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Title: Relative leaf chlorophyll content of two stevia (Stevia rebundiana Bertoni) varieties as affected by two substrates and an organic certified foliar fertilizer system
Authors: Ziouti, Emmanouela-Maria
Supervisors: Gertsis, Athanasios
Subjects LC: Dissertations, Academic
Fertilizers
Organic fertilizers
Health - Nutritional aspects
Stevia rebaudiana
Keywords: Stevia
Foliar fertilizer
Conventional
Organic
Relative leaf chlorophyll level
Issue Date: 31-May-2016
Publisher: Perrotis College
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Abstract: Stevia is a relative new crop species for the EU and recently was approved as an alternative to sugar. It has been studied recently in the EU and it is very much accepted by the consumers based on significant increase shown in market demand. This study evaluates the Relative leaf chlorophyll content (RLCC) of two stevia (Stevia rebundiana Bertoni) varieties as affected by two substrates and an organic certified foliar fertilizer system. The specific results from this study have shown that the two varieties (OLGA vs AMBROSIA) and the two substrates (CONVENTIONAL vs. ORGANIC) used influenced the relative leaf chlorophyll content (RLCC) and that the foliar fertilizers also exerted a significant effect in some cases. These finding can be followed up, and when stevia leaves are selected, at the end of the growing season (from a follow up study) can be correlated with SPAD units. Also, the substrates influenced the amount of soil water available to plants. Follow up studies will assess the effect of the treatments used on yield and sugars (stebiosides) components.
Description: Includes bibliographical references, charts and illustrations
BSc (Hons) in Agro-Environmental Systems Management
Length: 47 pages
Type: Dissertation
Publication Status: Not published
URI: http://repository.afs.edu.gr/handle/6000/235
https://librarycatalog.afs.edu.gr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=21247
Repository: DAPL
Restrictions: All rights reserved
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Language: en_US
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