In the field experiment, it was studied the influence of triazole retardant tebuconazole on the morphogenesis, leaf formation, leaf mesostructure, peculiarities of nutrients — nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium — accumulation and redistribution between the vegetative organs of the plant in relation with sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) crop productivity. It was found that treatment of sweet pepper at the budding stage with 0,025 % tebuconazole reduced the linear growth by 21 %, thickened the stem by 27 %, increased leaves total number (by 20 %) and weight (by 50 %), increased leaf surface area (by 53 %). Relative proportion of leaf weight increased under the influence of tebuconazole. The retardant application resulted in mesostructure optimization, leaf specific weight increase, enhance the assimilative parenchyma development due to increase in the volume and linear cell size of columnar and spongy parenchyma, and increased the chlorophyll content. The consequence of this changes was an increased of net photosynthetic productivity. The plant total leaf area and the leaf area index increased under tebuconasole treatment that affected to enhance the plant gross photosynthesis and cenosis productivity in general. It is an important factor for increasing the sweet pepper yield. The obtained results suggest a significant storage capacity of other vegetative organs — stems and roots of sweet pepper plants, which accumulated a significant amount of nitrogen-containing compounds, phosphorus and potassium. The tebuconazole treatment enhanced the accumulation of those elements by plant. The yield of sweet pepper increased by 26 % under tebuconazole treatment due to formation of more powerful leaf apparatus, leaf mesostructure optimization, increase of chlorophyll content and nutrients accumulation.
Keywords: Capsicum annuum L., sweet pepper, tebuconazole, morphogenesis, leaf mesostructure, mineral nutrients, productivity
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