Claim · model-written summary
Calcium and/or potassium enhanced faba bean growth by improving antioxidant enzyme and solute activity.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabae6 - Treatment
- Ca(2+) and/or K(+)e7
- Outcome
- enhanced plant growthe6
- Qualifier
- by improving activity of antioxidant enzymes and solutee6
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Verbatim
e7“This study indicates that the application of Ca(2+) and/or K(+) had a significant and synergistic effect on plant growth”
e6“by improving activity of antioxidant enzymes and solute that led to the enhanced plant growth of faba bean plants”
Title
Effect of Calcium and Potassium on Antioxidant System of Vicia faba L. Under Cadmium Stress
Manzer H. Siddiqui; Mohamed H. Al-Whaibi; Ahmed M. Sakran; et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2012. doi:10.3390/ijms13066604
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Cadmium stress reduced growth traits of faba bean plants.
- Intervention effect Cadmium stress reduced leaf Ca2+ and K+ concentration of faba bean.
- Intervention effect Cadmium stress reduced leaf chlorophyll a and b content of faba bean.
- Intervention effect Cadmium stress slightly increased peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activity compared with control.
- Intervention effect Calcium and/or potassium significantly improved all growth traits of Cd-exposed faba bean.
- Intervention effect Calcium and/or potassium significantly increased leaf Ca2+ and K+ content of faba bean.
- Intervention effect Calcium and/or potassium significantly increased chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and proline content of faba bean.
- Intervention effect Calcium and/or potassium significantly increased activity of catalase, peroxidase and superoxide dismutase in faba bean.
- Intervention effect Calcium and potassium applied together gave the maximum alleviating effect on Cd stress in faba bean.
- Intervention effect Calcium and/or potassium application had a significant and synergistic effect on faba bean growth.
- Intervention effect Calcium and/or potassium application was highly effective against the toxicity of Cd in faba bean.