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Title: POSSIBILITIES FOR INCREASING BLUEBERRY YIELDS WITHOUT USING NUTRITION AND FERTILIZATION SYSTEMS

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POSSIBILITIES FOR INCREASING BLUEBERRY YIELDS WITHOUT USING NUTRITION AND FERTILIZATION SYSTEMS

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Authors

Ján Mezey; Dušan Igaz; Viliam Bárek; Kušnieriková Rebeka; Selnekovic Adrián

DOI

10.5593/sgem2025/3.1/s12.39

DOI Issue

10.5593/sgem2025/3.1

ISSN

1314-2704

ISBN

978-619-7603-81-1

Language

English

Volume

Issue

3.1

Editor

• Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA• Prof. DSc. Ildiko Tulbure, GERMANY• Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE

Scientific Area

Soil Science, Conservation, and Land Restoration

Abstract/ Foreword

The health of soil, groundwater, air and the entire environment of inhabited areas depends largely on the intensity of agriculture and its systems. In order to achieve the desired quantity, quality and economic profitability, it is necessary to apply large amounts of unnatural, often chemical substances in the production process in order to achieve the desired and profitable harvests. These are mainly industrial fertilizers, which, when used for a long time, can contaminate all components of the environment. Although they contribute to soil fertility, on the other hand, they can damage environmental components. Biostimulants, which function on the principle of stimulating the internal mechanisms of plants, encouraging important synthetic processes in cells, which result in enhanced growth and crop formation, appear to be a suitable alternative. The main idea of this study was to investigate and evaluate the influence of the used biostimulants on various quantitative and qualitative characteristics of fruits. The implementation was carried out in the plantation in the Botanical Garden of SPU in Nitra. The varieties monitored include Duke, Huron, Draper, Bluecrop, Calypso and Liberty. 20 plants of each variety were planted, we applied biostimulants to 10 and the remaining 10 served as a control. The biostimulants used were Agriful, Tecamin Max and Tecamin Brix.
Based on the measured values, it can be stated that the biostimulants had the greatest effect on the Huron variety in the case of quantitative parameters. For qualitative parameters, the Bluecrop variety was the best evaluated, achieving the highest values for pH, total sugars and refractometric dry matter in the treated samples. The treated variants generally showed a slight decrease in average values compared to the control, however, some varieties, such as Liberty, achieved the best results in total acids or malic acid. Overall, it can be observed that the biostimulants brought positive effects in some parameters, but in others there were no statistically significant differences between the control and treated samples.

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This study was financially supported by the project Scientific Grant Agency KEGA 029SPU-4/2025.

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POSSIBILITIES FOR INCREASING BLUEBERRY YIELDS WITHOUT USING NUTRITION AND FERTILIZATION SYSTEMS

Proceedings Тitle

Proceedings of 25th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2025, Volume 25, Issue 3.1

Note

25th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2025, Volume 25, Issue 3.1, 29 June - 6 July, 2025

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Proceedings Paper

Publisher

STEF92 Technology

Series

International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM

Organization

SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci and Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts and Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; Croatian Acad Sci and Arts; Acad Sci Moldova; Montenegrin Acad Sci and Arts; Georgian Acad Sci; Acad Fine Arts and Design Bratislava; Russian Acad Arts; Turkish Acad Sci.

Pages

335-342

Date

29 June - 6 July, 2025

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10386

Keywords

blueberry, biostimulants, total sugar content, malic acid, fruit weight