Abstract
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to determine the effect of foliar salicylic acid (SA) applications on growth, chlorophyll, and mineral content of cucumber grown under salt stress. The study was conducted in pot experiments under greenhouse conditions. Cucumber seedlings were treated with foliar SA applications at different concentrations (0.0, 0.25, 0.50, and 1.00 mM). Salinity treatments were established by adding 0, 60, and 120 mM of sodium chloride (NaCl) to a base complete nutrient solution. The SA was applied with spraying two times as before and after transplanting. Salt stress negatively affected the growth, chlorophyll content and mineral uptake of cucumber plants. However, foliar applications of SA resulted in greater shoot fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root fresh weight, and root dry weight as well as higher plants under salt stress. Shoot diameter and leaf number per plant increased with SA treatments under salt stress. The greatest chlorophyll content was obtained with 1.00 mM SA treatment in both saline and non-saline conditions. Leaf water relative content (LWRC) reduced in response to salt stress while SA raised LWRC of salt stressed cucumber plants. Salinity treatments induced significant increases in electrolyte leakage. Plants treated with foliar SA had lower values of electrolyte leakage than non-treated ones. In regard to nutrient content, it can be interfered that foliar SA applications increased almost all nutrient content in leaves and roots of cucumber plants under salt stress. Generally, the greatest values were obtained from 1.00 mM SA application. Based on these findings, the SA treatments may help alleviate the negative effect of salinity on the growth of cucumber.
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Claim · model-written summary
Salt stress reduced cucumber growth and chlorophyll content.
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- cucumber
Cucumis sativuse0 - Treatment
- Salt stresse0
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- growth, chlorophyll contente0
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- negatively affectede0
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e0“Salt stress negatively affected the growth, chlorophyll content and mineral uptake of cucumber plants.”
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Salt stress reduced cucumber mineral uptake.
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- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
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- Salt stresse0
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- mineral uptakee0
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- negatively affectede0
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e0“Salt stress negatively affected the growth, chlorophyll content and mineral uptake of cucumber plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar salicylic acid increased shoot and root fresh and dry weight under salt stress.
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- SAe0
- Treatment
- foliar applications of SAe0
- Outcome
- shoot fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root fresh weighte0
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- greatere0
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e0“foliar applications of SA resulted in greater shoot fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root fresh weight, and root dry weight as well as higher plants under salt stress.”
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Foliar salicylic acid increased root dry weight and plant height under salt stress.
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- SAe0
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- foliar applications of SAe0
- Outcome
- root dry weight as well as higher plantse0
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- greatere0
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e0“foliar applications of SA resulted in greater shoot fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root fresh weight, and root dry weight as well as higher plants under salt stress.”
Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid increased shoot diameter and leaf number under salt stress.
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- SAe0
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- SA treatmentse0
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- Shoot diameter and leaf number per plante0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Shoot diameter and leaf number per plant increased with SA treatments under salt stress.”
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The 1.00 mM salicylic acid treatment produced the greatest chlorophyll content.
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e0“The greatest chlorophyll content was obtained with 1.00 mM SA treatment in both saline and non-saline conditions.”
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Salt stress reduced leaf water relative content.
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- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- salt stresse0
- Outcome
- Leaf water relative contente0
- Direction
- reducede0
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e0“Leaf water relative content (LWRC) reduced in response to salt stress while SA raised LWRC of salt stressed cucumber plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid raised leaf water relative content in salt-stressed cucumber.
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- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- SAe0
- Outcome
- LWRCe0
- Direction
- raisede0
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e0“Leaf water relative content (LWRC) reduced in response to salt stress while SA raised LWRC of salt stressed cucumber plants.”
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Salinity significantly increased electrolyte leakage.
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- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- Salinity treatmentse0
- Outcome
- electrolyte leakagee0
- Direction
- increasese0
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e0“Salinity treatments induced significant increases in electrolyte leakage.”
t0“Cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar salicylic acid lowered electrolyte leakage relative to untreated plants.
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e0“Plants treated with foliar SA had lower values of electrolyte leakage than non-treated ones.”
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Foliar salicylic acid increased nearly all leaf and root nutrient contents under salt stress.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- foliar SA applicationse0
- Outcome
- nutrient content in leaves and rootse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“foliar SA applications increased almost all nutrient content in leaves and roots of cucumber plants under salt stress.”
Claim · model-written summary
The 1.00 mM salicylic acid application generally gave the greatest values.
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e0“Generally, the greatest values were obtained from 1.00 mM SA application.”
Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid treatments may alleviate cucumber growth losses from salinity.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- SA treatmentse0
- Outcome
- help alleviate the negative effect of salinity on the growthe0
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e0“the SA treatments may help alleviate the negative effect of salinity on the growth of cucumber.”
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