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Impact of Silicon and Endophytic Fungi Application for Plant Survival, Biomass and Chemical Compositions of <I>Moringa oleifera</i> Lam. Under Salinity Stress Conditions

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Horticulture (Vegetable, Pomology and Ornamentals)

Abstract

The newly reclaimed soils suffer from some stresses, especially salinity, whether in the soil or irrigation water that severely hinder the growth and production of some crops. A pot experiment was conducted during 2021 and 2022 seasons at Al-Marashda Research Station, Qena, ARC, Egypt to study the influence of silicon and endophytic fungi on germination percentage, survival seedlings rate, biomass and chemical traits of Moringa oleifera under salinity conditions. Pots were filled with sandy soil as substrate and arranged in completely randomized design, having nine treatments, including silicon and endophytic fungi together or alone with two levels of salinity. The two salinity levels were significantly affected the germination and survival percentages, biomass as well as chemical compositions of M. oleifera. However, addition of silicon at 100 mg/ l or endophytic fungus (Chaetomium globosum) at 100 ml, together or alone led to increase germination percentage and survival rate, biomass characters, N, P, K, and total chlorophyll in moringa leaves under saline conditions. The improvement was better with lower salinity level (3 dS m-1) compared to the higher one for the 1st and 2nd seasons. Application of both silicon and endophytic fungi led to better growth results compared to the individual treatments. Leaves of salt- treated plants without any additives contained high levels of Na+ and Cl- compared to those treated with saline reducers. 

DOI

10.21608/ajas.2022.164423.1180

Keywords

salinity stress, <i>Moringa oleifera</i>, silicon, Endophytic fungi, survival rate

Authors

First Name

Yassin

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Deptartment of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Egypt

Email

yassinsoliman240@gmail.com

City

sohag

Orcid

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First Name

Amr

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

M.M.

Affiliation

Horticulture Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt

Email

amr_m_m10@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

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First Name

Mona

Last Name

Hussein

MiddleName

F.A.

Affiliation

Horticulture Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt

Email

monafawzy207@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Tarek

Last Name

Helmy

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Deptartment of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, Egypt

Email

tarek1122@gmail.com

City

Minia

Orcid

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Ayyat

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Dept. of Medicinal and Aromatic plants, Faculty of Agriculture, Beni-Suef University,Egypt

Email

ahmed.ayyat@agr.bsu.edu.eg

City

Beni-suef

Orcid

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Volume

53

Article Issue

5

Related Issue

38047

Issue Date

2022-12-01

Receive Date

2022-09-21

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Page Start

65

Page End

77

Print ISSN

1110-0486

Online ISSN

2356-9840

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/article_275525.html

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62

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Publication Title

Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Impact of Silicon and Endophytic Fungi Application for Plant Survival, Biomass and Chemical Compositions of <I>Moringa oleifera</i> Lam. Under Salinity Stress Conditions

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22 Jan 2023