Journal
AGRICULTURE-BASEL
Volume 12, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture12091301
Keywords
Brassica oleracea; quality; antioxidant enzymes; abiotic stress; phenolic enzymes
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- Mansoura University, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura, Egypt
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This research found that foliar application of proline, methionine, and melatonin significantly improved the growth performance of cauliflower plants under drought stress conditions. It enhanced leaf area, chlorophyll content, relative water content, as well as curd height, diameter, and dry matter. Meanwhile, it reduced phenolic-related enzymes, glucosinolates, abscisic acid, malondialdehyde, and total phenols.
The impact of proline, methionine, and melatonin on cauliflower plants under drought stress is still unclear in the available publications. So, this research aims to study these biochemical compounds' effects on cauliflower plants grown under well-irrigated and drought-stressed conditions. The obtained results showed that under drought-stressed conditions, foliar application of proline, methionine, and melatonin significantly (p <= 0.05) enhanced leaf area, leaf chlorophyll content, leaf relative water content (RWC), vitamin C, proline, total soluble sugar, reducing sugar, and nonreducing sugar compared to the untreated plants. These treatments also significantly increased curd height, curd diameter, curd freshness, and dry matter compared to untreated plants. Conversely, the phenolic-related enzymes including polyphenol oxidase (PPO), peroxidase (POD), and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) were significantly reduced compared to the untreated plants. A similar trend was observed in glucosinolates, abscisic acid (ABA), malondialdehyde (MDA), and total phenols. Eventually, it can be concluded that the foliar application of proline, methionine, and melatonin can be considered a proper strategy for enhancing the growth performance and productivity of cauliflower grown under drought-stressed conditions.
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