Abstract
ABSTRACT Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) is an important multipurpose tree crop. A study was conducted to investigate the growth and gas exchange characteristics of avocado seedlings growing under different salinity levels. Plants were grown in 4.5 liter plastic pots containing soil were subjected to 0 (control), 15, 30, 45 and 60 mM NaCl salinity treatments. Growth, net photosynthetic rate (PN), stomatal conductance (gs), transpiration rate (E), water use efficiency (WUE) and chlorophyll (chl) concentration decreased in response to increasing salt concentration. Substomatal CO2 concentration (Ci) and chloride content increased as salt concentration increased. The findings from this study demonstrate that salinity inhibits growth and gas exchange of avocados.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
Growth, net photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance of avocado decreased with increasing salt concentration relative to the control.
- Taxon
- avocado
Persea americanae2 - Treatment
- increasing salt concentratione3
- Outcome
- Growth, net photosynthetic rate (PN), stomatal conductance (gs)e3
- Direction
- decreasede3
- Comparator
- 0 (control)e5
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Verbatim
e2“avocado seedlings growing under different salinity levels”
e3“Growth, net photosynthetic rate (PN), stomatal conductance (gs), transpiration rate (E), water use efficiency (WUE) and chlorophyll (chl) concentration decreased in response to increasing salt concentration”
e5“subjected to 0 (control), 15, 30, 45 and 60 mM NaCl salinity treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Transpiration rate, water use efficiency and chlorophyll concentration of avocado decreased with increasing salt concentration relative to the control.
- Taxon
- avocadoPersea americanae2
- Treatment
- increasing salt concentratione3
- Outcome
- transpiration rate (E), water use efficiency (WUE) and chlorophyll (chl) concentratione3
- Direction
- decreasede3
- Comparator
- 0 (control)e5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“avocado seedlings growing under different salinity levels”
e3“Growth, net photosynthetic rate (PN), stomatal conductance (gs), transpiration rate (E), water use efficiency (WUE) and chlorophyll (chl) concentration decreased in response to increasing salt concentration”
e5“subjected to 0 (control), 15, 30, 45 and 60 mM NaCl salinity treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Substomatal CO2 concentration and chloride content of avocado increased as salt concentration increased.
- Taxon
- avocadoPersea americanae2
- Treatment
- salt concentratione4
- Outcome
- Substomatal CO2 concentration (Ci) and chloride contente4
- Direction
- increasede4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“avocado seedlings growing under different salinity levels”
e4“Substomatal CO2 concentration (Ci) and chloride content increased as salt concentration increased”
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