Abstract:
Liaoyuanduoli and cherry tomato Hongyu were applied with KH
2PO
4(K), Glucose(G) and KH
2PO
4 plus Glucose(K+G) in order to study the effect of K, G and K+G on photosynthesis and sucrose metabolism of the two varieties. The results showed that foliage applications of KH
2PO
4 and a mixture of glucose and KH
2PO
4 increased chlorophyll content and net photosynthetic rate of tomato leaves. The KH
2PO
4 alone and the KH
2PO
4 plus glucose treatments were more effective than the glucose alone treatment. At the same time, fructose and glucose contents of two tomato varieties were enhanced by foliage application. Acid and neutral invertases activities in two tomato varieties were increased at varying degrees. So did sucrose synthase(SS) and sucrose phosphate synthase(SPS). Spraying glucose alone was less effective compared with two other treatments. This implied that under foliage application tomato fruit sink strength was increased by enhancing the activities of four enzymes. With increased tomato fruit sink strength, phytosynthate translocation and dry matter accumulation were accelerated.