Combined effects of salinity and phosphorus availability on growth, gas exchange, and nutrient status of Catapodium rigidum

Autor: Najla Trabelsi, Abderrazak Smaoui, Chedly Abdelly, Ons Talbi Zribi, Abdelwahed Hamdi, Inès Slama
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Arid Land Research and Management. 32:277-290
ISSN: 1532-4990
1532-4982
DOI: 10.1080/15324982.2018.1427640
Popis: The combined effects of NaCl-salinity and phosphorus deficiency on biomass production, nutritional status, and photosynthetic activity were studied in Catapodium rigidum: an annual Poacea with fodder potential. Plants were grown in hydroponic conditions for 55 days under two phosphorus (P) supply: 5 (low) or 180 µmol KH2PO4 (sufficient), in the absence or presence of 100 mM NaCl. Obtained results demonstrated that both salinity and P deficiency treatments applied separately reduced substantially plant growth and CO2 assimilation rate with a more marked impact of salt stress. Salinity has no substantial effect on both shoot P concentrations and phosphorus acquisition efficiency independently of P availability. The highest decrease in plant growth (−91%) was observed in plants simultaneously submitted to both stresses suggesting an additive effect of the two stresses and that P deficiency increased the susceptibility of C. rigidum to salinity. This may be linked to a significant decrease in potassiu...
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