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- Title
New Biostimulants Screening Method for Crop Seedlings under Water Deficit Stress.
- Authors
Jiménez-Arias, David; Morales-Sierra, Sarai; Borges, Andrés A.; Herrera, Antonio J.; Luis, Juan C.
- Abstract
Biostimulants can be used in many crops growing under water deficit conditions at the seedling stage. This study used tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L., seedlings growing in commercial 150-cell trays as an experimental setup to reproduce mild drought stress effects. The method showed significant reductions in seedling growth and RGR (25%) after a seven-day experiment. Gas exchange parameters (Pn, Gs and E) had significantly lower values (30–50%) than the control seedlings. Stress-related metabolite, ABA, exhibited a significant accumulation in the tomato seedlings (24 h), consistent with SINCED2 gene expression. Proline levels were twice as high in the water-deficit treated seedlings, remaining at this level until the end of the experiment. However, total carbohydrates were significantly lower in water-deficit treated seedlings. Qualitative and quantitative analysis suggested that using the variable 'seedling biomass accumulation' could simplify the methodology. Twelve different biostimulants were assayed, implementing this simplification, and all of them showed higher biomass accumulation in the treated seedlings than in the non-treated ones under water deficit. Among them, putrescine, spermine and spermidine were the most effective. The method is adjustable to different biostimulant volumes (1, 3 and 5 mL; 1 mM BABA), with no significant differences between the treatments.
- Subjects
ABSCISIC acid; SEEDLINGS; GENE expression; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; PUTRESCINE; TOMATOES
- Publication
Agronomy, 2022, Vol 12, Issue 3, p728
- ISSN
2073-4395
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/agronomy12030728