Boron Effect on Growth and Mineral Content of Lentil Plant (Lens culinaris) Under Salt Stress
Abstract
Stress on plants is described as the negative impact resulted from
altered growth conditions. Drought, salt, heat, cold, frost, flood, air
pollution, metal and oxidative stress are the common stress causing factors for
plants. 33% of the farming lands, worldwide, is under salt stress. In this study, red and green lentil species
were used, which were exposed to 50 mM and 200 mM NaCl-stress. Boron, in
contrast to this, were introduced to the lentil growing media at 0.5, 1.0. 2.0
and 5.0 mM boron concentrations to overcome stress arose from the salt. Plants
were observed for 7 days, followed by length of shoot and root, fresh weight
shoot and root, and K, Na, B and Ca contents were evalutated at the end of the
7th day. At 50 and 200 mM concentratins of NaCl for both red and
green lentils length of shoot and root, fresh weight shoot and root, K and Ca
contents were diminished; the stress were harsher on red lentil. Boron at 0.5
ve 1.0 mM concentrations reduced salt stress, and ameliorated shoot-root
length, fresh shoot-root weight and K and Ca intake. The goal of this study was
to minimize negative impacts of salt on plants farmed in high-salt containing
soils. In the followed approach, boron was administrated to lentil growing
media, which is widely farmed in Turkiye and all around the world. The results
depicting that boron at 0.5 and 1.0 mM concentrations can be a supportive
fertilizer to surrpass salt related stress.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
September 30, 2017
Submission Date
September 22, 2017
Acceptance Date
May 29, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 13 Number: 3