Seed Priming with Silicon as a Potential to Increase Salt Stress Tolerance in Lathyrus odoratus
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Germination Characteristics
2.2. Plant Growth
2.3. Leaf Water Status
2.4. Photosynthetic Pigments
2.5. Biochemical Parameters
2.5.1. Total Carbohydrates
2.5.2. Proline Content
2.5.3. Total Phenols and Flavonoids Contents
2.5.4. Oxidative Damage Induced
2.5.5. Antioxidant Enzyme Activities
2.6. Ion Contents
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Location and Plant Materials
4.2. Seawater Source and Chemicals
4.3. Experiment Layout
4.4. Germination and Growth Characteristics
4.5. Leaf Water Status
4.6. Photosynthetic Pigments
4.7. Biochemical Parameters
4.7.1. Total Carbohydrates
4.7.2. Proline Content
4.7.3. Phenols and Flavonoids Determination
4.7.4. Lipid Peroxidation Estimation
4.7.5. H2O2 Content
4.7.6. Antioxidant Enzyme Activities
4.7.7. Ion Estimation
4.8. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Component | EC (dS/m) | pH | HCO3 (meq/L) | CL (meq/L) | SO4−2 (meq/L) | Ca+2 (meq/L) | Mg+2 (meq/L) | Na+ (meq/L) | K+ (meq/L) |
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Concentration | 40.51 | 6.81 | 5.59 | 415 | 74.35 | 42.10 | 14.57 | 435.35 | 1.34 |
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El-Serafy, R.S.; El-Sheshtawy, A.-N.A.; Atteya, A.K.G.; Al-Hashimi, A.; Abbasi, A.M.; Al-Ashkar, I. Seed Priming with Silicon as a Potential to Increase Salt Stress Tolerance in Lathyrus odoratus. Plants 2021, 10, 2140. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102140
El-Serafy RS, El-Sheshtawy A-NA, Atteya AKG, Al-Hashimi A, Abbasi AM, Al-Ashkar I. Seed Priming with Silicon as a Potential to Increase Salt Stress Tolerance in Lathyrus odoratus. Plants. 2021; 10(10):2140. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102140
Chicago/Turabian StyleEl-Serafy, Rasha S., Abdel-Nasser A. El-Sheshtawy, Amira K.G. Atteya, Abdulrahman Al-Hashimi, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, and Ibrahim Al-Ashkar. 2021. "Seed Priming with Silicon as a Potential to Increase Salt Stress Tolerance in Lathyrus odoratus" Plants 10, no. 10: 2140. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102140