The effects of silicon and titanium on safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) growth under moisture deficit condition

Safflower is one of important crop in semi-arid regions of the world, where the precipitations are limited. In order to investigate the effect of foliar spray of nano-silicon dioxide (10 and 20 mM) and nano titanium dioxide (25 and 50 mM) and water-deficit stress (irrigation after 110 mm evaporation...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Janmohammadi, Nasrin Mohamadi, Fariborz SHEKARI, Amin ABBASI, Mohammad ESMAILPOUR
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Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2017-09-01
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/12726
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author Mohsen Janmohammadi
Nasrin Mohamadi
Fariborz SHEKARI
Amin ABBASI
Mohammad ESMAILPOUR
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Nasrin Mohamadi
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Amin ABBASI
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description Safflower is one of important crop in semi-arid regions of the world, where the precipitations are limited. In order to investigate the effect of foliar spray of nano-silicon dioxide (10 and 20 mM) and nano titanium dioxide (25 and 50 mM) and water-deficit stress (irrigation after 110 mm evaporation) on growth parameters and yield components of spring safflower a field experiment was carried out at the highland semi-arid region, in, North West of Iran. Water deficit stress significantly reduced morpho-physiological traits such as ground cover, canopy width, leaf fresh mass, leaf are and plant height) as well as yield components (e.g. capitulum diameter, seed mass and seed number per capitulum). However, the plants grown under water deficit condition showed the higher harvest index than well irrigated plants. Comparison of the foliar treatments showed that the both nano-particles (silicon and titanium) improved the plant growth and yield components over the control. However, the effect of nano-silicon was more prominent than titanium. The highest amount of seed oil was recorded under well irrigated condition (irrigation after 60 mm evaporation) with foliar application of nano-titanium. The percentage of palmitic acid, arachidic acid and myristic acid in seed increased by nano-titanium application. Altogether, principal component analysis indicated that spray of 10 mM nano silicon dioxide was best foliar treatments under all moisture regimes.
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spelling doaj.art-a54f55aad4864b769cfc21af747ac31f2023-08-02T07:56:32ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Agriculturae Slovenica1854-19412017-09-01109210.14720/aas.2017.109.2.2719118The effects of silicon and titanium on safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) growth under moisture deficit conditionMohsen Janmohammadi0Nasrin Mohamadi1Fariborz SHEKARI2Amin ABBASI3Mohammad ESMAILPOUR4University of Maragheh, IranUniversity of Maragheh, IraUniversity of Maragheh, IranUniversity of Maragheh, IranDepartment of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Jahrom university, JahromSafflower is one of important crop in semi-arid regions of the world, where the precipitations are limited. In order to investigate the effect of foliar spray of nano-silicon dioxide (10 and 20 mM) and nano titanium dioxide (25 and 50 mM) and water-deficit stress (irrigation after 110 mm evaporation) on growth parameters and yield components of spring safflower a field experiment was carried out at the highland semi-arid region, in, North West of Iran. Water deficit stress significantly reduced morpho-physiological traits such as ground cover, canopy width, leaf fresh mass, leaf are and plant height) as well as yield components (e.g. capitulum diameter, seed mass and seed number per capitulum). However, the plants grown under water deficit condition showed the higher harvest index than well irrigated plants. Comparison of the foliar treatments showed that the both nano-particles (silicon and titanium) improved the plant growth and yield components over the control. However, the effect of nano-silicon was more prominent than titanium. The highest amount of seed oil was recorded under well irrigated condition (irrigation after 60 mm evaporation) with foliar application of nano-titanium. The percentage of palmitic acid, arachidic acid and myristic acid in seed increased by nano-titanium application. Altogether, principal component analysis indicated that spray of 10 mM nano silicon dioxide was best foliar treatments under all moisture regimes.https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/12726saffloweragronomic traitsfoliar sprayingnano-particlesprincipal component analysissemi-arid region
spellingShingle Mohsen Janmohammadi
Nasrin Mohamadi
Fariborz SHEKARI
Amin ABBASI
Mohammad ESMAILPOUR
The effects of silicon and titanium on safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) growth under moisture deficit condition
Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
safflower
agronomic traits
foliar spraying
nano-particles
principal component analysis
semi-arid region
title The effects of silicon and titanium on safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) growth under moisture deficit condition
title_full The effects of silicon and titanium on safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) growth under moisture deficit condition
title_fullStr The effects of silicon and titanium on safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) growth under moisture deficit condition
title_full_unstemmed The effects of silicon and titanium on safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) growth under moisture deficit condition
title_short The effects of silicon and titanium on safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) growth under moisture deficit condition
title_sort effects of silicon and titanium on safflower carthamus tinctorius l growth under moisture deficit condition
topic safflower
agronomic traits
foliar spraying
nano-particles
principal component analysis
semi-arid region
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/12726
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