Abstract
The present research was taken out to assess the physiological, biochemical, and photosynthetic responses of the chickpea (Cicer arietinum L) to the combination of clay-bentonite and saline water in greenhouse conditions, at four concentrations of NaCl (0, 50, 100 and 200 mM). A substantial decrease in all the studied parameters (germination rate, root and stem length, fresh weight or dry weight, relative water content and chlorophyll content) was observed when salinity was increased. However, the application of various NaCl concentrations improved the total soluble protein and soluble sugar content in plants cultivated in the substrate without bentonite. The imposition of 50 mM NaCl with bentonite increased total soluble protein content. In contrast, the 100 and 200 mM treatment led to decreased total soluble protein content. The use of the bentonite did not produce any changes into depreciating of the effect of NaCl stress. On the other hand, salinity-bentonite exacerbated a reduction in physiological and biochemical processes of chickpea. Indeed, the K+/Na+ ratio decreased in all organs of plants with increasing NaCl doses. This ratio is slightly in favor of K+ only in substrate without bentonite. Our findings indicated that salinity-bentonite exacerbated a reduction in physiological and biochemical processes.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing salinity reduced germination, growth, water content and chlorophyll content.
- Taxon
- chickpea
Cicer arietinumt0 - Treatment
- salinitye0
- Outcome
- germination rate, root and stem length, fresh weight or dry weight, relative water content and chlorophyll contente0
- Direction
- decreasee0
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Verbatim
e0“A substantial decrease in all the studied parameters (germination rate, root and stem length, fresh weight or dry weight, relative water content and chlorophyll content) was observed when salinity was increased”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
NaCl increased total soluble protein and soluble sugar content without bentonite.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Treatment
- various NaCl concentrationse0
- Outcome
- total soluble protein and soluble sugar contente0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Qualifier
- without bentonitee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“various NaCl concentrations improved the total soluble protein and soluble sugar content in plants cultivated in the substrate without bentonite”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
At 50 mM NaCl with bentonite, total soluble protein content increased.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Treatment
- 50 mM NaCl with bentonitee0
- Outcome
- total soluble protein contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“50 mM NaCl with bentonite increased total soluble protein content”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
At 100 and 200 mM NaCl with bentonite, total soluble protein content decreased.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Treatment
- 100 and 200 mM treatmente0
- Outcome
- total soluble protein contente0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“the 100 and 200 mM treatment led to decreased total soluble protein content”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Bentonite did not alleviate NaCl stress effects.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Treatment
- bentonitee0
- Outcome
- effect of NaCl stresse0
- Direction
- did not produce any changese0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The use of the bentonite did not produce any changes into depreciating of the effect of NaCl stress”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity with bentonite exacerbated reductions in chickpea physiological and biochemical processes.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinume0
- Treatment
- salinity-bentonitee0
- Outcome
- physiological and biochemical processese0
- Direction
- reductione0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“salinity-bentonite exacerbated a reduction in physiological and biochemical processes of chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing NaCl doses lowered K+/Na+ ratios in all plant organs.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Organ / stage
- all organse0
- Treatment
- increasing NaCl dosese0
- Outcome
- K+/Na+ ratioe0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the K+/Na+ ratio decreased in all organs of plants with increasing NaCl doses”
t0“chickpea”
Claim · model-written summary
The K+/Na+ ratio slightly favored K+ only without bentonite.
- Taxon
- chickpeaCicer arietinumt0
- Outcome
- ratio is slightly in favor of K+e0
- Qualifier
- without bentonitee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“This ratio is slightly in favor of K+ only in substrate without bentonite”
t0“chickpea”
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