Abstract
Abstract The effects of NaCl‐salinity and supplemental CaCI2 on root elongation and osmotic adjustment were investigated for two corn (Zea mays L.) cultivars, Pioneer hybrid 3906 and Dekalb hybrid XL75. Increasing concentrations of NaCl (0 to 120 mM) progressively inhibited root elongation. Root elongation of Pioneer hybrid 3906 was more sensitive to salinity than that of Dekalb hybrid XL75. The osmolality of the growing zone of salt‐stressed roots increased with increasing salinity. High Ca2+ increased the osmolality for both cultivars. Dekalb hybrid XL75 had a greater response to Ca2+ than that of Pioneer hybrid 3906. The concentrations of soluble sugars, amino acids, proline, Na+, K+ and Ch were determined to assess which solutes were involved in osmotic adjustment. Sodium and Cl were the principal solutes involved, although minor increases in K+ and soluble sugars were also observed. We found no significant effects of salinity or Ca2+ on concentrations of proline or amino acids.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing NaCl concentrations progressively inhibited root elongation.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse1 - Treatment
- NaCl (0 to 120 mM)e0
- Outcome
- root elongatione0
- Direction
- inhibitede0
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e0“Increasing concentrations of NaCl (0 to 120 mM) progressively inhibited root elongation”
e1“two corn (Zea mays L.) cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Pioneer hybrid 3906 root elongation was more sensitive to salinity than Dekalb hybrid XL75.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse1
- Material
- Pioneer hybrid 3906e0
- Outcome
- Root elongatione0
- Direction
- more sensitivee0
- Comparator
- Dekalb hybrid XL75e0
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e0“Root elongation of Pioneer hybrid 3906 was more sensitive to salinity than that of Dekalb hybrid XL75”
e1“two corn (Zea mays L.) cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Growing-zone osmolality of salt-stressed roots increased with salinity.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse1
- Treatment
- salinitye0
- Outcome
- osmolality of the growing zone of salt‐stressed rootse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“The osmolality of the growing zone of salt‐stressed roots increased with increasing salinity”
e1“two corn (Zea mays L.) cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
High calcium increased osmolality for both cultivars.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse1
- Treatment
- High Ca2+e0
- Outcome
- osmolalitye0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“High Ca2+ increased the osmolality for both cultivars”
e1“two corn (Zea mays L.) cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Dekalb hybrid XL75 had a greater calcium response than Pioneer hybrid 3906.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse1
- Material
- Dekalb hybrid XL75e0
- Outcome
- response to Ca2+e0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- Pioneer hybrid 3906e0
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e0“Dekalb hybrid XL75 had a greater response to Ca2+ than that of Pioneer hybrid 3906”
e1“two corn (Zea mays L.) cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Sodium and chloride were the principal solutes involved in osmotic adjustment.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse2
- Outcome
- Sodium and Cl were the principal solutes involvede0
- Qualifier
- osmotic adjustmente1
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e0“Sodium and Cl were the principal solutes involved”
e1“to assess which solutes were involved in osmotic adjustment”
e2“two corn (Zea mays L.) cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium and soluble sugars showed minor increases.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse1
- Outcome
- K+ and soluble sugarse0
- Direction
- increasese0
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e0“minor increases in K+ and soluble sugars were also observed”
e1“two corn (Zea mays L.) cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity and calcium had no significant effect on proline or amino acid concentrations.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse1
- Treatment
- salinity or Ca2+e0
- Outcome
- concentrations of proline or amino acidse0
- Direction
- no significant effectse0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“no significant effects of salinity or Ca2+ on concentrations of proline or amino acids”
e1“two corn (Zea mays L.) cultivars”
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