AMINO ACID CHELATED MULTI-MICRONUTRIENT FERTILIZER –A MODERN INVENTION IN PLANT NUTRITIONR.B. DatirAbstract During the past few decades deficiency of micronutrients is reported in agricultural crops and fields. Fertility of agricultural land and yield of crops is harmfully affected by many fertilizing strategies throughout the world. Aminochelates are quite new fertilizer inventions with better efficacy for agricultural applications. Chelates are synthetic complexes which are widely used in agriculture to increase crop growth and yield. Responses of many plants to these amino acid chelated fertilizers have not yet been well studied. Thus, a pot experiment was conducted to study the effect of foliar application of amino acid chelatedmulti micronutrient fertilizer on yield contributing traits of chili (Capsicum annum L.). Forty dayâs old seedlings of chili were transplanted in pots. The micronutrients like Iron, Zink, Copper, Molybdenum, and Manganese were chelated with seed amino acids. Control plans were treated with distilled water, the experimental plants were treated with 2.0 % unchelated micronutrients solution, 2.0 % amino acids solution and 1.0 %, 1.5 % and 2.0%, amino chelated multi-micronutrient fertilizer. All treatments were applied through foliar spray on 15th and 30th days after transplantation of seedling. The results revealed that application of amino acid chelated multi-micronutrient fertilizerat the concentration of 1.5 % and 2.0% resulted in more fruits per plant, increased length and weight of fruits and more total yield of fruits per plant. The untreated control plants sprayed with distilled water recorded the lowest fruit yield. The results indicated that the use of amino acid chelated multi-micronutrient fertilizer proves to be an efficient for enhancing productivity in chili. |