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- Title
USING CHITOSAN TO IMPROVE GROWTH OF MAIZE CULTIVARS UNDER SALINITY CONDITIONS.
- Authors
AL-TAWAHA, ABDEL RAHMAN; TURK, MUNIR AZIZ; AL-TAWAHA, ABDEL RAZZAQ MOHAMMAD; ALU'DATT, MUHAMMAD H.; WEDYAN, MOHAMMAD; AL-RAMAMNEH, EZZ AL-DEIN MUHAMMED; ANH TUAN HOANG
- Abstract
Chitosan has been broadly used in agriculture to reduce harmful effects on plants during unfavorable conditions as well as to enhance plant growth. Two experiments were conducted to (i) determine the ability of chitosan to alleviate the deleterious effects of salinity on two maize cultivars, (ii) analyze the effects of different levels of chitosan application on the growth of maize under salinity stress. Results indicated that salinity has negative effects on shoot and root growth, where a significant decrease was observed in shoot and root dry weight, plant height and leaf areas for both maize genotypes at the 4-leaf stage. Foliar application of chitosan improved plant growth for non-saline treated plants and ameliorated the adverse effects of salinity on shoot and root growth more in SR03 than in Pioneer 3906 maize genotypes. Results also indicated that transpiration rates were neither affected by salinity level nor by chitosan application at any rate.
- Subjects
PIONEER Corp.; CORN growth; CHITOSAN; CORN; SALINITY; ROOT growth; NOXIOUS weeds
- Publication
Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 3, p437
- ISSN
1310-0351
- Publication type
Article