from 0.5 to 0.76 L. Re-water ing part of the trial after the 18 days then induced increased retention to the initial levels in all treatments and the control. However, the fertilised plant&apos;s water retention was up to half a litre greater than in the control when the 62-day experiment ended. The effect of GOH application was also manifested in the chlorophyll content. In the no watering mode, the chlorophyll content was, on average, 20% and 13% higher in the treatments with GOH 1 and GOH 2 than in the control. In the watering regime, the application of GOH 1 and GOH 2 increased the chlorophyll content by an average of 31% and 26%, respectively. Finally, these trials established that the GOH applications significantly delayed boxwood-seedling drying and increased their water retention and chlorophyll content in unwatered and re-watered plants.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40106 - Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection; (Agricultural biotechnology to be 4.4)

Project

<a href="/en/project/SS01020263" target="_blank" >SS01020263: Improvement water retention in dry areas of the Czech Republic with the aim of supporting the planting landscaping trees on anthropogenic soils</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE

ISSN

0862-867X

e-ISSN

1805-9333

Volume of the periodical

52

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

162-172

UT code for WoS article

001504800100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105012285299