Alleviating saline-calcareous stress in Atriplex nummularia seedlings by foliar spraying with silymarin-enriched bee-honey solution | ||||
| Labyrinth: Fayoum Journal of Science and Interdisciplinary Studies | ||||
| Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2023, Page 11-20 PDF (734.12 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original full papers (regular papers) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ifjsis.2023.296590 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Doaa Tarfayah; Safia Ahmed; Mostafa Rady ; Ibrahim Mohamed
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| Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, Fayoum | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| When the plant is subjected to stress conditions on saline-calcareous soil, it is severely damaged and may die. Overcoming these saline and calcareous stresses is a challenge for the sustainability of human and animal feeding. During 2020 and 2021, the potential enhancing impacts of treating Atriplex nummularia seedlings with a 1% bee-honey solution enriched with 200 μg silymarin per L of solution (SBH) on plant growth, physiological and biochemical traits, antioxidant systems, and nutritional value under saline-calcareous soil stress conditions were investigated. Foliar spraying of A. nummularia with SBH significantly improved plant growth, root activity, photosynthetic efficiency, leaf cell integrity, soluble protein, osmo-regulators, different antioxidants, and nutritional status, while markers of oxidative stress (H2O2 and O2•‒) and oxidative damage (lipid peroxidation and electrolyte leakage), total phenols, and Na+ levels were suppressed. The results of this investigation recommended the utilization of SBH for producing satisfactory plant productivities under saline-calcareous soil conditions. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Atriplex nummularia Lindl bio; stimulator silymarin saline; calcareous soil antioxidants | ||||
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