Claim · model-written summary
Glycine betaine improved cotton growth and water and nitrogen traits under salt stress.
- Taxon
- Cotton
Gossypium hirsutumt0 - Treatment
- 5.0 mM GBe0
- Outcome
- plant height, leaf area, leaf water potential, and total nitrogen (N) in the shoot and rootse0
- Direction
- improvede0
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Verbatim
e0“NaCl stress had a negative effect on plant growth parameters, including plant height, leaf area, leaf water potential, and total nitrogen (N) in the shoot and roots, which were improved by supplementation with 5.0 mM GB or 1.0 mM SA.”
t0“Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)”
Title
Abdoul Kader Mounkaila Hamani; Jinsai Chen; Mukesh Kumar Soothar; et al. Plants 2021. doi:10.3390/plants10020380
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Salt exposure increased sodium in cotton shoots and roots relative to untreated non-saline controls.
- Intervention effect Salt exposure reduced potassium, calcium and magnesium contents in cotton shoots and roots relative to controls.
- Intervention effect Salt exposure lowered cotton seedling biomass relative to controls.
- Intervention effect Glycine betaine improved ion uptake regulation under salt stress relative to salt stress alone.
- Intervention effect Salicylic acid improved ion uptake regulation under salt stress relative to salt stress alone.
- Intervention effect Glycine betaine improved cotton biomass accumulation under salt stress.
- Intervention effect Salicylic acid improved cotton biomass accumulation under salt stress.
- Intervention effect Among tested glycine betaine doses, 5.0 mM was most effective for mitigating sodium toxicity and enhancing cotton biomass under salt stress.
- Intervention effect Among tested salicylic acid doses, 1.0 mM was most effective for mitigating sodium toxicity and enhancing cotton biomass under salt stress.
- Intervention effect Salt stress reduced cotton height, leaf area, leaf water potential and nitrogen in shoots and roots.
- Intervention effect Salicylic acid improved cotton growth and water and nitrogen traits under salt stress.
- Intervention effect Glycine betaine was more effective at controlling cotton conductivity loss under salt stress.