Improving Wheat Performance by Fish Flour and Vermicompost Priming against Salt Stress
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY, vol.19, no.6, pp.1483-1488, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 19 Issue: 6
- Publication Date: 2017
- Doi Number: 10.17957/ijab/15.0447
- Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1483-1488
- Keywords: Fish flour, Individual phenolic biosynthesis, Salt stress, Vermicompost, Wheat
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Fish flour (FF) and vermicompost (V) priming were used as exogenous growth enhancers to stimulate wheat (Triticum durum Desf. cv. Yelken) phenolic biosynthesis against high salt stress. The main aim was to address whether priming of wheat with fish flour and vermicompost-combined treatment could bring about supplementary benefits particularly against salt stress. Exogenous application of fish flour and vermicompost-combined treatment improved plant behavior in the presence of salt stress. However, the best results and synergy in terms of growth, seed vigor and total phenolic - flavonoids, chlorophyll - carotenoids contents, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), peroxidase (POD) activities and lipid peroxidation content (LPO) were obtained in response to fish flour: vermicompost (1: 1)-combined treatment. (C) 2017 Friends Science Publishers