Abstract
This study evaluated the effect of soaking broad bean Vicia faba L. seeds in various treatment solutions (calcium chloride (CaCl₂) at 1% and 0.5% concentrations, gibberellic acid (GA) at 1000 and 500 mg/L, salicylic acid (SA) at 0.5% and 0.25%, and water soaking) for 24 hours, compared to a control group (no soaking). The goal was to mitigate the negative impact of irrigation water salinity on seed germination and certain morphological and physiological growth traits of broad beans. The results showed that seeds soaked in 1% and 0.5% calcium chloride solutions achieved a 100% germination rate. Calcium chloride soaking enhanced the seeds' tolerance to salt stress by improving vital metabolic activities, which stabilized cell membranes. Post germination, these seeds also exhibited resistance to the adverse effects of salinity (induced by 0.1% sodium chloride irrigation) across all studied traits. For instance, the highest shoot lengths (53 cm with freshwater irrigation and 48.7 cm with 0.1% NaCl irrigation) were recorded in seeds soaked in 1% CaCl₂. Additionally, significant increases were observed in total plant height, internode distance, fresh shoot weight, and stem thickness compared to other treatments, and leaf area compared to the control. These improvements ultimately enhanced chlorophyll (a) and (b) levels, boosting photosynthetic efficiency. Although irrigation with 0.1% NaCl reduced these values compared to freshwater irrigation, indicating that salt stress hindered cell expansion, seed soaking in optimal CaCl₂ concentrations alleviated this effect. This supports calcium's role in enhancing plant salt tolerance by strengthening cell membranes and wall. In contrast, seeds treated with gibberellic acid and salicylic acid showed very poor germination, likely due to the excessive concentrations used, which negatively impacted seed viability.
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Claim · model-written summary
Soaking seeds in 1% calcium chloride produced 100% germination.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- 1%e0
- Outcome
- germination ratee0
- Value
- 100%e0
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e0“seeds soaked in 1% and 0.5% calcium chloride solutions achieved a 100% germination rate”
t0“faba bean”
Claim · model-written summary
Soaking seeds in 0.5% calcium chloride produced 100% germination.
- Taxon
- faba beanVicia fabat0
- Treatment
- 0.5% calcium chloride solutionse0
- Outcome
- germination ratee0
- Value
- 100%e0
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e0“seeds soaked in 1% and 0.5% calcium chloride solutions achieved a 100% germination rate”
t0“faba bean”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium chloride soaking enhanced salt tolerance through metabolic activity and membrane stability.
- Treatment
- Calcium chloride soakinge0
- Outcome
- seeds' tolerance to salt stresse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Qualifier
- improving vital metabolic activities, which stabilized cell membranese0
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e0“Calcium chloride soaking enhanced the seeds' tolerance to salt stress by improving vital metabolic activities, which stabilized cell membranes”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium chloride soaked seeds resisted adverse salinity effects across studied traits.
- Taxon
- faba beanVicia fabat0
- Treatment
- 0.1% sodium chloride irrigatione0
- Outcome
- resistance to the adverse effects of salinitye0
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e0“Post germination, these seeds also exhibited resistance to the adverse effects of salinity (induced by 0.1% sodium chloride irrigation) across all studied traits”
t0“faba bean”
Claim · model-written summary
One percent CaCl₂ soaking produced a maximum shoot length of 53 cm under freshwater irrigation.
- Taxon
- faba beanVicia fabat0
- Treatment
- 1% CaCl₂e0
- Outcome
- shoot lengthse0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 53 cme0
- Qualifier
- freshwater irrigatione0
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Verbatim
e0“the highest shoot lengths (53 cm with freshwater irrigation and 48.7 cm with 0.1% NaCl irrigation) were recorded in seeds soaked in 1% CaCl₂”
t0“faba bean”
Claim · model-written summary
One percent CaCl₂ soaking produced a maximum shoot length of 48.7 cm under 0.1% NaCl irrigation.
- Taxon
- faba beanVicia fabat0
- Treatment
- 1% CaCl₂e0
- Outcome
- shoot lengthse0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 48.7 cme0
- Qualifier
- 0.1% NaCl irrigatione0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the highest shoot lengths (53 cm with freshwater irrigation and 48.7 cm with 0.1% NaCl irrigation) were recorded in seeds soaked in 1% CaCl₂”
t0“faba bean”
Claim · model-written summary
Soaking significantly increased plant height, internode distance, and fresh shoot weight over other treatments.
- Taxon
- faba beanVicia fabat0
- Outcome
- total plant height, internode distance, fresh shoot weighte0
- Direction
- increasese0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
Not reportedTreatment
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Verbatim
e0“significant increases were observed in total plant height, internode distance, fresh shoot weight, and stem thickness compared to other treatments”
t0“faba bean”
Claim · model-written summary
Soaking significantly increased stem thickness over other treatments.
- Taxon
- faba beanVicia fabat0
- Outcome
- stem thicknesse0
- Direction
- increasese0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
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e0“significant increases were observed in total plant height, internode distance, fresh shoot weight, and stem thickness compared to other treatments”
t0“faba bean”
Claim · model-written summary
Soaking increased leaf area relative to control.
- Taxon
- faba beanVicia fabat0
- Outcome
- leaf areae0
- Comparator
- the controle0
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e0“leaf area compared to the control”
t0“faba bean”
Claim · model-written summary
The improvements raised chlorophyll a and b levels.
- Taxon
- faba beanVicia fabat0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll (a) and (b) levelse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Qualifier
- These improvementse0
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e0“These improvements ultimately enhanced chlorophyll (a) and (b) levels, boosting photosynthetic efficiency”
t0“faba bean”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher chlorophyll levels boosted photosynthetic efficiency.
- Taxon
- faba beanVicia fabat0
- Outcome
- photosynthetic efficiencye0
- Direction
- boostinge0
- Qualifier
- chlorophyll (a) and (b) levelse0
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e0“enhanced chlorophyll (a) and (b) levels, boosting photosynthetic efficiency”
t0“faba bean”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation with 0.1% NaCl reduced the studied values relative to freshwater irrigation.
- Taxon
- faba beanVicia fabat0
- Treatment
- 0.1% NaCle0
- Outcome
- these valuese0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- freshwater irrigatione0
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Verbatim
e0“irrigation with 0.1% NaCl reduced these values compared to freshwater irrigation”
t0“faba bean”
Claim · model-written summary
Optimal CaCl₂ soaking alleviated the salinity effect.
- Taxon
- faba beanVicia fabat0
- Treatment
- optimal CaCl₂ concentrationse0
- Outcome
- this effecte0
- Direction
- alleviatede0
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Verbatim
e0“seed soaking in optimal CaCl₂ concentrations alleviated this effect”
t0“faba bean”
Claim · model-written summary
Gibberellic acid treatment gave very poor germination.
- Taxon
- faba beanVicia fabat0
- Treatment
- gibberellic acide0
- Outcome
- germinatione0
- Direction
- very poore0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“seeds treated with gibberellic acid and salicylic acid showed very poor germination”
t0“faba bean”
Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid treatment gave very poor germination.
- Taxon
- faba beanVicia fabat0
- Treatment
- salicylic acide0
- Outcome
- germinatione0
- Direction
- very poore0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“seeds treated with gibberellic acid and salicylic acid showed very poor germination”
t0“faba bean”
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