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GESUNDE PFLANZEN
Volume 75, Issue 3, Pages 577-591Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10343-022-00720-4
Keywords
Maize lines; Inorganic ions; Chlorophyll contents; Abiotic stress; Plant hormones
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This study evaluated the effects of foliage applied GR24 on the physiological, mineral nutrient, and yield attributes of maize under salt stress. The results showed that foliage applied GR24 enhanced photosynthetic pigments and gas exchange, and improved yield attributes of maize under salt stress.
Phytohormones are plant growth regulators, temporally or spatially produced by plants in response to varying environmental conditions. A pot experiment was conducted in Old Botanic Garden, the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan to evaluate the effect of foliage applied GR24 on physiological, mineral nutrients, and yield attributes of maize under salt stress. Seeds of two maize lines PB-ProA-2018 and PB-ProA-2019 were sown in thoroughly washed sand-filled pots. Each pot has been nourished with two full litter strength Hoagland nutrient medium solutions as mineral supplementation. Salt stress i.e. non-saline and 100 mM was applied after 28 days of sowing. GR24 was applied as a foliage spray at concentrations of non-spray, water spray, 0.001, 0.01, and 0.1 mg/L after 14 days of salinity treatment. Results showed that salt stress prominently decreased all photosynthetic pigments, gas exchange, yield attributes, and shoot and root K+ and Ca2+ of maize while increasing C-i, C-i/C-a ratio, and shoot and root Na+. GR24 as foliage spray considerably enhanced photosynthetic pigments while partially upgraded gas exchange attributes. Foliar applied GR24 increased cob diameter, a number of grains/cob, shoot and root K+ while decreased root Na+. GR24 level 0.01 mg/L performed better than other concentrations. Among both maize lines, PB-ProA-2019 behaved better than PB-ProA-2018. A completely randomized design of experiment with four replicates was implicated.
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