Beta
240465

Seasonal Effects on Some Eco-Morphological and Physiological Characters of Tamarix nilotica (Ehrenb) Bunge Growing Naturally in Egyptian Northern Coastal Salt Marshes

Article

Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Tamarix nilotica is a perennial halophyte growing naturally at the Mediterranean coastal salt marshes. Vegetative parts were collected in two successive winters and summers to investigate the seasonal effects on the ecomorphological and physiological responses of T. nilotica. The results indicated that either in winter or summer seasons, T. nilotica can reduce the effect of soil salinity by excreting salts outside its body through salt glands. Summer season was characterized by low content of soil moisture (due to rare rainfall), high soil EC, high light intensity and high temperature; there-fore, plant induced certain morphoanatomical changes in leaves and stem to face the previously mentioned adverse conditions. The most remarkable changes to reduce transpiration process was found by decreasing leaf area and increasing cuticle thickness and mesophyll tissue thickness. In addition, the most marked physiological changes in summer were the significant in-crease in total phenols, proline, free amino acids and total soluble sugars. These compounds can work as osmotic regulators and/or antioxidants. These features enhance the defensive mechanism against dehydration and permit T. nilotica to tolerate the stress conditions in salt marsh habitat. 

DOI

10.21608/ajs.2022.108934.1439

Keywords

seasonal changes, salinity, drought, Salt marches, Tamarix nilotica

Authors

First Name

Aya

Last Name

Mehanny

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Agricultural Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

ayamahmoud42@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-6356-9988

First Name

Gamal

Last Name

Khalifa

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Agricultural Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

gamalshaban2007@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ola

Last Name

Abd Elbar

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Agricultural Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

olaabdelbar@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0003-1127-5980

First Name

Sami

Last Name

Habib

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Agricultural Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

samy-habiab@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

30

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

34429

Issue Date

2022-06-01

Receive Date

2021-12-01

Publish Date

2022-06-01

Page Start

19

Page End

28

Print ISSN

1110-2675

Online ISSN

2636-3585

Link

https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/article_240465.html

Detail API

https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=240465

Order

15

Type

Original Article

Type Code

668

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Publication Link

https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Seasonal Effects on Some Eco-Morphological and Physiological Characters of Tamarix nilotica (Ehrenb) Bunge Growing Naturally in Egyptian Northern Coastal Salt Marshes

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023