Effects of Slag Applications and Salinity Stress on Greenhouse Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) Plants
Keywords:
Slag, fertilizer, salt stress, biomass, salinity tolerance, durum wheat
Abstract
The search for sustainable practices to increase productivity is a fundamental need in current agriculture. Steel slag has been studied for its potential use in agriculture. These substances present a great ability of agricultural applications since they are rich in nutrients. The effect of steel slag-based fertilizer was investigated on greenhouse durum wheat cultivar under salt-stress conditions. Two doses of slag: 10 g slag/ kg soil (D1) and 20 g slag/ kg soil (D2) were evaluated under no salt-stress (0 mM NaCl) and salt-stress conditions (100 mM NaCl) for salinity stress mitigation. Morpho-physiological and biochemical parameters of wheat were measured and compared to the different treatments. Exposure of wheat to salinity decreased its biomass, stomatal conductance, efficiency of photosystem II, and protein content, but it increased total soluble sugars, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and malondialdehyde (MDA) contents. Amended plants with 10 g slag/ kg soil (D1) led to a significant improvement in biomass with an increase of shoot and root dry weights (133% and 400% respectively), stomatal conductance (22 %), soluble sugars (14 %), and protein content (158%) under saline conditions compared to the control treatment with 0 g slag/ kg soil (C), thus indicating a positive influence on durum wheat plants. Soil enrichment with 20 g slag/kg soil (D2) decreased plant growth parameters and presented the highest levels of H2O2 and MDA contents compared to the control and treatment (D1) after three months of cultivation under salt stress. This study supports the hypothesis of the application of slag at lower dose, which improves productivity of durum wheat and mitigate salinity stress.
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9. EL Sabagh, A., Islam, M. S., Skalicky, M., Ali Raza, M., Singh, K., Anwar Hossain, M., Hossain, A., Mahboob, W., Iqbal, M. A., Ratnasekera, D., Singhal, R. K., Ahmed, S., Kumari, A., Wasaya, A., Sytar, O., Brestic, M., ÇIG, F., Erman, M., Habib Ur Rahman, M., … Arshad, A. (2021). Salinity Stress in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the Changing Climate: Adaptation and Management Strategies. Frontiers in Agronomy, 3(July), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2021.661932
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22. WANG, X., & CAI, Q. S. (2006). Steel Slag as an Iron Fertilizer for Corn Growth and Soil Improvement in a Pot Experiment1 1 Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30270800). Pedosphere, 16(4), 519–524. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0160(06)60083-0
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24. Zahra, N., Al Hinai, M. S., Hafeez, M. B., Rehman, A., Wahid, A., Siddique, K. H. M., & Farooq, M. (2022). Regulation of photosynthesis under salt stress and associated tolerance mechanisms. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 178(March), 55–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.03.003
25. Zhu, D., Luo, F., Zou, R., Liu, J., & Yan, Y. (2021). Integrated physiological and chloroplast proteome analysis of wheat seedling leaves under salt and osmotic stresses. Journal of Proteomics, 234(August 2020), 104097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2020.104097
Published
2023-05-31
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Errouh, F., Aouabe, A., Sadouki, A., Chagiri, H., Khalisse, H., Oudra, B., Rodriguez, J. C., Er-Raki, S., & Meddich, A. (2023). Effects of Slag Applications and Salinity Stress on Greenhouse Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) Plants. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 19(15), 96. https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2023.v19n15p96
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