Abstract
Salinity stress is a major and ever-present threat to crop production, especially where irrigation is necessary for agriculture. Two independent field experiments were carried out in natural non-saline (site-I; electrical conductivity [EC] < 4 dS m-1) and saline (site-II; EC = 10-13.8 dS m-1) fields to test the efficacy of different doses of Si (0, 75, and 150 mg kg-1) on two wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars with different salt susceptibility, i.e., 'Auqab-2000' (salt-sensitive) and 'SARC-5' (salt-tolerant). The crop was harvested at maturity and various ionic and yield parameters were recorded. The concomitant increase in the number of tillers, number of grains per spike, grain yield, and biological yield were observed given that Si was applied under both optimal and salt-affected field conditions. It was concluded that 'SARC-5' is better than 'Auqab-2000' under salt stress. When Si was applied, similar effects were observed in both cultivars regardless of their salt sensitivity and whether the field was saline or non-saline, and it enhanced wheat growth by improving K+:Na+, which was adversely influenced by salt stress.
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Claim · model-written summary
Si application increased the number of tillers and number of grains per spike in wheat under both non-saline and saline field conditions.
- Taxon
- WHEAT
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- Sie0
- Outcome
- number of tillers, number of grains per spikee0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Setting
- optimal and salt-affected field conditionse0
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Verbatim
e0“The concomitant increase in the number of tillers, number of grains per spike, grain yield, and biological yield were observed given that Si was applied under both optimal and salt-affected field conditions”
t0“WHEAT”
Claim · model-written summary
Si application increased grain yield and biological yield in wheat under both non-saline and saline field conditions.
- Taxon
- WHEATTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- Sie0
- Outcome
- grain yield, and biological yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Setting
- optimal and salt-affected field conditionse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The concomitant increase in the number of tillers, number of grains per spike, grain yield, and biological yield were observed given that Si was applied under both optimal and salt-affected field conditions”
t0“WHEAT”
Claim · model-written summary
The salt-tolerant cultivar 'SARC-5' performed better than 'Auqab-2000' under salt stress.
- Taxon
- WHEATTriticum aestivumt0
- Material
- 'SARC-5'e0
- Treatment
- salt stresse0
- Outcome
- bettere0
- Direction
- better thane0
- Comparator
- 'Auqab-2000'e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“'SARC-5' is better than 'Auqab-2000' under salt stress”
t0“WHEAT”
Claim · model-written summary
When Si was applied, similar effects were observed in both cultivars regardless of salt sensitivity and of saline or non-saline field.
- Taxon
- WHEATTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- Sie0
- Outcome
- similar effectse0
- Qualifier
- regardless of their salt sensitivity and whether the field was saline or non-salinee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“When Si was applied, similar effects were observed in both cultivars regardless of their salt sensitivity and whether the field was saline or non-saline”
t0“WHEAT”
Claim · model-written summary
Si enhanced wheat growth by improving K+:Na+, which was adversely influenced by salt stress.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Compound
- K+:Na+e0
- Outcome
- wheat growthe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“it enhanced wheat growth by improving K+:Na+”
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