The Effect of Salicylic Acid on the Performances of Salt Stressed Strawberry Plants, Enzymes Activity, and Salt Tolerance Index
The influence of salicylic acid (SA) on growth, yield, fruits’ quality and enzymes’ activities was monitored in strawberry plants cv. Camarosa grown under salinity stress via two pot experiments in two successive years of 2018 and 2019. The examined concentrations of SA were 30, 60, and 90 ppm, whic...
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| description | The influence of salicylic acid (SA) on growth, yield, fruits’ quality and enzymes’ activities was monitored in strawberry plants cv. Camarosa grown under salinity stress via two pot experiments in two successive years of 2018 and 2019. The examined concentrations of SA were 30, 60, and 90 ppm, which foliary applied in addition to control (sprayed with water), while the used levels of salinity were 20, and 40 mM as NaCl as irrigation application in addition to control (without salinity). The results showed a significant effect of salinity at 40 mM where the mean values of shoot fresh and dry weights, chlorophyll, leaves’ NPK, yield plant<sup>−1</sup>, yield ha<sup>−1</sup>, and fruits’ ascorbic acid were significantly decreased. However, the 40 mM salinity resulted in a significant increase in leaves’ content of Na and proline as well as catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) enzymes’ activity and the fruits’ TSS and acidity. The application with 90 ppm SA was found to be the most significant positive treatment for all of the studied characters except the Na leaves’ content. Regarding tolerance index percentages (STI%), the high values of CAT, POD, and proline referred to the ability to use them as indicators for strawberry salinity response in other physiological and plant breeding studies. The findings of this study suggest that the 90 ppm SA foliar application can ameliorate the negative effect of salinity on the growth of strawberry cv. Camarosa. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2148e421eb8844459b3d820e39564cae2023-11-21T15:41:29ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952021-04-0111477510.3390/agronomy11040775The Effect of Salicylic Acid on the Performances of Salt Stressed Strawberry Plants, Enzymes Activity, and Salt Tolerance IndexAlaa El-Den Roshdy0Abdullah Alebidi1Khalid Almutairi2Rashid Al-Obeed3Ahmed Elsabagh4Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhur University, Damanhur 22516, EgyptPlant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaPlant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaPlant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaHorticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhur University, Damanhur 22516, EgyptThe influence of salicylic acid (SA) on growth, yield, fruits’ quality and enzymes’ activities was monitored in strawberry plants cv. Camarosa grown under salinity stress via two pot experiments in two successive years of 2018 and 2019. The examined concentrations of SA were 30, 60, and 90 ppm, which foliary applied in addition to control (sprayed with water), while the used levels of salinity were 20, and 40 mM as NaCl as irrigation application in addition to control (without salinity). The results showed a significant effect of salinity at 40 mM where the mean values of shoot fresh and dry weights, chlorophyll, leaves’ NPK, yield plant<sup>−1</sup>, yield ha<sup>−1</sup>, and fruits’ ascorbic acid were significantly decreased. However, the 40 mM salinity resulted in a significant increase in leaves’ content of Na and proline as well as catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) enzymes’ activity and the fruits’ TSS and acidity. The application with 90 ppm SA was found to be the most significant positive treatment for all of the studied characters except the Na leaves’ content. Regarding tolerance index percentages (STI%), the high values of CAT, POD, and proline referred to the ability to use them as indicators for strawberry salinity response in other physiological and plant breeding studies. The findings of this study suggest that the 90 ppm SA foliar application can ameliorate the negative effect of salinity on the growth of strawberry cv. Camarosa.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/4/775strawberrysalinitysalicylic acidsalt tolerance indexenzymes activity |
| spellingShingle | Alaa El-Den Roshdy Abdullah Alebidi Khalid Almutairi Rashid Al-Obeed Ahmed Elsabagh The Effect of Salicylic Acid on the Performances of Salt Stressed Strawberry Plants, Enzymes Activity, and Salt Tolerance Index Agronomy strawberry salinity salicylic acid salt tolerance index enzymes activity |
| title | The Effect of Salicylic Acid on the Performances of Salt Stressed Strawberry Plants, Enzymes Activity, and Salt Tolerance Index |
| title_full | The Effect of Salicylic Acid on the Performances of Salt Stressed Strawberry Plants, Enzymes Activity, and Salt Tolerance Index |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Salicylic Acid on the Performances of Salt Stressed Strawberry Plants, Enzymes Activity, and Salt Tolerance Index |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Salicylic Acid on the Performances of Salt Stressed Strawberry Plants, Enzymes Activity, and Salt Tolerance Index |
| title_short | The Effect of Salicylic Acid on the Performances of Salt Stressed Strawberry Plants, Enzymes Activity, and Salt Tolerance Index |
| title_sort | effect of salicylic acid on the performances of salt stressed strawberry plants enzymes activity and salt tolerance index |
| topic | strawberry salinity salicylic acid salt tolerance index enzymes activity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/4/775 |
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