Abstract
Citrullus lanatus L. is critical vegetable for salinity stress. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and silicon treatments are known to help as bio-ameliorator of saline soils that can improve salinity tolerance in plants. But their combined effect has never been examined on watermelon therefore, present study investigated the effect of inoculation with the Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) along with silicon on the growth and yield parameters, antioxidant enzyme activities, pigment and mineral content of Citrullus lanatus L. plants grown during salt stress conditions. Outcomes from the study point out that salt stressed watermelon plants showed the best morphological and biochemical values when inoculated with Silicon (4 mM) + Glomus mosseae + Gigaspora gigantean. In addition, the plants inoculated by similar treatment demonstrated less osmotic activity, electrolyte leakage, as well as peroxide content. Treatments comprising Silicon (4 mM) with either Glomus mosseae and Gigaspora gigantean also performed significantly similar for most of the traits studied in the present investigation and better than the treatment only with either one of Glomus mosseae and Gigaspora gigantean. Antioxidant efficiency of melon was certainly appreciably enhanced after incubation with AMF and Si combination in salinity stress. Overall, the application of mycorrhiza and silicon can be considered to overcome the salinity stress in watermelon.
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Claim · model-written summary
The silicon and two-fungus combination gave the best morphological and biochemical values.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse0 - Treatment
- Silicon (4 mM) + Glomus mosseae + Gigaspora giganteane0
- Interactor
- Glomus mosseae
Funneliformis mosseaee0symbiont - Second interactor
- Gigaspora giganteane0symbiont
- Outcome
- morphological and biochemical valuese0
- Direction
- beste0
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Verbatim
e0“salt stressed watermelon plants showed the best morphological and biochemical values when inoculated with Silicon (4 mM) + Glomus mosseae + Gigaspora gigantean.”
Claim · model-written summary
The same combination reduced osmotic activity, electrolyte leakage and peroxide content.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- Silicon (4 mM) + Glomus mosseae + Gigaspora giganteane1
- Interactor
- Glomus mosseaeFunneliformis mosseaee1symbiont
- Second interactor
- Gigaspora giganteane1symbiont
- Outcome
- osmotic activity, electrolyte leakage, as well as peroxide contente0
- Direction
- lesse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the plants inoculated by similar treatment demonstrated less osmotic activity, electrolyte leakage, as well as peroxide content.”
e1“salt stressed watermelon plants showed the best morphological and biochemical values when inoculated with Silicon (4 mM) + Glomus mosseae + Gigaspora gigantean.”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon with either fungus performed similarly for most traits and better than a single fungus alone.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust1
- Treatment
- Silicon (4 mM) with either Glomus mosseae and Gigaspora giganteane0
- Interactor
- Glomus mosseaeFunneliformis mosseaee0symbiont
- Second interactor
- Gigaspora giganteane0symbiont
- Outcome
- most of the traitse0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- treatment only with either one of Glomus mosseae and Gigaspora giganteane0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Treatments comprising Silicon (4 mM) with either Glomus mosseae and Gigaspora gigantean also performed significantly similar for most of the traits studied in the present investigation and better than the treatment only with either one of Glomus mosseae and Gigaspora gigantean.”
t1“watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined AMF and silicon enhanced antioxidant efficiency under salinity stress.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatust1
- Treatment
- AMF and Si combinatione0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- Antioxidant efficiencye0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Antioxidant efficiency of melon was certainly appreciably enhanced after incubation with AMF and Si combination in salinity stress.”
t1“watermelon”
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