Foliar Aspersion of Salicylic Acid Improves Phenolic and Flavonoid Compounds, and Also the Fruit Yield in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Yield
2.2. Commercial Quality and Firmness of Fruit
2.3. Fruit Size
2.4. Nutraceutical Quality
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Material and Growth Conditions
4.2. Experimental Design and Treatments
4.3. Analytical Assessments
4.4. Extracts Preparation for Nutraceutical Quality
4.5. Content of Total Phenolic Compounds
4.6. Total Flavonoid Content
4.7. Length, Diameter and Fruit Firmness
4.8. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Treatment | Yield | Firmness | Length | Diameter | Total Phenolics | Total Flavonoids |
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(mM) | (kg) | (N) | (cm) | (cm) | (mg·100 g–1 FW) | (mg·100 g–1 FW) |
0.00 | 2.18 ± 0.17b * | 16.4 ± 1.2b * | 19.3 ± 1.4b * | 5.1 ± 0.10b * | 105.0 ± 3.4d * | 51.7 ± 3.9d * |
0.075 | 3.58 ± 0.22a | 33.6 ± 2.2a | 22.3 ± 1.8a | 5.5 ± 0.13a | 107.7 ± 5.5d | 57.8 ± 4.1cd |
0.10 | 3.54 ± 0.16a | 33.3 ± 4.5a | 22.2 ± 2.3a | 5.3 ± 0.28ab | 119.8 ± 6.3c | 62.2 ± 3.3c |
0.15 | 3.54 ± 0.17a | 33.0 ± 2.2a | 19.9 ± 0.5ab | 5.1 ± 019b | 129.8 ± 6.4b | 77.2 ± 4.5b |
0.25 | 1.57 ± 0.31c | 19.1 ± 2.9b | 19.3 ± 0.7b | 4.7 ± 0.18c | 134.8 ± 7.1b | 77.7 ± 5.7b |
0.50 | 1.41 ± 0.31c | 17.3 ± 2.5b | 19.2 ± 0.4b | 4.6 ± 0.16c | 168.7 ± 4.0a | 94.8 ± 6.4a |
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Preciado-Rangel, P.; Reyes-Pérez, J.J.; Ramírez-Rodríguez, S.C.; Salas-Pérez, L.; Fortis-Hernández, M.; Murillo-Amador, B.; Troyo-Diéguez, E. Foliar Aspersion of Salicylic Acid Improves Phenolic and Flavonoid Compounds, and Also the Fruit Yield in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Plants 2019, 8, 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8020044
Preciado-Rangel P, Reyes-Pérez JJ, Ramírez-Rodríguez SC, Salas-Pérez L, Fortis-Hernández M, Murillo-Amador B, Troyo-Diéguez E. Foliar Aspersion of Salicylic Acid Improves Phenolic and Flavonoid Compounds, and Also the Fruit Yield in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Plants. 2019; 8(2):44. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8020044
Chicago/Turabian StylePreciado-Rangel, Pablo, Juan José Reyes-Pérez, Silvia Citlaly Ramírez-Rodríguez, Lilia Salas-Pérez, Manuel Fortis-Hernández, Bernardo Murillo-Amador, and Enrique Troyo-Diéguez. 2019. "Foliar Aspersion of Salicylic Acid Improves Phenolic and Flavonoid Compounds, and Also the Fruit Yield in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)" Plants 8, no. 2: 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8020044