Abstract
ABSTRACT The salinity of irrigation water and soil create considerable challenges in agriculture, as they harm the physiological processes and growth of plants. The exogenous application of antioxidant compounds, such as salicylic acid, can reduce the damage caused by salt stress. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the attenuation of salt stress induced by salicylic acid in Ocimum basilicum “Cinnamon”. The experiment was performed in randomized blocks with five irrigation water salinity levels (0.5, 1.3, 3.25, 5.2 and 6.0 dS m-1) and five salicylic acid concentrations (0, 0.29, 1.0, 1.71 and 2.0 mM), with five repetitions and two plants per plot. Growth, gas exchange, and chlorophyll indices and fluorescence were evaluated 30 days after the salt treatment was applied. An increase in the salinity of irrigation water decreased the plant height, stem diameter, number of leaves, stomatal conductance, instantaneous water use efficiency, and initial fluorescence of basil “Cinnamon”. Salicylic acid was revealed to attenuate the harmful effects of irrigation water salinity on gas exchange, total chlorophyll, and initial and maximum fluorescence of basil plants.
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Claim · model-written summary
Higher irrigation salinity decreased plant height, stem diameter and leaf number.
- Taxon
- basil
Ocimum basilicume0 - Material
- Cinnamone0
- Treatment
- salinity of irrigation watere0
- Outcome
- plant height, stem diameter, number of leavese0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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e0“An increase in the salinity of irrigation water decreased the plant height, stem diameter, number of leaves, stomatal conductance, instantaneous water use efficiency, and initial fluorescence of basil “Cinnamon”.”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher irrigation salinity decreased stomatal conductance and water use efficiency.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Material
- Cinnamone0
- Treatment
- salinity of irrigation watere0
- Outcome
- stomatal conductance, instantaneous water use efficiencye0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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e0“An increase in the salinity of irrigation water decreased the plant height, stem diameter, number of leaves, stomatal conductance, instantaneous water use efficiency, and initial fluorescence of basil “Cinnamon”.”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher irrigation salinity decreased initial fluorescence.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Material
- Cinnamone0
- Treatment
- salinity of irrigation watere0
- Outcome
- initial fluorescencee0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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e0“An increase in the salinity of irrigation water decreased the plant height, stem diameter, number of leaves, stomatal conductance, instantaneous water use efficiency, and initial fluorescence of basil “Cinnamon”.”
Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid attenuated salinity damage to gas exchange.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Treatment
- Salicylic acide0
- Outcome
- gas exchangee0
- Direction
- attenuatee0
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e0“Salicylic acid was revealed to attenuate the harmful effects of irrigation water salinity on gas exchange, total chlorophyll, and initial and maximum fluorescence of basil plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid attenuated salinity damage to total chlorophyll.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Treatment
- Salicylic acide0
- Outcome
- total chlorophylle0
- Direction
- attenuatee0
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Verbatim
e0“Salicylic acid was revealed to attenuate the harmful effects of irrigation water salinity on gas exchange, total chlorophyll, and initial and maximum fluorescence of basil plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid attenuated salinity damage to initial and maximum fluorescence.
- Taxon
- basilOcimum basilicume0
- Treatment
- Salicylic acide0
- Outcome
- initial and maximum fluorescencee0
- Direction
- attenuatee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Salicylic acid was revealed to attenuate the harmful effects of irrigation water salinity on gas exchange, total chlorophyll, and initial and maximum fluorescence of basil plants.”
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