Integrated Physiological and Metabolomic Analyses of the Effect of Potassium Fertilizer on Citrus Fruit Splitting.

ABSTRACT: Potassium (K) nutrition plays a key role in alleviating a variety of peel disorders in tree fruit, but the effect of this nutrient on the physiological and metabolic profiles involved in the fruit splitting of citrus remains unclear. Three levels of K were used to treat citrus 'Ehime Kashi 34' (Citrus Nishinoka × C. Shiranui), a hybrid cultivar with fruit that easily split. The results showed that the roots of the treatment with K fertilizer increased the contents of calcium (Ca2+), nitrogen (N), and K in the skin and flesh, the fruit firmness ratio of the peel to the flesh, photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, and concentration of intercellular CO2. In contrast, it decreases the relative chlorophyll index and content of Ca2+ in the leaves. Simultaneously, 59 and 13 differentially ex

SUBMITTER: Jiao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8877888 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature