Mycorrhizal inoculation can decreases negative effect of salinity on safflower varieties
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Two Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius .L) varieties seeds were used to study the influence of inoculation with mycorrhiza arbuscular fungi under salinity stress condition. Factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with 3 replications was used. Salinity treatment with 3 level (0.5, 6, and 12 dS/m) and mycorrhizal arbuscular inoculation with two species (Three level consist of on inoculation, and inoculation with Glomus intraradices and Glomus moseae) were applied on two cultivar of safflower (Goldasht and Padide) in this experiment. Some important growth traits such as stem height, leaf number, leaf area, leaf and stem dry weight and also root dry weight were measured. Content of Na and K and their Na/K ration were measured as well. The results showed that salinity has a negative effect on all growth parameters, but inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi decreased its negative effects. Content of Na and Na/K ratio was higher under salinity condition in compare to control, but K content were lower. Plants inoculated with mycorrhiza showed lower content of Na and Na/K ratio, but higher content of K. These results indicate positive effect of inoculation on safflower plants. Also, it seems that colonization with G. intraradices has a higher impact in safflower plants.
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2199828861