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Studies on the Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization and Methods of Sucker Growth Control Under Two Soil Moisture Regimes on Hookah Tobacco (Nicotiana rustica) V. Nutrient Uptake and Distribution in the Plant

Volume : 61
Issue: Jul-jul
Pages: 210 - 216
Published: October 12, 2023
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Abstract


The study on the uptake of five major nutrients by Hookah tobacco (N-rustica) and their distribution in leaf, stem and suckers showed that tobacco suckers shared nearly 30 per cent of P₂O, and were also rich in other nutrients. The pattern of dry matter production and uptake rate of different nutrients indicated the major influence of mean temparature rather than age of the crop. Nitrogen fertilization increased the uptake of all the nutrients studied by virtue of higher dry matter production while chemical suppression of suckers resulted in higher uptake of nitrogen, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Similarly wet soil moisture regime recorded higher nitrogen, potassium and calcium uptake, while magnesium uptake was better under dry regime with no change in phosphorus uptake due to soil moisture variations.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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