Effects of Bacteria Inoculation on Yield, Yield Components and Mineral Composition in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)

Abstract

In this study, the cultivar of Faselis F1 eggplant was used, and the seedlings were planted in greenhouse on 21^th of April 2010. A total of 10 different bacteria races as following; N 52/1-F E43, F 21/3, N 17/3, 637 Ca, MFD Ca1, F E43, N 52/1, F 21/3-637 Ca, N 52/1 Zeatin and control were applied. The fruit root and leaf mineral compositions were investigated besides taking the parameters which are related to plant and fruit characteristics. According to the statistical analysis, yield (kg da^-1), length of internode, root neck diameter, water soluble dry matter and dry root weight were found as important while number of fruit per plant and fruit weight were not shown importance.

The highest yield was ranged from 2389.49 kg da^-1 to 3268.29 kg.da^-1 in the N 52/1-F E43 applications while the 637 Ca application showed the lowest yield. The highest length of internodes (6.94 cm) was obtained from F 21/3-637 Ca application and, the FE 43 bacteria application showed the lowest value (6.11 cm). The highest water soluble dry matter was obtained from N 17/3 application with a rate of 3.65%. The F E43 application had the highest root neck diameter with a length of 24.62 mm. The highest value of dry root weight was on the F 21/3-637 Ca bacteria application with 72.73 gr. Mineral analysis showed that, the control group was better in terms of macro nutrients uptake and, the bacteria race of N 52/1-FE-43 showed positive results in point of micro nutrient uptake especially on magnesium and copper.