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- Author or Editor: E. J. Pell x
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Abstract
The response of ‘White Cascade’ and ‘Coral Magic’ petunia (Petunia hybrida Vilm. -Andr.) plants to peroxyactyl nitrate (PAN) was tested 7 days after application of soil drenches of 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120 μg benomyl/g drv weight of soil. The susceptible ‘White Cascade’, showed increased sensitivity to 745 μg/m3 PAN for 1.5 hr when soil was treated with benomyl levels of 60 μ/g soil or greater. Enhanced foilar response to PAN was similar at all concentrations of benomyl greater than 60 μ/g soil. Foliage of ‘White Cascade’ petunias treated with concentrations of benomyl below 60 μ/g soil, responded to PAN similarly to plants which were not treated with the fungicide. The PAN sensitivity of the tolerant ‘Coral Magic’ was unaffected by benomyl application.
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Potted plants of ‘Merit’ tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) were grown from seed to maturity in controlled-environment chambers and exposed to charcoal-filtered air or 288-314 μgm-3 (0.11-0.12 ppm) SO2 during weeks 1-5, 6-10, or 1-10 beginning about one week after transplanting. Red ripe fruit harvested from plants exposed to SO2 exhibited a slight but significant decrease in ascorbic acid expressed on a dry-weight basis. SO2 induced significantly greater levels of foliar sulfur, but did not increase sulfur content of the fruit. Exposure of plants to SO2 did not affect fruit yield or quality factors including soluble solids, total solids, or ascorbic acid on fresh-weight basis. A multiple regression model revealed low but significant R2 values, indicating a weak and indirect, yet significant, association between plant sulfur content and fruit ascorbic acid.
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Bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cvs. Provider and Stringless Black Valentine) were exposed to 395 µg/m3 (0.08 ppm) peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) for 0.5 hr and subjected to drought stress following exposure. PAN influenced the plant water potential of ΡAN-sensitive ‘Provider’ resulting in visible wilting and reduced soil moisture content. There was no effect of PAN on the water relations of the PAN-tolerant ‘Stringless Black Valentine’.