Todor Babrikov

Agricultural University – Plovdiv · Vegetable

This study aimed to investigate the influence of organic fertilization on nutritional characteristics and antioxidant capacity of three melon varieties fruits (Cucumis melo L.)-Hybrid 15 F1, Desserten 5, and Galia. The trials were carried out under greenhouse conditions in the infested with root-knot nematodes soil. Galia was grown with mineral fer...

BACKGROUND Heavy metal contamination results in oxidative stress to plants and leads to decreasing in plant growth and development. Such plants could not be efficiently used in phytoremediation studies and their potential may be significantly reduced. In many cases bioaugmentation with plant growth‐promoting bacteria is used as a strategy to allevi...

Tests under field conditions were conducted on the biofertilizer Kompovet and the biological pesticides Neem Oil and Neem Cake on the Gergana cucumber variety and Ismalia F1 zucchini variety. Trials were carried out in 2015-2016, in the village of Kostievo near Plovdiv. The treated variants accumulated more biomass, formed a greater number of femal...

Comparative research has been carried out to determine the quantities and accumulation of lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), and cadmium (Cd) in the vegetative and reproductive organs of crops of the Solanaceae family (tomato, pepper, and aubergine) as well as to identify the possibilities of growing them on soils contaminated by heavy metals. The analyses were...

Investigations were made on the seasonal water requirements of annual onion cv. Santana grown under optimal schedule of irrigation and water stress. Three variants with different irrigation rates (1.00 IR, 0.75 IR and 0.50 IR) were studied. A system for microsprinkler irrigation was used, the time of irrigation being determined by estimating soil m...

Crops members of the family Solanaceae, tomato (Licopersicon esculentum L.), eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and pepper (Capsicum annum L.), were grown in industrially polluted region. The experimental plots were situated at two different distances (0.5 and 15 km) from the source of pollution—the Non-Ferrous-Metal Smelter (NFMS) near to Plovdiv. We...