Salicylic acid improves growth and physiological attributes and salt tolerance differentially in two bread wheat cultivars

dc.contributor.authorAbdi, Neila
dc.contributor.authorVan Biljon, Angeline
dc.contributor.authorSteyn, Chrisna
dc.contributor.authorLabuschagne, Maryke Tine
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-21T06:26:35Z
dc.date.available2022-07-21T06:26:35Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractAbiotic constraints such as salinity stress reduce cereal production. Salicylic acid is an elicitor of abiotic stress tolerance in plants. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of salicylic acid on two bread wheat cultivars (SST806 and PAN3497) grown under salt stress (100 and 200 mM NaCl) in the presence and absence of 0.5 mM salicylic acid. The highest salt concentration (200 mM), in both PAN3497 and SST806, increased the days to germination and reduced the coleoptile and radicle dry weights. The shoot dry weight was reduced by 75 and 39%, root dry weight by 73 and 37%, spike number of both by 50%, spike weight by 73 and 54%, grain number by 62 and 15%, grain weight per spike by 80 and 45%, and 1000 grain weight by 9 and 29% for 200 and 100 mM NaCl, respectively. Salicylic acid in combination with 100 mM and 200 mM NaCl increased the shoot, root, and yield attributes. Salicylic acid increased the grain protein content, especially at 200 mM NaCl, and the increase was higher in SST806 than PAN3497. The macro-mineral concentration was markedly increased by an increase of NaCl. This was further increased by salicylic acid treatment for both SST806 and PAN3497. Regarding micro-minerals, Na was increased more than the other minerals in both cultivars. Mn, Zn, Fe, and Cu were increased under 100 mM and 200 Mm of salt, and salicylic acid application increased these elements further in both cultivars. These results suggested that salicylic acid application improved the salt tolerance of these two bread wheat cultivars.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.3390/plants11141853
dc.identifier.citationAbdi, N., Van Biljon, A., Steyn, C., & Labuschagne, M.T. (2022). Salicylic acid improves growth and physiological attributes and salt tolerance differentially in two bread wheat cultivars. Plants, 11, 1853. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11141853en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2223-7747
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/11775
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherMDPIen_ZA
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dc.rights.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectBread wheaten_ZA
dc.subjectSalt stressen_ZA
dc.subjectSalicylic aciden_ZA
dc.subjectPhysicochemical traitsen_ZA
dc.subjectYield attributesen_ZA
dc.titleSalicylic acid improves growth and physiological attributes and salt tolerance differentially in two bread wheat cultivarsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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