scholarly journals Pengaruh Konsentrasi Biostimulan Berbahan Aktif Bacillius subtilis dan Waktu Pemberian Terhadap Pertumbuhan dan Produksi Bawang Merah (Allium ascalonicum L.)

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-139
Author(s):  
Anggia Hattalaibessy ◽  
Imelda J Lawalatta ◽  
Henry Kesaulya

Shallot production is highly dependent on inorganic fertilizers because it provides high yields, but it turns out that it causes a lot of environmental problems. Organic and biological fertilizers containing bio stimulants have been developed as a more environmentally friendly alternative for vegetable production including shallot. This study is aimed at acquiring the right bio stimulant concentration and administration time to the growth and yield of shallot, as indicated by plant height, leaf size, biomass weight, bulb weight, total bulb weight percentage, leaf relative water content and the analysis of chlorophyll content. This research was arranged as a factorial experiment organized in a Randomized Block with two factors, i.e., bio stimulant concentration and administration time. Results of this studies showed that the combination of the bio stimulant concentration of 3.5 mL/L with administration time of every 7 day was the best combination of treatments and could increase plant height, leaf number, tiller number, bulb weight, total bulb weight percentage, bulb number, canopy dry weight, relative water content and leaf chlorophyll. Keywords: biostimulant, concentration, growth, shallot, yield   ABSTRAK Produksi bawang merah sangat tergantung pada pupuk anorganik karena dapat memberikan hasil yang tinggi; tetapi ini ternyata berdampak menimbulkan masalah kerusakan lingkungan. Pupuk organik dan hayati yang mengandung biostimulan telah mulai dikembangkan sebagai alternatif yang lebih ramah lingkungan untuk produksi sayuran, termasuk bawang merah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan tingkat konsentrasi biostimulan dengan waktu pemberian yang tepat terhadap pertumbuhan dan produksi bawang merah, yang ditunjukkan oleh tinggi tanaman, jumlah daun, jumlah anakan, berat biomasa, berat umbi, presentase berat total umbi, jumlah umbi, berat kering tajuk, analisis kadar air relatif daun dan analisis kandungan klorofil daun. Penelitian ini dilakukan sebagai percobaan faktorial yang disusun dalam Rancangan Acak Kelompok dengan 2 faktor. Kedua faktor tersbut adalah tingkat konsentrasi biostimulan dan waktu pemberian. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa konbinasi antara konsentrasi biostimulan 3,5 mL/L dengan waktu pemberian 7 hari sekali merupakan kombinasi perlakuan terbaik dan dapat meningkatkan tinggi tanaman, jumlah daun, jumlah anakan, berat umbi, presentase berat total umbi, jumlah umbi, berat kering tajuk, kandungan air relatif dan klorofil daun. Kata kunci: bawang merah, biostimulan, konsentrasi, pertumbuhan, produksi.

Horticulturae ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 510
Author(s):  
Khaled Abdelaal ◽  
Kotb A. Attia ◽  
Gniewko Niedbała ◽  
Tomasz Wojciechowski ◽  
Yaser Hafez ◽  
...  

Garlic is an important vegetable in terms of its economic value and also as a medicinal plant. In this study, chitosan (300 mM) and yeast extract (8 g/L) were used individually or in combination to improve the yields of garlic plants under drought conditions (i.e., 75% and 50% of the water they would normally receive from irrigation) for two seasons. Significant decreases in numbers of leaves per plant and plant height, plant dry weight, relative water content, and chlorophyll a and b concentrations were found in stressed garlic plants in both seasons. The greatest reductions in these characters were recorded in plants that received only 50% of the normal irrigation in both seasons. Levels of hydrogen peroxide, products of lipid peroxidation such as malondialdehyde, and superoxide, as well as percentages of electrolyte leakage, were elevated considerably and were signals of oxidative damage. The application of the yeast extract (8 g/L) or chitosan (300 mM) individually or in combination led to a remarkable increase in the most studied characters of the stressed garlic plants. The combination of yeast extract (8 g/L) plus chitosan (300 mM) led to increase plant height (44%), ascorbic acid levels (30.2%), and relative water content (36.8%), as well as the chlorophyll a (50.7%) and b concentrations (79%), regulated the proline content and levels of antioxidant enzymes in stressed garlic plants that received 75% of the normal irrigation, and this decreased the signs of oxidative stress (i.e., percentage of electrolyte leakage and levels of malondialdehyde, hydrogen peroxide, and superoxide).


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-78
Author(s):  
Ehsan Ul Haq ◽  
Fayyaz Ul Hassan ◽  
Mukhtar Ahmed ◽  
Abdul Mannan Hamzah ◽  
Fahad Ali Fayyaz ◽  
...  

The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of different concentrations of Silica gel on the growth and yield of Camelina sativa. A pot experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications at Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Agronomy, PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi. The experiment consisted of 4 levels (0.15 mg/g, 0.30 mg/g, 0.45 mg/g and 0.60 mg/g) of each mentioned nutrient along with control. The data were recorded and analyzed according to recommended procedure for following parameters viz., germination %, root and shoot length (cm), root and shoot biomass (g), relative water content of leaf and leaf membrane stability index. It was observed that 0.60 mg/g silica gel application increased the seed germination (80%), root length (6.67) cm, shoot length (35.33) cm, root biomass (1.7) g, shoot biomass (5.57) g, relative water content of leaf (0.69) and leaf membrane stability index (0.07). The study concluded that significant effect of silica gel application is crucial and important to improve vegetative attributes of false flax.


2014 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 14-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Anbu ◽  
S. Sivasankaramoorthy

A pot culture was carried out with Oryza sativa L. vari-Co-39, to investigate the effects of supplementary calcium chloride on plants grown at NaCl (50mM) concentration. Treatments were: (1) Control: nutrient solution alone (C); (2) nutrient solution plus 50mM sodium chloride (NaCl); (3) nutrient solution plus 10mM calcium chloride (CaCl2); (4) nutrient solution plus 15mM calcium chloride (CaCl2); (5) nutrient solution and 50 mM NaCl plus supplementary 10 mM CaCl2 (NaCl + CaCl2); and (6) 50 mM NaCl plus additional mixture of 15 mM CaCl2 in nutrient solution (NaCl + CaCl2). The plants grown under salt stress produced low dry weight and relative water content than those grown in standard nutrient solution and in CaCl2 alone. Supplemental calcium chloride added to nutrient solution containing salt significantly improved growth and relative water content. Membrane permeability increased with high NaCl application and these increases in root membrane permeability were decreased with supplementary Ca. The concentration of chloride (Cl) increases highly for all treatments. Sodium (Na) concentration in plant tissues increased in both shoots and roots at high NaCl treatment. Application of supplementary Ca lowered Na concentration. Concentrations of Ca. K and N were at deficient ranges in the plants grown at high NaCl levels and these deficiencies were corrected by supplementary Ca. The ameliorating effect of Ca on growth and physiological variables could reduce the negative effect of salinity of Oryza sativa L., plants.


2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Akte ◽  
S Yasmin ◽  
MJH Bhuiyan ◽  
F Khatun ◽  
J Roy ◽  
...  

Five rice varieties viz. Binadhan-4, Binadhan-5, Binadhan-6, Binadhan-10 and Iratom-24 were evaluated in vitro under different water stress conditions. Several parameters such as germination percentage, shoot length, root length, shoot-root ratio, fresh weight, dry weight, turgid weight, relative water content and proline accumulation were studied. Drought condition was created by MS medium supplemented with five treatments of PEG, with a control such as 0%, 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% of PEG. The highest germination (100%) was found in the variety Binadhan-10 under low water stress conditions induced by 1% PEG. Similarly, the highest percentage of germination was found in all varieties under control condition (0% PEG). The lowest percentage of germination was obtained in the variety Iratom-24. But under severe stress (4% PEG), the highest percentage of germination was found only in the variety Binadhan-10. Moreover, the variety Binadhan-10 was found to be the best at 4% PEG for shoot length, root length, shoot-root ratio, relative water content and also the best at 1% PEG for fresh weight, dry weight, turgid weight. Water stress decreased relative water content and increased proline accumulation in rice. The highest relative water content was recorded in the variety Binadhan-10 and the lowest value recorded in the variety Binadhan-5. The highest proline content was obtained from the binadhan-6 at the highest treatment (4% PEG). Binadhan-10 showed the best performance almost in all the parameters under drought stress because of its own nature of tolerancy.Progressive Agriculture 27 (2): 128-135, 2016


1983 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
DW Turner ◽  
E Lahav

Bananas (cv. Williams) were grown for 12 weeks in sunlit growth chambers at day/night temperatures of 17/10, 21/14, 25/18, 29/22, 33/26 or 37/30°C. Humidity was not controlled. At 17/10°C, the plants showed chilling injury and heat injury occurred at 37/30°C. Total plant dry weight was greatest at 25/18°C while leaf area was greatest at 33/26°C. At high temperatures proportionately less dry matter was present in the roots and corm compared with plants at 25/18°C. High temperatures produced more horizontal leaves but, to compensate for this, the laminae folded more readily. Lamina folding was closely associated with relative water content of the laminae, except under cool conditions where laminae folded despite high (97-99%) leaf relative water contents. Unit leaf rate (increase in whole plant dry weight per unit leaf area per unit time) was greatest at 21/14°C (5.8 g m-2 day-1) and least at 37/30°C (1.7 g m-2 day-1.) and had a strong negative association with whole-plant leaf resistance. Leaf relative water content was more closely associated with vapour pressure deficit than temperature and even at 37/30°C was high at 94%.


Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaser Hafez ◽  
Kotb Attia ◽  
Salman Alamery ◽  
Abdelhalim Ghazy ◽  
Abdullah Al-Doss ◽  
...  

The impact of biochar and chitosan on barley plants under drought stress conditions was investigated during two field experiments. Our results confirmed that drought stress negatively affected morphological and physiological growth traits of barley plants such as plant height, number of leaves, chlorophyll concentrations, and relative water content. However, electrolyte leakage (EL%), lipid peroxidation (MDA), soluble sugars, sucrose and starch contents significantly increased as a response to drought stress. Additionally, 1000 grain weight, grains yield ha−1 and biological yield significantly decreased in stressed barley plants, also anatomical traits such as upper epidermis, lower epidermis, lamina, and mesophyll tissue thickness as well as vascular bundle diameter of flag leaves significantly decreased compared with control. The use of biochar and chitosan led to significant increases in plant height, number of leaves, and chlorophyll concentrations as well as relative water content; nevertheless these treatments led to significant decreases in electrolyte leakage (EL%) and lipid peroxidation (MDA) in the stressed plants. Moreover, anatomical and yield characters of stressed barley plants were improved with application of biochar and chitosan. The results proved the significance of biochar and chitosan in alleviating the damaging impacts of drought on barley plants.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sriramachandrasekharan Malayappa venkataraman ◽  
Gokula Priya Natarajan ◽  
Manivannan Rengarajan ◽  
Prakash Muthu Arjuna Samy

Abstract Purpose Maize is grown under a wide spectrum of soil and climatic conditions. Maize is moderately sensitive to salt stress and response of maize under alkaline stress is scanty. Further, silicon is known to protect crops from abiotic stress. Hence, a pot experiment was conducted to study the mechanism on the effect of silicon on maize grown in alkaline stress Methods Maize CO 8 was grown in soil treated with four levels of alkaline stress (0, 25, 50, 75 mM) created through addition of sodium carbonate and three levels of silicon (0,100 and 150 kg ha− 1) applied to root through sodium meta silicate. The experiment was conducted in factorial CRD with three replications. Results Alkaline stress at graded levels caused reduction in growth (5 to 16%), dry weight (28 to 59%) and relative water content (5 to 23%). But electrolyte leakage (6 to 49%), proline (26 to 62%), phenol (8 to 44%), protein (6 to 19%), anti-oxidant systems viz., peroxidase (30 to 52%), SOD (4 to 16%) and catalase activities (32 to 127%) increased with increase in alkaline stress level. Soil application of silicon at different levels improved growth ( 5 to 10%) and dry weight (17 to 30%) of maize, relative water content (6 to 12%) and antioxidant enzymes ( 25 to 52%), water soluble protein ( 7 to10%), phenol ( 10 to 18%) while reduced electrolyte leakage( 15 to 25%) and proline( 17 to 29%). Conclusions It is evident from the study that root supplementation of silicon improved the growth and dry weight of maize crop grown in alkaline stress soil through its action on antioxidant systems and maximum effect was evident with 150 kg Si/ha


2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khondoker M. G. Dastogeer ◽  
Hua Li ◽  
Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam ◽  
Michael G. K. Jones ◽  
Stephen J. Wylie

Thirty-two accessions of four Nicotiana species (Nicotiana benthamiana Domin, Nicotiana occidentalis H.-M.Wheeler, Nicotiana simulans N. Burb. and Nicotiana umbratica N.T.Burb.) collected from wild plants in northern Australia were assessed for responses to water stress. Under moderate water stress conditions, shoot fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root fresh weight, root dry weight, root : shoot ratio, and relative water content of leaves were significantly affected. However, the degree to which the accessions were affected varied considerably. Some accessions of N. simulans, N. benthamiana and N. occidentalis were significantly more affected by water stress than others. There was significant variation between accessions in leaf and shoot tip wilting times. Initial symptom expression (leaf wilting) was significantly delayed in three accessions of N. benthamiana, and in one accession of N. umbratica. The least water stress tolerant lines, two accessions each of N. benthamiana, N. occidentalis and N. simulans, exhibited advanced symptoms of water stress (shoot tip wilting) within 14–17 days of cessation of watering. This stage was significantly delayed in three accessions of N. benthamiana and two accessions N. occidentalis and one accession of each of N. simulans and N. umbratica, which showed tip wilting only after 21–24 days. There were variations among the accessions of same Nicotiana species on their tolerance to water stress. Plant responses to water stress could not be predicted from their plant biomass and leaf relative water content under well-watered conditions. Leaf chlorophyll content was variable under water stress, but did not correlate with water stress tolerance.


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-220
Author(s):  
Shaima A. Karim ◽  
Sirwa A. Qadir ◽  
Halmat A. Sabr

In this study, Brachychiton populneus seedlings were subjected to drought stress for 90 Days and physiological and morphological characters analyzed to determine their response to water deficit. The growth characters including, height and diameter of shoots, the dry weight of shoots and roots as well as photosynthetic pigment and the leaves content of relative water content were measured to evaluate the effects of drought in the physiological growth of plant. The lowest means; 59 cm and 8 mm of shoot height and diameter respectively were recorded at 30% of water holding capacity of soil (WHC). Drought treated seedlings at both 60% and 30% WHC had lower dry weight of shoots; 9.54 and 8.24 g plant-1 respectively compared  to the control. Consequently, the increase of drought conditions led to enhancement the growth of roots and roots to shoots ratio. The highest increase in the dry weight of roots and roots to shoots ratio were25.96 g plant-1 and 3.19 recorded under severe drought stress condition. Lowest amount of chlorophyll a; 2.94 mg g-1 F W recorded under 30% SWHC. It is found also the total content of chlorophyll in the leaves decreased significantly; 5.86 and 7.88 mg g-1 F W under both levels. While the highest ratio of chlorophyll a: b was 1.59 recorded at 60% SWHC. However, the lowest leave relative water content LRWC%; 86% was recorded under 30% SWHC. These findings may explain the characters of the early growth and physiological responses of, Brachychiton populneus to dehydration and facilitate the selection of drought-resistant tree families.


HortScience ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 634a-634
Author(s):  
Jennifer Marohnic ◽  
Robert Geneve ◽  
Jack W. Buxton

Capillary mats were used to vary the water content in oasis blocks during mist propagation of chrysanthemum cuttings. Mats placed on the surface of the propagation bench extended over the edge of the bench and downward a distance of either 0 or 20 cm. Oasis blocks with chrysanthemum cuttings `Boaloi' and `Salmon Charm' were placed on mats under intermittent mist (10 seconds every 5 minutes) between 5 am and 8 pm. Relative water content, mL of water/gram oasis, and leaf water potential were measured at noon every 5 days. After 26 days number of roots per cutting was evaluated. Water content in the oasis block was reduced by 49% (450 to 219 mL/g dry weight of oasis) by hanging the capillary mat 20 cm over the edge of the bench compared to 0 cm treatment. Cuttings showed an increase in leaf relative water content from 49% and 51% at day 1 to 65% and 71% by day 11 for `Boaloi' and `Salmon Charm', respectively. Following initial root formation, leaf relative water content increased to 85%. Over the course of the experiment `Boaloi' and `Salmon Charm' showed an average reduction in leaf water potential of 0.14 and 0.08 MPA, respectively. `Boaloi' showed overall higher root numbers than `Salmon Charm'; however, no difference in rooting between mat treatments was observed.


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