Abstract
The increase in soil salinity has a negative effect on the growth and yield of plants. Mitigating the negative effects of soil salinity is therefore a difficult task and different methods are being used to overcome the negative effects of salt stress on crop plants. One of the often-used approaches is seed priming that can increase plants’ vigor and resilience. In this paper, we tested the effects of hydropriming, proline priming, and salicylic acid priming on the mitigation of the negative effects of salt stress on two bell pepper varieties (Capsicum annuum L.): Herkules and Kurtovska kapija. Sweet bell pepper seeds were primed following desiccation to achieve the original water content, and subsequently cultivated in salt-supplemented medium. The positive effects on vigor (in the form of increased germination and seedling establishment) as well as on level of tolerance for salt stress were recorded for both cultivars. The positive effects varied between the priming treatments and pepper cultivar used. The results of germination, seedling performance, photosynthetic pigments, and osmolytes were measured for seedlings grown from unprimed and primed seeds with under 0, 25, and 50 mM of NaCl. Both cultivars demonstrated greater germination when primed with proline and salicylic acid, while the Herkules cultivar demonstrated a higher tolerance to salt when proline was used as the priming agent. Priming with salicylic acid and proline in the seed improved germination and seedling performance, which could be related to the increase in proline content in the seedlings.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Priming increased seed vigor through greater germination and establishment in both cultivars.
- Taxon
- Sweet Pepper
Capsicum annuumt0 - Treatment
- priminge5
- Outcome
- germination and seedling establishmente0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- both cultivarse0
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Verbatim
e0“The positive effects on vigor (in the form of increased germination and seedling establishment) as well as on level of tolerance for salt stress were recorded for both cultivars.”
t0“Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)”
e5“The positive effects varied between the priming treatments and pepper cultivar used.”
Claim · model-written summary
Priming improved salt-stress tolerance in both cultivars.
- Taxon
- Sweet PepperCapsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- priminge5
- Outcome
- tolerance for salt stresse0
- Direction
- positive effectse0
- Qualifier
- both cultivarse0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The positive effects on vigor (in the form of increased germination and seedling establishment) as well as on level of tolerance for salt stress were recorded for both cultivars.”
t0“Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)”
e5“The positive effects varied between the priming treatments and pepper cultivar used.”
Claim · model-written summary
Priming effects differed by treatment and cultivar.
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e0“The positive effects varied between the priming treatments and pepper cultivar used.”
Claim · model-written summary
Proline priming improved germination in both cultivars.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum L.Capsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- primed with prolinee0
- Outcome
- germinatione0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Qualifier
- Both cultivarse0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both cultivars demonstrated greater germination when primed with proline and salicylic acid, while the Herkules cultivar demonstrated a higher tolerance to salt when proline was used as the priming agent.”
t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid priming improved germination in both cultivars.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum L.Capsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- salicylic acide0
- Outcome
- germinatione0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Qualifier
- Both cultivarse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both cultivars demonstrated greater germination when primed with proline and salicylic acid, while the Herkules cultivar demonstrated a higher tolerance to salt when proline was used as the priming agent.”
t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Proline priming increased Herkules salt tolerance.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum L.Capsicum annuumt0
- Material
- Herkulese0
- Treatment
- prolinee0
- Outcome
- tolerance to salte0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both cultivars demonstrated greater germination when primed with proline and salicylic acid, while the Herkules cultivar demonstrated a higher tolerance to salt when proline was used as the priming agent.”
t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Salicylic acid priming improved germination and seedling performance.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum L.Capsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- salicylic acide0
- Outcome
- germination and seedling performancee0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Priming with salicylic acid and proline in the seed improved germination and seedling performance, which could be related to the increase in proline content in the seedlings.”
t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Proline priming improved germination and seedling performance.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum L.Capsicum annuumt0
- Treatment
- prolinee0
- Outcome
- germination and seedling performancee0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Priming with salicylic acid and proline in the seed improved germination and seedling performance, which could be related to the increase in proline content in the seedlings.”
t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Improved seedling performance could relate to increased seedling proline content.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum L.Capsicum annuumt0
- Compound
- prolinee0
- Outcome
- germination and seedling performancee0
- Qualifier
- could be related to the increase in proline content in the seedlingse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Priming with salicylic acid and proline in the seed improved germination and seedling performance, which could be related to the increase in proline content in the seedlings.”
t0“Capsicum annuum L.”
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