Does Salicylic Acid (SA) Improve Tolerance to Salt Stress in Plants? A Study of SA Effects On Tomato Plant Growth, Water Dynamics, Photosynthesis, and Biochemical Parameters

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajer Mimouni ◽  
Salma Wasti ◽  
Arafet Manaa ◽  
Emna Gharbi ◽  
Abdellah Chalh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Salt Stress ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Tomato Plant ◽  
Biochemical Parameters ◽  
Water Dynamics

scholarly journals Salicylic acid pre-treatment induced physiological and biochemical changes in Solanum lycopersicum L. under salinity stress

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 10917
Author(s):  
Venu SREELAKSHMY ◽  
Gunasekar ANBARASI ◽  
Benaltraja VISHNUPRIYA
Keyword(s):  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Salt Stress ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Solanum Lycopersicum ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Plant Biomass ◽  
Salt Water ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Agricultural Crop ◽  
Pre Treatment

Agricultural crop production around the world is adversely affected by excess salt accumulation in the soil. Plants initiate broad range of signal transduction pathways to respond any stress. Salicylic acid (SA) is an endogenous plant growth regulator that acts as a signal molecule to modulate plant response by reducing the effects of abiotic stress on plants. The main objective of this study is to examine whether exogenous salicylic acid pre-treatment may reduce the adverse effects of salt stress and enhance salt tolerance in Solanum lycopersicum. For this experiment, two weeks old seedlings were subjected to salt stress by adding salt water (100 mM NaCl) for three days with or without salicylic acid pre-treatment. After salt stress exposure plant leaves were harvested and the various measures were recorded. Results of this study exhibited that salicylic acid pre-treatment mitigates various advers effects of salt stress on plant growth by stimulating plant biomass, water relations, protein content, chlorophyll pigment, and inorganic osmolytes accumulation. Simultaneously, an increase in activity of antioxidant enzymes of SOD, CAT and POX were also triggered.  This current study suggested that pre-treating of Solanum lycopersicum with salicylic acid attenuates the depressive effect of salinity by accelerating the osmolyte accumulation and triggering activity of free radical scavenging enzymes.

scholarly journals Selected Rhizosphere Bacteria Help Tomato Plants Cope with Combined Phosphorus and Salt Stresses

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 1844
Author(s):  
Gylaine Vanissa Tchuisseu Tchakounté ◽  
Beatrice Berger ◽  
Sascha Patz ◽  
Matthias Becker ◽  
Henri Fankem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salt Stress ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Tomato Plant ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Salt Affected Soils ◽  
Phosphate Solubilizing

Plants are often challenged by multiple abiotic stresses simultaneously. The inoculation of beneficial bacteria is known to enhance plant growth under these stresses, such as phosphorus starvation or salt stress. Here, for the first time, we assessed the efficiency of selected beneficial bacterial strains in improving tomato plant growth to better cope with double stresses in salty and P-deficient soil conditions. Six strains of Arthrobacter and Bacillus with different reservoirs of plant growth-promoting traits were tested in vitro for their abilities to tolerate 2–16% (w/v) NaCl concentrations, and shown to retain their motility and phosphate-solubilizing capacity under salt stress conditions. Whether these selected bacteria promote tomato plant growth under combined P and salt stresses was investigated in greenhouse experiments. Bacterial isolates from Cameroonian soils mobilized P from different phosphate sources in shaking culture under both non-saline and saline conditions. They also enhanced plant growth in P-deficient and salt-affected soils by 47–115%, and their PGP effect was even increased in higher salt stress conditions. The results provide valuable information for prospective production of effective bio-fertilizers based on the combined application of local rock phosphate and halotolerant phosphate-solubilizing bacteria. This constitutes a promising strategy to improve plant growth in P-deficient and salt-affected soils.

scholarly journals Improving salinity tolerance in Salvia officinalis L. by foliar application of salicylic acid

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Zohra Es-sbihi ◽  
Zakaria Hazzoumi ◽  
Abderrahim Aasfar ◽  
Khalid Amrani Joutei
Keyword(s):  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Salt Stress ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Essential Oils ◽  
Foliar Application ◽  
Salvia Officinalis ◽  
Mass Spectrometry Analysis ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Chlorophyll Pigments ◽  
Nacl Toxicity

Abstract Background Higher absorption and translocation of sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl) ions in plant tissue can lead to serious physiological and biochemical changes. However, salicylic acid (SA) is a natural signaling molecule responsible for the induction of environmental stress tolerance in plants. Spraying SA could provide protection against several types of stress such as salinity. This study aimed to show the influence of SA spraying (0.5 and 1 mM) on the damaging effects of NaCl toxicity (150 mM) in Salvia officinalis L. plants. Results The results showed that salinity strongly inhibited the growth of aerial and root parts and this inhibition was accompanied by a significant decrease in the production of chlorophyll pigments (by 63%). There was also a significant accumulation of Na, mainly in the roots. This accumulation of Na+ ions was accompanied by a decrease of calcium (Ca), potassium (K) and phosphorus (P) concentrations. However, SA mainly at 0.5 mM, greatly improved plant growth, essential oils and chlorophyll pigments synthesis. Besides, SA led to a decrease in Na content and an improvement in Ca, K and P content in the leaves and roots. Salt stress decreased the essential oil yield from 1.2% (control) to 0.4% (NaCl). Furthermore, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis of essential oils exhibited that the 1,8-cineol, α-thujone, and camphor were identified as the main components of essential oils under all treatments. However, we noted in stressed plant treated or not with SA the appearance of the new majority compound thujanone. Salt stress decreased the major compounds content. SA spray under stress condition increased the content of major compounds compared to stressed plants untreated with SA. The histological study in scanning electron microscopy showed the peltate glands density decreased strongly under NaCl toxicity. However, SA application on stressed plants increased peltate glands density. On the other hand, the glands of stressed plants often show certain anomalies in the morphology: the first anomaly observed was the presence of glandular structures characterized by deformations in the form of small protuberances located on the head of the gland. The second, a less common abnormality is the morphological change in certain glands that change from a spherical to an ovoid shape. On another hand, all these anomalies were not detected in stressed plants sprayed with SA. Therefore, the absence of these anomalies under the effect of SA showed the repairing effect of this growth regulator. Conclusion The findings of the present work suggest that spraying of SA may be useful for improving the plant growth in NaCl-contaminated areas.

Microalgae-cyanobacteria–based biostimulant effect on salinity tolerance mechanisms, nutrient uptake, and tomato plant growth under salt stress

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanda Mutale-joan ◽  
Farid Rachidi ◽  
Hachimi Alaoui Mohamed ◽  
Najib El Mernissi ◽  
Abderrahim Aasfar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salt Stress ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Nutrient Uptake ◽  
Salinity Tolerance ◽  
Tomato Plant ◽  
Tolerance Mechanisms

Analysis of plant growth and biochemical parameters in Amsonia orientalis after in vitro salt stress

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arda Acemi ◽  
Yonca Duman ◽  
Yonca Yüzügüllü Karakuş ◽  
Yasemin Özdener Kömpe ◽  
Fazıl Özen
Keyword(s):  
Salt Stress ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Biochemical Parameters

Evaluating efficacy of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and potassium fertilizer on spinach growth under salt stress

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zafar-Ul-Hye ◽  
Fiza Mahmood ◽  
Subhan Danish ◽  
Shahid Hussain ◽  
Mehreen Gul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salt Stress ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria ◽  
Potassium Fertilizer ◽  
Plant Growth Promoting ◽  
Growth Promoting

scholarly journals Characterization of Plant Growth-Promoting Traits and Inoculation Effects on Triticum durum of Actinomycetes Isolates under Salt Stress Conditions

Soil Systems ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Rihab Djebaili ◽  
Marika Pellegrini ◽  
Massimiliano Rossi ◽  
Cinzia Forni ◽  
Maria Smati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Salt Stress ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Durum Wheat ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Indole Acetic Acid ◽  
Greenhouse Experiment ◽  
Hydrocyanic Acid ◽  
In Vitro Assays

This study aimed to characterize the halotolerant capability, in vitro, of selected actinomycetes strains and to evaluate their competence in promoting halo stress tolerance in durum wheat in a greenhouse experiment. Fourteen isolates were tested for phosphate solubilization, indole acetic acid, hydrocyanic acid, and ammonia production under different salt concentrations (i.e., 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.25, and 1.5 M NaCl). The presence of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase activity was also investigated. Salinity tolerance was evaluated in durum wheat through plant growth and development parameters: shoot and root length, dry and ash-free dry weight, and the total chlorophyll content, as well as proline accumulation. In vitro assays have shown that the strains can solubilize inorganic phosphate and produce indole acetic acid, hydrocyanic acid, and ammonia under different salt concentrations. Most of the strains (86%) had 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase activity, with significant amounts of α-ketobutyric acid. In the greenhouse experiment, inoculation with actinomycetes strains improved the morpho-biochemical parameters of durum wheat plants, which also recorded significantly higher content of chlorophylls and proline than those uninoculated, both under normal and stressed conditions. Our results suggest that inoculation of halotolerant actinomycetes can mitigate the negative effects of salt stress and allow normal growth and development of durum wheat plants.

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