In the present study, improvement of salt tolerance in basil (as a salt-sensitive plant) was investigated through silicon (Si) nutrition. Basil plants were subjected to silicon (0, 3 mM) and salinity (0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 mM NaCl) for a duration of one month. Salt stress significantly decreased the biomass of basil. Si supplement (3 mM) resulted in a considerable increase (averagely +135%) i...

application of nanofertilizers is one of the promising methods for increasing resources use efficiency and reducing environmental pollutions. uncontrolled application of chemical fertilizer and pesticides has caused many problems to human health and domestic animals. nanofertilizers application could be a suitable way to reduce these problems. accordingly, in order to assess the silicon nanopar...

abstract silicon (si) is considered one of the beneficial elements for plant, however recent studies show that si plays an important role in plant resistance to environmental stresses , like salinity. an experiment was conducted to study the effect of si and nacl salinity on the growth, yield and fruit quality of strawberry (fragaria × ananassa duch) cv “selva” was grown hydroponically in the c...

The objective of this paper was to study the effects of two strains of isolated plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on physiological and biochemical changes of wheat leaves under salinity conditions. The sterilized seeds were soaked in distilled water (control) and Nutrient Broth liquid medium of Enterobacter cloacae and Bacillus cereus (inoculated treatment) for 2 hours. After 10 days ...

in order to study the effects of irrigation water salinity and leaching fraction on soil chemical characteristic, grain yield, yield components and sodium and potassium contents in leaves of safflower, an experiment was coducted in a split plot design with four replications in 2009 at roudasht, isfahan. treatments included three irrigation water salinities of q1=3.35, q2=8.77 and q3=11.21 ds/m ...