The Effect of Different Concentrations of Energia-M Growth Regulator on the Growth and Development of Solánum tuberósum L. plants

Abstract

The analysis of the available bibliographic data on the influence of silicon and its compounds on physiological processes in plants was carried out. The purpose of the work was to determine the effect of the organosilicon growth regulator Energia-M in concentrations of 10, 50, 80 mg/l on the growth and productivity of the early-ripening potato of the Zhukovsky cultivar grown on grey forest soils in a greenhouse. Low concentrations of Energia-M of 10, 50 mg/l did not influence the growth and growth activity significantly. Energia-M in a concentration of 80 mg/l increased the growth activity of the potato plants considerably. One of the objectives of the research was to study the antioxidant properties of the growth regulator Energia-M for Solánum tuberósum plants. Treatment of Solánum tuberósum with low concentrations of the organosilicon growth regulator Energia-M had little effect on the catalase activity in leaves and tubers, peroxidase activity decreased. When treating the Solánum tuberósum plants with a high concentration of the growth regulator Energy-M, 80 mg/l, the activity of catalase and peroxidase increased by 1.21 times. This pattern indicates the stimulation of metabolic processes in Solánum tuberósum plants grown on the grey forest soils of the Orel region with the application of the Energia-M growth regulator.