Increasing the Salt Stress Tolerance of Some Tomato Cultivars under the Influence of Growth Regulators
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Effect of Atonik Biostimulant on the Growth and Fruiting Characters of Tomato Plants under the Action of Saline Stress
2.2. Effect of Atonik Biostimulant on Some Biochemical Indicators of Tomato Plants under the Action of Saline Stress
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Material, Treatments Used and the Growth Conditions
4.2. Biometric and Gravimetric Measurements
4.3. Biochemical Analyses
4.3.1. Quantitative Determination of Photosynthetic Pigments
4.3.2. Proline Determination
4.4. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Proline Content (nmol mg−1 FW) after the Third Treatments | ||||
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Treatments | Buzau | Elisabeta | Bacovia | Lillagro |
Control | 0.084 a | 0.098 a | 0.055 a | 0.094 a |
Atonik | 0.084 a | 0.081 a | 0.084 a | 0.114 a |
AT×120 mM NaCl | 0.186 a | 0.121 ab | 0.038 ab | 0.030 bc |
120 mM NaCl | 0.084 a | 0.431 bc | 0.070 a | 0.133 b |
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Covașă, M.; Slabu, C.; Marta, A.E.; Jităreanu, C.D. Increasing the Salt Stress Tolerance of Some Tomato Cultivars under the Influence of Growth Regulators. Plants 2023, 12, 363. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12020363
Covașă M, Slabu C, Marta AE, Jităreanu CD. Increasing the Salt Stress Tolerance of Some Tomato Cultivars under the Influence of Growth Regulators. Plants. 2023; 12(2):363. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12020363
Chicago/Turabian StyleCovașă, Mihaela, Cristina Slabu, Alina Elena Marta, and Carmenica Doina Jităreanu. 2023. "Increasing the Salt Stress Tolerance of Some Tomato Cultivars under the Influence of Growth Regulators" Plants 12, no. 2: 363. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12020363