Abstract
The present study was undertaken to examine the effects of exogenous application of ascorbic acid (AA) through different modes on growth and associated biochemical parameters in Saccharum spp. hybrid cv. HSF-240, under salt stress. In a pot experiment, AA was applied through irrigation or foliar-spray at the concentrations of 0.1, 0.5, and 1 mM with or without 100 mM NaCl concentration. Vegetative growth measurements, antioxidant enzyme activities (POD and SOD), and protein and proline contents of plants were recorded to study the effects of these treatments. The presence of salt reduced the growth of sugarcane plants. The AA application not only mitigated the inhibitory effects of salt stress but also induced a stimulatory effect on all the studied growth parameters. The activities of antioxidant enzymes (POD and SOD) as well as proline contents of plants were increased, although the protein contents were decreased after AA application. The exogenous application of AA through either way significantly alleviated the adverse effects of salinity on growth and biochemical parameters of sugarcane plants. However, in this study, the AA application through irrigation proved to be a better option in mitigating the adverse effects of salinity.
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Claim · model-written summary
Salt reduced sugarcane growth.
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e0“The presence of salt reduced the growth of sugarcane plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Ascorbic acid mitigated salinity inhibition and stimulated all studied growth parameters.
- Treatment
- AA applicatione0
- Outcome
- growth parameterse0
- Direction
- stimulatory effecte0
- Qualifier
- salt stresse0
SaccharumNot reportedComparator
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e0“The AA application not only mitigated the inhibitory effects of salt stress but also induced a stimulatory effect on all the studied growth parameters”
t0“Saccharum spp. hybrid cv. HSF-240”
Claim · model-written summary
Ascorbic acid increased POD and SOD activities and proline content.
- Treatment
- AA applicatione0
- Outcome
- activities of antioxidant enzymes (POD and SOD) as well as proline contentse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“The activities of antioxidant enzymes (POD and SOD) as well as proline contents of plants were increased, although the protein contents were decreased after AA application”
t0“Saccharum spp. hybrid cv. HSF-240”
Claim · model-written summary
Ascorbic acid decreased plant protein content.
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“the protein contents were decreased after AA application”
t0“Saccharum spp. hybrid cv. HSF-240”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation application of ascorbic acid mitigated salinity effects better than foliar application.
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- AA application through irrigatione0
- Outcome
- adverse effects of salinitye0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- foliar-spraye1
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e0“the AA application through irrigation proved to be a better option in mitigating the adverse effects of salinity”
e1“AA was applied through irrigation or foliar-spray”
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