Claim · model-written summary
Calcium and/or potassium application was highly effective against the toxicity of Cd in faba bean.
- Taxon
- Vicia faba L.
Vicia fabae2 - Treatment
- application of Ca(2+) and/or K(+)e6
- Outcome
- toxicity of Cde6
- Direction
- highly effectivee6
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Verbatim
e2“in leaf of Vicia faba L. (cv. TARA) under Cd stress”
e6“Also, application of Ca(2+) and/or K(+) was highly effective against the toxicity of Cd”
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.
- Mechanism Calcium and/or potassium enhanced faba bean growth by improving antioxidant enzyme and solute activity.