Abstract
This work aims to identify the impacts of vermicompost leachate (VCL) toward its salt resistance stress in plants. Young Capsicum annuum L seedlings were subjected to salinity (160 mM NaCl added to a nutrient solution) over a course of seven days during or following the adding of 7 mL L−1 VCL. The exposure to salt stress resulted in a notable decrease of dry and fresh leaf weights, K+ concentrations, and leaf water content; whereas leaf and root Na+ concentrations were remarkably increased. Furthermore, the salt stress yielded reduced instantaneous transpiration, net photosynthesis, maximum PSII photochemistry efficiency, stomatal conductance (gs) in the state of photochemical quenching, dark adaptation, and photochemical efficiency of PSII (ΦPSII). Moreover, VCL application in the state of salt stress led to an increase of leaf fresh weight and gs, while the leaf osmotic potential remained consistent regardless of the proline content increase seen in the salt-treated plants. Meanwhile, it minimized the Na+ concentration in the leaves by 21.4%, and increased in the roots by 16.9%. Accordingly, a pre-treatment regiment with VCL and the ensuing salt stress yielded higher efficiency compared to its concomitant application with salt stress due to the pre-treatment recording the highest osmotic adjustment. VCL pre-treatment resulted in sugar concentration in the roots (9.3 µmol g−1 FW) and the maximum level of proline in the leaves (51 µmol g−1 FW). Additionally, the fluorescence-linked parameter reaffirmed superior outcomes for the PSII stability and efficiency in the case of VCL pre-treatment on salt-stressed plants in contrast to those subjected to concurrent VCL salt stress exposure. Hence, VCL is proven to be an effective defense medium towards enhancing the property of salt-stress resistance in bell peppers. Key words: Vermicompost leachate (VCL), priming, bell pepper, Sodium, NaCl.
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Claim · model-written summary
Salt stress decreased leaf fresh and dry weight.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum L
Capsicum annuumt0 - Organ / stage
- leafe0
- Treatment
- salt stresse0
- Outcome
- dry and fresh leaf weightse0
- Direction
- decreasee0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“The exposure to salt stress resulted in a notable decrease of dry and fresh leaf weights”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt stress decreased potassium concentration and leaf water content.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum LCapsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- salt stresse0
- Outcome
- K+ concentrations, and leaf water contente0
- Direction
- decreasee0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“The exposure to salt stress resulted in a notable decrease of dry and fresh leaf weights, K+ concentrations, and leaf water content”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt stress increased leaf sodium concentration.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum LCapsicum annuumt0
- Outcome
- leaf and root Na+ concentrationse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“leaf and root Na+ concentrations were remarkably increased”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt stress reduced transpiration, photosynthesis and PSII efficiency.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum LCapsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- salt stresse0
- Outcome
- instantaneous transpiration, net photosynthesis, maximum PSII photochemistry efficiencye0
- Direction
- reducede0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“salt stress yielded reduced instantaneous transpiration, net photosynthesis, maximum PSII photochemistry efficiency”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt stress reduced stomatal conductance, photochemical quenching and PSII efficiency.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum LCapsicum annuumt0
- Outcome
- stomatal conductance (gs) in the state of photochemical quenching, dark adaptation, and photochemical efficiency of PSII (ΦPSII)e0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“stomatal conductance (gs) in the state of photochemical quenching, dark adaptation, and photochemical efficiency of PSII (ΦPSII)”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost leachate increased fresh leaf weight and stomatal conductance under salt stress.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum LCapsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- VCL applicatione0
- Outcome
- leaf fresh weight and gse0
- Direction
- increasee0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“VCL application in the state of salt stress led to an increase of leaf fresh weight and gs”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf osmotic potential remained consistent with leachate under salt stress.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum LCapsicum annuumt0
- Outcome
- leaf osmotic potentiale0
- Direction
- remained consistente0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“leaf osmotic potential remained consistent regardless of the proline content increase seen in the salt-treated plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Proline content increased in salt-treated plants.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum LCapsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- salt-treatede0
- Outcome
- proline contente0
- Direction
- increasee0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“proline content increase seen in the salt-treated plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Leachate reduced leaf sodium concentration by 21.4%.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum LCapsicum annuumt0
- Outcome
- Na+ concentration in the leavese0
- Direction
- minimizede0
- Value
- 21.4%e0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“it minimized the Na+ concentration in the leaves by 21.4%”
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Leachate increased root sodium concentration by 16.9%.
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- Capsicum annuum LCapsicum annuumt0
- Outcome
- rootse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 16.9%e0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“increased in the roots by 16.9%”
Claim · model-written summary
Leachate pretreatment gave the highest osmotic adjustment relative to simultaneous application.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum LCapsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- pre-treatmente0
- Outcome
- osmotic adjustmente0
- Direction
- higheste0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“pre-treatment recording the highest osmotic adjustment”
Claim · model-written summary
Leachate pretreatment yielded root sugar concentration of 9.3 µmol g−1 FW.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum LCapsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- VCL pre-treatmente0
- Outcome
- sugar concentration in the rootse0
- Value
- 9.3 µmol g−1 FWe0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“VCL pre-treatment resulted in sugar concentration in the roots (9.3 µmol g−1 FW)”
Claim · model-written summary
Leachate pretreatment yielded the maximum leaf proline level of 51 µmol g−1 FW.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum LCapsicum annuumt0
- Outcome
- maximum level of proline in the leavese0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 51 µmol g−1 FWe0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“the maximum level of proline in the leaves (51 µmol g−1 FW)”
Claim · model-written summary
Pretreatment gave superior PSII stability and efficiency to concurrent leachate and salt exposure.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum LCapsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- VCL pre-treatmente0
- Outcome
- PSII stability and efficiencye0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- concurrent VCL salt stress exposuree0
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t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
e0“superior outcomes for the PSII stability and efficiency in the case of VCL pre-treatment on salt-stressed plants in contrast to those subjected to concurrent VCL salt stress exposure”
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