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HORTSCIENCE
Volume 58, Issue 11, Pages 1358-1367Publisher
AMER SOC HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE
DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI17370-23
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antioxidant enzyme activity; drought stress; jasmonic acid; mycorrhiza; salicylic acid
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This study investigated the effects of phyto-hormones and mycorrhizae on pepper plants under drought stress. The results showed that the combined application of mycorrhizae with phytohormones significantly improved pepper growth and alleviated the detrimental impacts of drought stress.
Drought is a primary abiotic stressor that markedly impairs pepper growth and quality. This study aimed to investigate the effects of foliar applications of phyto-hormones, including salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA), and root application of ar-buscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), on severe and moderate drought stress of 38-day-old 'Anemon F1' pepper plants. The results showed that drought stress led to a considerable decrease in plant growth parameters, nutrient uptake, leaf water content, and chloro-phyll content, and it increased leaf temperature, phenolic and flavonoid contents, and antioxidant enzyme activity. Nevertheless, the combined application of AMF with SA and JA demonstrated substantial synergistic effects, resulting in a notable improvement in the ability to alleviate the detrimental impacts of drought stress. Furthermore, the combined application of AMF and phytohormones exhibited a stronger effect on drought stress compared with the individual application of AMF or phytohormones alone. The application of AMF+SA and AMF+JA not only improves the availability of essential nutrients but also leads to an increase in fresh shoot weight, relative water con-tent, leaf area, and chlorophyll and antioxidant capacity. Consequently, the combined application of SA and JA with mycorrhiza emerged as a promising treatment for en-hancing pepper growth under drought-stress conditions. The positive results observed in pepper cultivation through the combined use of phytohormones and mycorrhizae in regions with limited water availability emphasize the importance of investigating the effectiveness of similar approaches in other agricultural crops.
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