Some aspects of application of pesticides and fertilizers on nutritive value and other characteristics of crop plants
Abstract
We surveyed different aspects of the application of agrochemicals (pesticides and foliar
non-standard fertilizers) on the nutritive value and other non-yield characteristics of crop
plants. The survey was based on results of our own trials and studies conducted by other
researchers. Various parameters of plant and seedling growth, and yield, were analyzed, as
well as the chemical composition, and energetic and thermodynamic parameters of plants
in order to better assess the impact of these agrochemicals on crops. The application of
various agrochemicals has been found to affect the germination of seeds produced by treated
plants. The most significant and most diverse results have been obtained by analyzing the
yield and yield components of many different crops (field crops, fruits, vegetables), as well as
their chemical composition (mineral elements, different sugars, secondary metabolites, etc.)
in terms of improving their nutritive quality. It was found that in maize seedlings it occurs by
changing the content of various elements, as well as polyphenol profiles and thermodynamic
parameters, and the effects did not only depend on the dosage of agrochemicals but also on
maize genotype. We also found that agrochemicals affected the energetic and thermodynamic
parameters of individual maize plants, as well as the parameters of plant growth and yield. It
was noticed that these agrochemicals greatly affected the content of microelements, starch
and crude proteins in maize and barley, sugar and polyphenol contents in various fruit trees
and soybean. We noted that in certain agroecological situations these agrochemicals have
led to spectacular magnification of yields of different crops, but there were also situations
when they did not have any positive effect on crop yield, which is discussed also in the
context of results of other researchers.
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