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PLANTS-BASEL
Volume 10, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants10071303
Keywords
antioxidants; Brassica juncea; ethylene; nitrogen assimilation; proline metabolism; sulfur assimilation
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The study showed that ethylene as ethephon is effective in alleviating the damaging effects of salt stress on mustard plants, especially when used in combination with split doses of nitrogen and sulfur treatments. The application of ethylene significantly enhanced photosynthetic efficiency, promoted the assimilation of nitrogen and sulfur, and increased antioxidant activity in the plants.
In the present study, the potential of ethylene as ethephon (an ethylene source) was investigated individually and in combination with split doses of nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) soil treatments for removal of the damaging effects of salt stress (100 mM NaCl) in mustard (Brassica juncea L.). Plants were grown with 50 mg N plus 50 mg S kg(-1) soil at sowing time and an equivalent dose at 20 days after sowing [N50 + S50](0d and 20d). Ethephon at 200 mu L L-1 was applied to combined split doses of N and S with or without NaCl. Plants subjected to NaCl showed a decrease in growth and photosynthetic characteristics as well as N and S assimilation, whereas proline metabolism and antioxidants increased. The application of ethephon to plants grown with split N and S doses significantly enhanced photosynthetic efficiency by increasing the assimilation of N and S, improving the concentration of proline and induction of the antioxidant system with or without NaCl. The regulation of ethylene and/or split forms of N and S application may be potential tools for not just overcoming salt stress effects in this species and in related Brassicaceae but also enhancing their photosynthesis and growth potential through increased nutrient assimilation.
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