Abstract
Abstract Salinity is one of the major abiotic stress factors that threaten crop development and sustainable food production. As a mitigation strategy, several plant growth regulators and osmoprotectants have been applied to ameliorate the negative effects of salinity stress in plants. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the effect of foliar applications of different concentrations of salicylic acid and proline on the growth, yield, fruit quality, and nutritional composition of cucumber crops grown under saline conditions. The three main irrigation salinity variations included electrical conductivity (EC) of 0.5 dS/m (control), EC 6.0 dS/m, and EC 12.0 dS/m. Foliar spray treatments were as follows: T1 (distilled water), T2 (1.0 mM salicylic acid), T3 (1.0 mM salicylic acid + 5.0 mM proline), and T4 (1.0 mM salicylic acid + 10 mM proline). Our results showed that foliar application of salicylic acid alone or in combination with proline under non-saline conditions improved the growth and yield of cucumber, with T4 recording the highest values. Irrigating plants with saline water (EC 6.0 and 12.0 dS/m) severely compromised cucumber's growth performance and yield, with the lowest values recorded at EC 12.0 dS/m. However, under EC 6.0 dS/m, T2 and T3 slightly ameliorated salinity stress effects regarding fruit yield, for T2, and nutritive composition of fruits, for T2 and T3. Overall, this study demonstrated that cucumber ( Cucumis sativa L. ) could tolerate irrigation salinity levels of up to EC 6.0 dS/m without significant detrimental effects on the growth performance, yield, and nutritional composition of fruits.
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Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid alone improved cucumber growth and yield under non-saline conditions.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativuse0 - Treatment
- foliar application of salicylic acid alonee0
- Outcome
- growth and yielde0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Qualifier
- under non-saline conditionse0
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e0“Our results showed that foliar application of salicylic acid alone or in combination with proline under non-saline conditions improved the growth and yield of cucumber, with T4 recording the highest values.”
Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid combined with proline improved cucumber growth and yield under non-saline conditions, with T4 highest.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- in combination with prolinee0
- Outcome
- growth and yielde0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Qualifier
- with T4 recording the highest valuese0
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Verbatim
e0“Our results showed that foliar application of salicylic acid alone or in combination with proline under non-saline conditions improved the growth and yield of cucumber, with T4 recording the highest values.”
Claim · model-written summary
Saline irrigation compromised cucumber growth and yield, most severely at EC 12.0 dS/m.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- saline water (EC 6.0 and 12.0 dS/m)e0
- Outcome
- growth performance and yielde0
- Direction
- compromisede0
- Qualifier
- with the lowest values recorded at EC 12.0 dS/me0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Irrigating plants with saline water (EC 6.0 and 12.0 dS/m) severely compromised cucumber's growth performance and yield, with the lowest values recorded at EC 12.0 dS/m.”
Claim · model-written summary
At EC 6.0 dS/m, T2 slightly ameliorated salinity effects on fruit yield.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- T2e0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- amelioratede0
- Qualifier
- under EC 6.0 dS/me0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“However, under EC 6.0 dS/m, T2 and T3 slightly ameliorated salinity stress effects regarding fruit yield, for T2, and nutritive composition of fruits, for T2 and T3.”
t0“Cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
At EC 6.0 dS/m, T2 slightly ameliorated salinity effects on fruit nutritive composition.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- T2e0
- Outcome
- nutritive composition of fruitse0
- Direction
- amelioratede0
- Qualifier
- under EC 6.0 dS/me0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“However, under EC 6.0 dS/m, T2 and T3 slightly ameliorated salinity stress effects regarding fruit yield, for T2, and nutritive composition of fruits, for T2 and T3.”
t0“Cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
At EC 6.0 dS/m, T3 slightly ameliorated salinity effects on fruit nutritive composition.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- T3e0
- Outcome
- nutritive composition of fruitse0
- Direction
- amelioratede0
- Qualifier
- under EC 6.0 dS/me0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“However, under EC 6.0 dS/m, T2 and T3 slightly ameliorated salinity stress effects regarding fruit yield, for T2, and nutritive composition of fruits, for T2 and T3.”
t0“Cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Cucumber tolerated irrigation up to EC 6.0 dS/m without significant detrimental effects on growth, yield and fruit nutrition.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- irrigation salinity levels of up to EC 6.0 dS/me0
- Outcome
- growth performance, yield, and nutritional composition of fruitse0
- Direction
- without significant detrimental effectse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Overall, this study demonstrated that cucumber ( Cucumis sativa L. ) could tolerate irrigation salinity levels of up to EC 6.0 dS/m without significant detrimental effects on the growth performance, yield, and nutritional composition of fruits.”
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