Does Exogenous Application of salicylic acid induce salt stress tolerance in potentially high-yielding modern wheat cultivars? | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Soil Science | ||||
| Volume 64, Issue 2, June 2024, Page 507-521 PDF (859.84 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejss.2024.264755.1712 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Zahida Parveen1; Irfana Lalarukh2; Sami A. Al Dhumri 3; Alveena Fatima Naqvi4; Syeda Fasiha Amjad5; Nouf Fakieh Alsayied6; Mohammad Hazaimeh7; Wasima B Alshammri8; Muhammad Al Mutari9; Fatima Alhussayni9; Khalid M Al Rohily10; Bader Z. Albogami11; Mohamed H.H. Abbas  12; Ahmed Abdelhafez13
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| 1Department of Botany Government college woman university Faisalabad | ||||
| 2Department of Botany, Government college woman university Faisalabad Pakistan | ||||
| 3Department of Biology, Al Khurma University college, Taif University , P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944 | ||||
| 4School of Water and Environment Changan University China | ||||
| 5Department of Botany University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan | ||||
| 6Department of Biology umm al Qura University | ||||
| 7Department of Biology, College of Science in Zulfi, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952 Saudi Arabia; | ||||
| 8Department of biology Hail university , hail Saudi Arabia | ||||
| 9Ministry of Environment water and agriculture Riyadh Saudi Arabia | ||||
| 10National Research and Development Center for Sustainable Agriculture Riyadh Saudi Arabia; | ||||
| 11Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| 12Benha University, Faculty of Agriculture, Soils and Water department | ||||
| 13Department of Soils and Water Science- The New Valley University- Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Salinity is one of the abiotic stresses that affect negatively wheat productivity across the globe. In Pakistan, wheat is a cash crop. Probably, exogenous application of salicylic acid could be helpful to induce salt stress resistance in possibly high-yielding modern wheat cultivars in Pakistan (Ujala 2016 and Akbar 2019). A pot experiment of a complete randomized design was therefore conducted in sand-filled plastic containers. These pots were planted with wheat seeds at the experimental area of the Department of Botany, Government College Women's University Faisalabad, Pakistan, during the winter season of 2021-2022. Two levels of NaCl [0 and 150mM] were applied along with Hoagland’s nutrient solution at 14-day interval and two levels of salicylic acid [0 and 100 mg L-1] were applied to wheat leaves after 28 DAS. All treatments were replicated 4 times. Plants were sampled after 3 weeks of foliar application to estimate morphological and biochemical parameters. Salinity significantly lessened shoot and root fresh/dry weights. Also, it diminished soluble protein, shoot K+ ion, and shoot K+/Na+ ratio in the two wheat cultivars when grown under saline conditions compared to control. On the other hand, salinity stress significantly raised the levels of catalase, superoxide dismutase, ascorbic acid, total phenolic, glycine betaine, hydrogen peroxide, malondialdehyde and shoot Na+ ion. Exogenic application of SA raised the activities of catalase, peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, ascorbic acid, soluble protein, phenolic, glycine betaine, shoot calcium, shoot K+/Na+ ratio and this consequently enhanced shoot and root (fresh and dry) weights of the two wheat cultivars under salt stress conditions and also under the non-stressful condition. In conclusion, exogenous application of SA was more effective for both wheat cultivars to acclimatize under saline condition. The wheat cultivar Akbar-2019 revealed better performance than Akbar 2019 in most morphological characteristics of wheat grown in salt stress conditions. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Salicylic acid; stress; wheat; cultivars; resistance | ||||
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