Abstract
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill) is a medicinal plant that all parts of it can be used in various industries such as food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. To investigate the effect of vermicompost (VC: 0 and 5%), as an organic fertilizer, on the morphophysiological and biochemical characteristics of two fennel landraces (Shiraz and Urmia) under saline conditions (0, 40, 80, and 120 mM NaCl), a factorial experiment was conducted in greenhouse condition. After 3 weeks of culturing, plants were irrigated with experimental treatments until 5 weeks more. The results showed that salinity stress induced a significant decrease in leaf area, biomass, photosynthetic pigments content, relative water content, membrane stability index, minerals (Fe, K, Ca, and Mg) concentration, total protein content, and gibberellin concentration of the shoot. A significant increase in malondialdehyde, total phenol, and the activity of catalase and peroxidase enzymes in the same organ was also observed. In contrast, for most of these variables, the opposite results were obtained under VC alone or its interaction with salinity stress. In comparison between two fennel landraces, Shiraz was less affected by salinity stress, while the effect of VC on Urmia was more evident. It can be concluded that VC can limit the adverse effects of salinity stress on fennel by affecting photosynthetic pigments, membrane integrity, minerals concentration, water status, protein content, gibberellins biosynthesis, and antioxidants activity.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity significantly decreased leaf area, biomass and photosynthetic pigments.
- Taxon
- Fennel
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Anethum foeniculume1 - Treatment
- salinity stresse0
- Outcome
- leaf area, biomass, photosynthetic pigments contente0
- Direction
- decreasee0
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Verbatim
e0“salinity stress induced a significant decrease in leaf area, biomass, photosynthetic pigments content”
e1“Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill)”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity significantly decreased relative water content, membrane stability index and mineral concentration.
- Taxon
- Foeniculum vulgareAnethum foeniculumt0
- Treatment
- salinity stresse1
- Outcome
- relative water content, membrane stability index, minerals (Fe, K, Ca, and Mg) concentratione0
- Direction
- decreasee1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“relative water content, membrane stability index, minerals (Fe, K, Ca, and Mg) concentration”
e1“salinity stress induced a significant decrease in leaf area, biomass, photosynthetic pigments content, relative water content, membrane stability index, minerals (Fe, K, Ca, and Mg) concentration”
t0“Foeniculum vulgare”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity significantly decreased shoot protein and gibberellin concentration.
- Taxon
- Foeniculum vulgareAnethum foeniculumt0
- Organ / stage
- shoote0
- Treatment
- salinity stresse0
- Outcome
- total protein content, and gibberellin concentratione0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“salinity stress induced a significant decrease in leaf area, biomass, photosynthetic pigments content, relative water content, membrane stability index, minerals (Fe, K, Ca, and Mg) concentration, total protein content, and gibberellin concentration of the shoot”
t0“Foeniculum vulgare”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity significantly increased malondialdehyde, total phenol and catalase activity.
- Taxon
- Foeniculum vulgareAnethum foeniculumt0
- Treatment
- salinity stresse1
- Outcome
- malondialdehyde, total phenol, and the activity of catalasee0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A significant increase in malondialdehyde, total phenol, and the activity of catalase and peroxidase enzymes in the same organ was also observed”
e1“salinity stress induced a significant decrease”
t0“Foeniculum vulgare”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity significantly increased peroxidase activity.
- Taxon
- Foeniculum vulgareAnethum foeniculumt0
- Treatment
- salinity stresse1
- Outcome
- peroxidase enzymese0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A significant increase in malondialdehyde, total phenol, and the activity of catalase and peroxidase enzymes in the same organ was also observed”
e1“salinity stress induced a significant decrease”
t0“Foeniculum vulgare”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost alone or with salinity produced opposite responses for most variables.
- Taxon
- Foeniculum vulgareAnethum foeniculumt0
- Treatment
- VC alone or its interaction with salinity stresse0
- Outcome
- most of these variablese0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“for most of these variables, the opposite results were obtained under VC alone or its interaction with salinity stress”
e1“vermicompost (VC: 0 and 5%)”
t0“Foeniculum vulgare”
Claim · model-written summary
Shiraz was less affected by salinity than Urmia.
- Taxon
- Foeniculum vulgareAnethum foeniculumt0
- Material
- Shiraze0
- Outcome
- affected by salinity stresse0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Comparator
- Urmiae0
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Verbatim
e0“Shiraz was less affected by salinity stress, while the effect of VC on Urmia was more evident”
t0“Foeniculum vulgare”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost effects were more evident in Urmia than Shiraz.
- Taxon
- Foeniculum vulgareAnethum foeniculumt0
- Material
- Urmiae0
- Outcome
- effect of VCe0
- Direction
- more evidente0
- Comparator
- Shiraze0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Shiraz was less affected by salinity stress, while the effect of VC on Urmia was more evident”
t0“Foeniculum vulgare”
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