ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ALLEVIATE SALT STRESS ON SWEET BASIL SEEDLINGS
Abiotic stress due to salinity is considered one of the main problems facing agriculture that has the detrimental effect of restricting the growth and development of plants. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus species (Rhizophagus fasciculatum) as...
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doaj-097bf552cefa4adba90595336bea64032020-11-27T14:59:52ZengUniversidad Autónoma de YucatánTropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems1870-04622018-12-01213821ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ALLEVIATE SALT STRESS ON SWEET BASIL SEEDLINGSYuneisy Milagro Aguero-Fernandez0Luis Guillermo Hernández-Montiel1Bernardo Murillo Amador2Alejandra Nieto-Garibay3Enrique Troyo-Diéguez4Ramón Zulueta-Rodríguez5Carlos Michel Ojeda-Silvera6Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, S.C.Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, S.C.Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, S.C.Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, S.C.Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, S.C.Universidad VeracruzanaCentro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, S.C.Abiotic stress due to salinity is considered one of the main problems facing agriculture that has the detrimental effect of restricting the growth and development of plants. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus species (Rhizophagus fasciculatum) as reliever of NaCl-stress in sweet basil seedlings in emergence stage. A completely randomized design with factorial arrangement with four replications was used; first factor was sweet basil varieties (Nufar, Genovese, and Napoletano), factor two were NaCl concentrations (0, 50, and 100 mM) and factor three was inoculation of seeds with Rhizophagus fasciculatum (+AMF) an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and non-inoculated seeds (−AMF). Chemical composition of the substrate, rate and emergence percentage, plant height, root length, fresh and dry biomass of aerial part and root, spore count, and colonization percentage were assessed. The results showed differences in all variables with Napoletano showing higher values of all variables at 0, 50 or 100 mM NaCl with AMF. Majority of variables decreased with NaCl concentrations. The substrate was suitable for growth of Rhizophagus fasciculatum and for sweet basil. No root colonization was found in any seedlings inoculated with AMF; however, the micrograph of the inoculated plants showed vegetative mycelium, a mycorrhizal structure that shows the initiation of the colonization process.https://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/2422ocimum basilicumemergence rateemergence percentagesalt tolerancenaclcolonization |
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Yuneisy Milagro Aguero-Fernandez Luis Guillermo Hernández-Montiel Bernardo Murillo Amador Alejandra Nieto-Garibay Enrique Troyo-Diéguez Ramón Zulueta-Rodríguez Carlos Michel Ojeda-Silvera |
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Yuneisy Milagro Aguero-Fernandez Luis Guillermo Hernández-Montiel Bernardo Murillo Amador Alejandra Nieto-Garibay Enrique Troyo-Diéguez Ramón Zulueta-Rodríguez Carlos Michel Ojeda-Silvera ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ALLEVIATE SALT STRESS ON SWEET BASIL SEEDLINGS Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems ocimum basilicum emergence rate emergence percentage salt tolerance nacl colonization |
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Yuneisy Milagro Aguero-Fernandez Luis Guillermo Hernández-Montiel Bernardo Murillo Amador Alejandra Nieto-Garibay Enrique Troyo-Diéguez Ramón Zulueta-Rodríguez Carlos Michel Ojeda-Silvera |
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Yuneisy Milagro Aguero-Fernandez |
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ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ALLEVIATE SALT STRESS ON SWEET BASIL SEEDLINGS |
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ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ALLEVIATE SALT STRESS ON SWEET BASIL SEEDLINGS |
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ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ALLEVIATE SALT STRESS ON SWEET BASIL SEEDLINGS |
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ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ALLEVIATE SALT STRESS ON SWEET BASIL SEEDLINGS |
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ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ALLEVIATE SALT STRESS ON SWEET BASIL SEEDLINGS |
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arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviate salt stress on sweet basil seedlings |
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Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán |
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Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems |
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1870-0462 |
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2018-12-01 |
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Abiotic stress due to salinity is considered one of the main problems facing agriculture that has the detrimental effect of restricting the growth and development of plants. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus species (Rhizophagus fasciculatum) as reliever of NaCl-stress in sweet basil seedlings in emergence stage. A completely randomized design with factorial arrangement with four replications was used; first factor was sweet basil varieties (Nufar, Genovese, and Napoletano), factor two were NaCl concentrations (0, 50, and 100 mM) and factor three was inoculation of seeds with Rhizophagus fasciculatum (+AMF) an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and non-inoculated seeds (−AMF). Chemical composition of the substrate, rate and emergence percentage, plant height, root length, fresh and dry biomass of aerial part and root, spore count, and colonization percentage were assessed. The results showed differences in all variables with Napoletano showing higher values of all variables at 0, 50 or 100 mM NaCl with AMF. Majority of variables decreased with NaCl concentrations. The substrate was suitable for growth of Rhizophagus fasciculatum and for sweet basil. No root colonization was found in any seedlings inoculated with AMF; however, the micrograph of the inoculated plants showed vegetative mycelium, a mycorrhizal structure that shows the initiation of the colonization process. |
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ocimum basilicum emergence rate emergence percentage salt tolerance nacl colonization |
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https://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/2422 |
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