Abstract
Drought stress reduces growth, yield, and photosynthetic efficiency in pea plants, limiting nutrient uptake and requiring mitigation strategies. Salicylic acid plays a key role in plant development, and pea (Pisum sativum L.) ranks fourth in global production. A pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of salicylic acid on two pea cultivars viz: Super Classic and Madarna, under water stress conditions at the Botanical Garden Research Area, University of Agriculture Faisalabad PARS, in 2021. Salicylic acid was applied as a foliar spray at concentrations of 0 (control), 50 ppm, 100 ppm, and 150 ppm. Drought stress was imposed at two levels: 100% field capacity (FC) and 75% FC. The experiment was conducted in completely randomized design (CRD) with a factorial arrangement and each treatment was replicated three times. The analysis revealed that drought intervals significantly affected various growth indicators, including fresh and dry weights of both shoots and roots, their lengths, physiological pigments such as chlorophyll and carotenoids, ionic contents of Na + , K + , and Ca2 + , and the overall yield. Notably, the application of 150 ppm salicylic acid effectively mitigated the effects of drought stress in pea plants. In conclusion, salicylic acid demonstrated beneficial effects against drought in pea plants by enhancing growth and yield while protecting photosynthetic pigments. Additionally, the Super Classic variety exhibited greater growth compared to Madarna when treated with salicylic acid at the 150 ppm concentration under drought stress.
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Drought intervals significantly affected pea growth indicators, including fresh and dry weights of shoots and roots and their lengths.
- Taxon
- pea
Lathyrus oleraceuse1 - Treatment
- drought intervalse2
- Outcome
- growth indicatorse2
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e1“Drought stress reduces growth, yield, and photosynthetic efficiency in pea plants”
e2“drought intervals significantly affected various growth indicators, including fresh and dry weights of both shoots and roots, their lengths, physiological pigments such as chlorophyll and carotenoids, ionic contents of Na + , K + , and Ca2 + , and the overall yield”
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Drought intervals significantly affected pea chlorophyll and carotenoids.
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- peaLathyrus oleraceuse1
- Treatment
- drought intervalse2
- Outcome
- chlorophyll and carotenoidse2
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e1“Drought stress reduces growth, yield, and photosynthetic efficiency in pea plants”
e2“drought intervals significantly affected various growth indicators, including fresh and dry weights of both shoots and roots, their lengths, physiological pigments such as chlorophyll and carotenoids, ionic contents of Na + , K + , and Ca2 + , and the overall yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Drought intervals significantly affected pea ionic contents of Na+, K+ and Ca2+.
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- peaLathyrus oleraceuse1
- Treatment
- drought intervalse2
- Outcome
- ionic contents of Na + , K + , and Ca2 +e2
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e1“Drought stress reduces growth, yield, and photosynthetic efficiency in pea plants”
e2“drought intervals significantly affected various growth indicators, including fresh and dry weights of both shoots and roots, their lengths, physiological pigments such as chlorophyll and carotenoids, ionic contents of Na + , K + , and Ca2 + , and the overall yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Drought intervals significantly affected pea overall yield.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceuse1
- Treatment
- drought intervalse2
- Outcome
- overall yielde2
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e1“Drought stress reduces growth, yield, and photosynthetic efficiency in pea plants”
e2“drought intervals significantly affected various growth indicators, including fresh and dry weights of both shoots and roots, their lengths, physiological pigments such as chlorophyll and carotenoids, ionic contents of Na + , K + , and Ca2 + , and the overall yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar 150 ppm salicylic acid mitigated the effects of drought stress in pea.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceuse3
- Treatment
- 150 ppm salicylic acide3
- Outcome
- effects of drought stresse3
- Direction
- mitigatede3
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e3“Notably, the application of 150 ppm salicylic acid effectively mitigated the effects of drought stress in pea plants”
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Salicylic acid enhanced growth and yield of pea under drought.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceuse4
- Treatment
- salicylic acide4
- Outcome
- growth and yielde4
- Direction
- enhancinge4
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e4“In conclusion, salicylic acid demonstrated beneficial effects against drought in pea plants by enhancing growth and yield while protecting photosynthetic pigments”
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Salicylic acid protected photosynthetic pigments of pea under drought.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceuse4
- Treatment
- salicylic acide4
- Outcome
- photosynthetic pigmentse4
- Direction
- protectinge4
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e4“In conclusion, salicylic acid demonstrated beneficial effects against drought in pea plants by enhancing growth and yield while protecting photosynthetic pigments”
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Super Classic pea showed greater growth than Madarna when treated with 150 ppm salicylic acid under drought.
- Taxon
- peaLathyrus oleraceuse4
- Material
- Super Classice5
- Treatment
- salicylic acid at the 150 ppm concentration under drought stresse5
- Outcome
- growthe5
- Direction
- greatere5
- Comparator
- Madarnae5
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e4“In conclusion, salicylic acid demonstrated beneficial effects against drought in pea plants”
e5“the Super Classic variety exhibited greater growth compared to Madarna when treated with salicylic acid at the 150 ppm concentration under drought stress”
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