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Table 11.4
Protective effects of phytoprotectants on the growth and physiology of legumes grown under environmental stresses.
Plant species
Stress treatment
and duration
Treatment with
phytoprotectants
Major protective effects
References
Pisum sativum
70 mM NaCl, 25 d
25-100 mM SA, 7
days × 2 sprays
• Reduced plant growth
• Imbalanced antioxidant metabolism
Barba-Espín
et al.
(2011)
Vigna sinensis
25, 50, 100, and
150 mM NaCl,
45 days
0.05 mg/L
brassinolide, 2
sprays
• Increased fresh weight, dry weight and length
of root and shoot
• Increased antioxidant enzymes' activities
• Decreased lipid peroxidation
El-Mashad &
Mohamed (2011)
Glycine max
100 mM NaCl,
13 days
0.5, 1.0 and
5.0 mM GA
3
,
13 days
• Increased plant height and fresh weight
• Maintained the hormonal balance
Hamayun
et al.
(2010a)
G. max
60 mM NaCl,
2 weeks
20 and 30 mM
MeJA, 24 h
• Increased plant growth
• Increased chl content, leaf photosynthetic rate,
leaf transpiration
Yoon
et al.
(2009)
Cicer arietinum
25 mM NaCl, 2, 4
and 6 days
0.2 and 1 mM SNP,
2, 4 and 6 days
• Increased RWC
• Decreased relative membrane injury
Sheokand
et al.
(2010)
Phaseolus vulgaris
100 mM NaCl,
48 h
25, 50, 100 mM
AsA as a nutrient
solution
• Increase chl content
• Decreased MDA content
Dolatabadian &
Jouneghani (2009)
P. mungo
Seed soaked in
25, 50, 100 and
200 mM NaCl, 2 h
15 mg/L IAA foliar
application
• Increase shoot and root length, fresh and dry
weight, leaf area, chl content, soluble sugar
• Decrease Pro content
Devi
et al.
(2012)
G. max
50 mM NaCl
Soaked in
400 mg/L AsA for
4 h before sowing
• Increased shoot length, germination percentages,
total dry weight and protein content
• Increased POD and CAT activities
• Decreased SOD activity
Dehghan
et al.
(2011)
Trigonella
foenum-graecum
50, 100 mM NaCl
during
germination and
seedling
stagedevelopment
Seed soaked in
100 mg/L AsA, 24 h
• Increased germination percentage, shoot length,
seedling vigour, chl content
Behairy
et al.
(2012)
G. max
EC = 11.1 dS/m
during experiment
period
2.5, 5, 7.5 and
10 kg/ha GB, six
foliar sprays at
flowering stages
• Increased number of lateral branches, number
of pods per plant, number of grains per pod,
1000-grain weight
Rezaei
et al.
(2012)
G. max
Water stressed
−
90 to
−
100 kPa
during experiment
period
1.1 kg/ha boric
acid, flowering and
seed-filling stages
• Increased grain weight, nodule mass, protein
content
Bellaloui
et al.
(2013)
G. max
12% PEG,
14 days
200 mg/L Si, 2
weeks
• Increased shoot length, shoot dry weight
Hamayun
et al.
(2010b)
V. unguiculata
−
1.97 to
−
2.01 MPa,
7 days
5 mM SA foliar
spray during
water-deficit stress
period
• Increased plant biomass, vitamin B
12
at vegetative and reproductive stages
• Increased chl content, NR activity
at vegetative stages
Umebese &
Bankole (2013)
V. unguiculata
Mild water deficit,
14 days
Se 0.2 mg/L, 2
times
• Decreased MDA, GSH content
• Increased AsA, RWC content, leaf/plant,
plant height
• Increased activities of CAT and GPX
Ajiboso &
Adenuga (2012)
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