Abstract
This work aims to study the effect of foliar spraying of three anti-transpirants i.e., A1: tryptophan (Tri), A2: potassium silicate (KS), A3: chitosan (Chi) as well as A0: control (Tap water) under three irrigation regimes, I1: 2400, I2: 3600, and I3: 4800 m3ha−1 on the quality and production of faba bean crop and its nutrient contents. The study was carried out during two successive winter seasons of 2018/2019 and 2019/2020. Drought stress affected the average performance of all studied traits as it reduced seed yield and traits, as a result of the decrease in chlorophyll related to photosynthesis, protein, carbohydrates, total phenols, amino acids, macronutrients (N, P, and K), micronutrient contents (Fe, Mn, and Zn) and their absorption. The single foliar spraying of faba bean with tryptophan 75 ppm, potassium silicate at 100 ppm, or chitosan at 750 ppm significantly increased all studied traits and reduced the drought stress compared to control under different irrigation systems. We recommended using a foliar spray of chitosan (750 ppm) on faba bean plants under an irrigation level of 4800 m3 led to an improvement in the physiological properties of the plant, i.e., plant height, the number of branches/plants, and the number of plants, pods plant−1, the number of seed pods−1, the weight of 100 seeds and seed yield ha−1 increased with relative increase about 42.29, 89.47, 28.85, 75.91, 24.43, and 306.48% compared to control. The quality properties also improved, as the total chlorophyll, protein, carbohydrates, total phenols, and amino acids were higher than the control with a relative increase of 63.83, 29.58, 27.72, 37.54, and 64.19%. Additionally, an increase in the contents and uptake of macronutrients (N, P, and K), and micronutrients (Fe, Mn, Zn) and their absorption. The increase was estimated with 29.41, 75.00, 16.56, 431.17, 630.48, 72.68%, 22.37, 35.69, 42.33, 397.63, 452.58, and 485.94% about the control. This was followed by potassium silicate (100 ppm), then tryptophan (75 ppm) compared to the control, which recorded the minimum values in plant traits.
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Claim · model-written summary
Drought reduced faba bean seed yield and yield traits.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- Drought stresse0
- Outcome
- seed yield and traitse0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“Drought stress affected the average performance of all studied traits as it reduced seed yield and traits”
Claim · model-written summary
Drought reduced chlorophyll, protein and carbohydrates.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- Drought stresse0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll related to photosynthesis, protein, carbohydratese0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“Drought stress affected the average performance of all studied traits as it reduced seed yield and traits, as a result of the decrease in chlorophyll related to photosynthesis, protein, carbohydrates”
Claim · model-written summary
Drought reduced phenols, amino acids and macro- and micronutrient contents and absorption.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- Drought stresse0
- Outcome
- total phenols, amino acids, macronutrients (N, P, and K), micronutrient contents (Fe, Mn, and Zn) and their absorptione0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“Drought stress affected the average performance of all studied traits as it reduced seed yield and traits, as a result of the decrease in chlorophyll related to photosynthesis, protein, carbohydrates, total phenols, amino acids, macronutrients (N, P, and K), micronutrient contents (Fe, Mn, and Zn) and their absorption”
Claim · model-written summary
Tryptophan foliar spray significantly increased studied traits and reduced drought stress versus control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- tryptophan 75 ppme0
- Outcome
- all studied traitse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“The single foliar spraying of faba bean with tryptophan 75 ppm, potassium silicate at 100 ppm, or chitosan at 750 ppm significantly increased all studied traits and reduced the drought stress compared to control under different irrigation systems”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium silicate foliar spray significantly increased studied traits and reduced drought stress versus control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- potassium silicate at 100 ppme0
- Outcome
- all studied traitse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“The single foliar spraying of faba bean with tryptophan 75 ppm, potassium silicate at 100 ppm, or chitosan at 750 ppm significantly increased all studied traits and reduced the drought stress compared to control under different irrigation systems”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan foliar spray significantly increased studied traits and reduced drought stress versus control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan at 750 ppme0
- Outcome
- all studied traitse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“The single foliar spraying of faba bean with tryptophan 75 ppm, potassium silicate at 100 ppm, or chitosan at 750 ppm significantly increased all studied traits and reduced the drought stress compared to control under different irrigation systems”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend chitosan foliar spray at 750 ppm under 4800 m3 irrigation.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e0
- Outcome
- using a foliar spray of chitosan (750 ppm)e0
- Qualifier
- under an irrigation level of 4800 m3e0
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Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“We recommended using a foliar spray of chitosan (750 ppm) on faba bean plants under an irrigation level of 4800 m3”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan at 750 ppm and 4800 m3 irrigation increased plant height by 42.29 relative to control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 42.29e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“We recommended using a foliar spray of chitosan (750 ppm) on faba bean plants under an irrigation level of 4800 m3 led to an improvement in the physiological properties of the plant, i.e., plant height, the number of branches/plants, and the number of plants, pods plant−1, the number of seed pods−1, the weight of 100 seeds and seed yield ha−1 increased with relative increase about 42.29, 89.47, 28.85, 75.91, 24.43, and 306.48% compared to control”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan at 750 ppm and 4800 m3 irrigation increased the number of branches/plants by 89.47 relative to control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e0
- Outcome
- the number of branches/plantse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 89.47e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“We recommended using a foliar spray of chitosan (750 ppm) on faba bean plants under an irrigation level of 4800 m3 led to an improvement in the physiological properties of the plant, i.e., plant height, the number of branches/plants, and the number of plants, pods plant−1, the number of seed pods−1, the weight of 100 seeds and seed yield ha−1 increased with relative increase about 42.29, 89.47, 28.85, 75.91, 24.43, and 306.48% compared to control”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan at 750 ppm and 4800 m3 irrigation increased the number of plants by 28.85 relative to control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e0
- Outcome
- the number of plantse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 28.85e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“We recommended using a foliar spray of chitosan (750 ppm) on faba bean plants under an irrigation level of 4800 m3 led to an improvement in the physiological properties of the plant, i.e., plant height, the number of branches/plants, and the number of plants, pods plant−1, the number of seed pods−1, the weight of 100 seeds and seed yield ha−1 increased with relative increase about 42.29, 89.47, 28.85, 75.91, 24.43, and 306.48% compared to control”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan at 750 ppm and 4800 m3 irrigation increased pods plant−1 by 75.91 relative to control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e0
- Outcome
- pods plant−1e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 75.91e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“We recommended using a foliar spray of chitosan (750 ppm) on faba bean plants under an irrigation level of 4800 m3 led to an improvement in the physiological properties of the plant, i.e., plant height, the number of branches/plants, and the number of plants, pods plant−1, the number of seed pods−1, the weight of 100 seeds and seed yield ha−1 increased with relative increase about 42.29, 89.47, 28.85, 75.91, 24.43, and 306.48% compared to control”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan at 750 ppm and 4800 m3 irrigation increased the number of seed pods−1 by 24.43 relative to control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e0
- Outcome
- the number of seed pods−1e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 24.43e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“We recommended using a foliar spray of chitosan (750 ppm) on faba bean plants under an irrigation level of 4800 m3 led to an improvement in the physiological properties of the plant, i.e., plant height, the number of branches/plants, and the number of plants, pods plant−1, the number of seed pods−1, the weight of 100 seeds and seed yield ha−1 increased with relative increase about 42.29, 89.47, 28.85, 75.91, 24.43, and 306.48% compared to control”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan at 750 ppm and 4800 m3 irrigation increased seed yield ha−1 by 306.48% relative to control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e0
- Outcome
- seed yield ha−1e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 306.48%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“We recommended using a foliar spray of chitosan (750 ppm) on faba bean plants under an irrigation level of 4800 m3 led to an improvement in the physiological properties of the plant, i.e., plant height, the number of branches/plants, and the number of plants, pods plant−1, the number of seed pods−1, the weight of 100 seeds and seed yield ha−1 increased with relative increase about 42.29, 89.47, 28.85, 75.91, 24.43, and 306.48% compared to control”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan improved total chlorophyll by 63.83 versus control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e1
- Outcome
- total chlorophylle0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 63.83e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“The quality properties also improved, as the total chlorophyll, protein, carbohydrates, total phenols, and amino acids were higher than the control with a relative increase of 63.83, 29.58, 27.72, 37.54, and 64.19%”
e1“chitosan (750 ppm)”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan improved protein by 29.58 versus control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e1
- Outcome
- proteine0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 29.58e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“The quality properties also improved, as the total chlorophyll, protein, carbohydrates, total phenols, and amino acids were higher than the control with a relative increase of 63.83, 29.58, 27.72, 37.54, and 64.19%”
e1“chitosan (750 ppm)”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan improved carbohydrates by 27.72 versus control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e1
- Outcome
- carbohydratese0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 27.72e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“The quality properties also improved, as the total chlorophyll, protein, carbohydrates, total phenols, and amino acids were higher than the control with a relative increase of 63.83, 29.58, 27.72, 37.54, and 64.19%”
e1“chitosan (750 ppm)”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan improved total phenols by 37.54 versus control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e1
- Outcome
- total phenolse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 37.54e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“The quality properties also improved, as the total chlorophyll, protein, carbohydrates, total phenols, and amino acids were higher than the control with a relative increase of 63.83, 29.58, 27.72, 37.54, and 64.19%”
e1“chitosan (750 ppm)”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan improved amino acids by 64.19% versus control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e1
- Outcome
- amino acidse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 64.19%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“The quality properties also improved, as the total chlorophyll, protein, carbohydrates, total phenols, and amino acids were higher than the control with a relative increase of 63.83, 29.58, 27.72, 37.54, and 64.19%”
e1“chitosan (750 ppm)”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan increased macronutrient contents and uptake.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e1
- Outcome
- contents and uptake of macronutrients (N, P, and K)e0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“an increase in the contents and uptake of macronutrients (N, P, and K)”
e1“chitosan (750 ppm)”
Claim · model-written summary
Chitosan increased micronutrient contents and absorption.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- chitosan (750 ppm)e2
- Outcome
- micronutrients (Fe, Mn, Zn) and their absorptione0
- Direction
- increasee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“faba bean (Vicia faba L.)”
e0“micronutrients (Fe, Mn, Zn) and their absorption”
e1“Additionally, an increase in the contents and uptake of macronutrients (N, P, and K), and micronutrients (Fe, Mn, Zn) and their absorption”
e2“chitosan (750 ppm)”
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