Abstract
Soil salinity is a major threat hindering the optimum growth, yield, and nutritional value of potato. The application of organic composts and micronutrients can effectively ameliorate the salinity-deleterious effects on potato growth and productivity. Herein, the combined effect of banana and soybean composts (BCo and SCo) application alongside foliar supplementation of boron (B), selenium (Se), cobalt (Co), and titanium (Ti) were investigated for improving growth, physiology, and agronomical attributes of potato plants grown in saline alluvial soil. Salinity stress significantly reduced biomass accumulation, chlorophyll content, NPK concentrations, yield attributes, and tuber quality, while inducing malondialdehyde and antioxidant enzymes. Co-application of either BCo or SCo with trace elements markedly alleviated salinity-adverse effects on potato growth and productivity. These promotive effects were also associated with a significant reduction in malondialdehyde content and activities of peroxidase and superoxide dismutase enzymes. The co-application of BCo and B/Se was the most effective among other treatments. Principle component analysis and heatmap also highlighted the efficacy of the co-application of organic composts and micronutrients in improving the salinity tolerance of potato plants. In essence, the co-application of BCo with B and Se can be adopted as a promising strategy for enhancing the productivity of potato crops in salt-affected soils.
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Claim · model-written summary
Salinity significantly reduced potato biomass, chlorophyll and NPK concentrations.
- Taxon
- potato
Solanum tuberosumt0 - Treatment
- Salinity stresse0
- Outcome
- biomass accumulation, chlorophyll content, NPK concentrationse0
- Direction
- reducede0
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e0“Salinity stress significantly reduced biomass accumulation, chlorophyll content, NPK concentrations”
t0“potato”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity significantly reduced yield attributes and tuber quality.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- Salinity stresse0
- Outcome
- yield attributes, and tuber qualitye0
- Direction
- reducede0
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e0“Salinity stress significantly reduced biomass accumulation, chlorophyll content, NPK concentrations, yield attributes, and tuber quality”
t0“potato”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity induced malondialdehyde and antioxidant enzymes.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- Salinity stresst1
- Outcome
- malondialdehyde and antioxidant enzymese0
- Direction
- inducinge0
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e0“while inducing malondialdehyde and antioxidant enzymes”
t0“potato”
t1“Salinity stress”
Claim · model-written summary
Co-application of either compost with trace elements alleviated adverse salinity effects on potato growth.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- Co-application of either BCo or SCo with trace elementse0
- Outcome
- potato growth and productivitye0
- Direction
- alleviatede0
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e0“Co-application of either BCo or SCo with trace elements markedly alleviated salinity-adverse effects on potato growth and productivity”
Claim · model-written summary
Co-application reduced malondialdehyde content significantly.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- co-applicationt1
- Outcome
- malondialdehyde contente0
- Direction
- reductione0
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e0“a significant reduction in malondialdehyde content and activities of peroxidase and superoxide dismutase enzymes”
t0“potato”
t1“co-application of organic composts and micronutrients”
Claim · model-written summary
Co-application reduced peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activities significantly.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- co-applicationt1
- Outcome
- activities of peroxidase and superoxide dismutase enzymese0
- Direction
- reductione0
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Verbatim
e0“a significant reduction in malondialdehyde content and activities of peroxidase and superoxide dismutase enzymes”
t0“potato”
t1“co-application of organic composts and micronutrients”
Claim · model-written summary
BCo with B and Se was the most effective tested combination.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- co-application of BCo and B/See0
- Outcome
- most effectivee0
- Direction
- most effectivee0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
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e0“The co-application of BCo and B/Se was the most effective among other treatments”
t0“potato”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend BCo with B and Se to enhance potato productivity in salt affected soils.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Outcome
- co-application of BCo with B and Se can be adopted as a promising strategy for enhancing the productivity of potato crops in salt-affected soilse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“co-application of BCo with B and Se can be adopted as a promising strategy for enhancing the productivity of potato crops in salt-affected soils”
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