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ANTITRANSPIRANT EFFECTS ON WATER USE EFFICIENCY IN IMPATIENS©
Article number
1014_94
Pages
423 – 428
Language
English
Abstract
MBI-501, an antitranspirant, was evaluated for the potential to enhance drought tolerance by determining water use efficiency of Impatiens walleriana Super ElfinTM Series, XP White impatiens.
MBI-501 was foliar-applied weekly, at 0.0X, 0.5X, 1.0X or 1.5X to impatiens grown under three water stress treatments: 0 (daily), 3, or 6 days between watering (DBW). To determine drought tolerance, final growth indices (FGI), shoot dry weight (SDW), root dry weight (RDW), photosynthesis (Pn), midday leaf water potential (Ψstem), water use efficiency (WUE) and mean water applied (MWA) were collected.
Application of MBI-501 at the 1.0× rate resulted in greater RDW compared to the 1.5X rate. Ψstem was greater (more negative) in impatiens treated with the 1.5X rate of MBI-501 at 6 DBW compared to the nontreated (0.0×) at 6 DBW, suggesting that applying MBI-501 above the 1.0× use rate may cause adverse effects.
There was a rate × DBW effect on WUE. Generally, increasing the DBW reduced growth of impatiens with MBI-501 having no effect on enhancing drought tolerance.
MBI-501 was foliar-applied weekly, at 0.0X, 0.5X, 1.0X or 1.5X to impatiens grown under three water stress treatments: 0 (daily), 3, or 6 days between watering (DBW). To determine drought tolerance, final growth indices (FGI), shoot dry weight (SDW), root dry weight (RDW), photosynthesis (Pn), midday leaf water potential (Ψstem), water use efficiency (WUE) and mean water applied (MWA) were collected.
Application of MBI-501 at the 1.0× rate resulted in greater RDW compared to the 1.5X rate. Ψstem was greater (more negative) in impatiens treated with the 1.5X rate of MBI-501 at 6 DBW compared to the nontreated (0.0×) at 6 DBW, suggesting that applying MBI-501 above the 1.0× use rate may cause adverse effects.
There was a rate × DBW effect on WUE. Generally, increasing the DBW reduced growth of impatiens with MBI-501 having no effect on enhancing drought tolerance.
Authors
D.R. Cochran, R.L. Harkess, P.R. Knight, E.K. Blythe, M. Tomaso-Peterson, C.H. Gilliam
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