Onder Turkmen
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Yuzuncu Yi1 University, 65080,
Van, Turkey
Semra Demr
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Yuzuncu Yil University, 65080, Van, Turkey
Suat ensoy
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Yuzuncu Yi1 University, 65080,
Van, Turkey
Atilla Dursun
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, 25240, Erzurum, Turkey
ABSTRACT
The present study tested the implications of dual application of two of the practices whose effects on salinity have already known: Humic Acid (HA) application and Arbuscular Mycorrizal Fungus (AMF)(Glomus intraradices (Gi)) inoculation. Pepper cultivar Demre was used in the study carried out in a growth chamber. Four different levels HA and two levels of Gi were applied to growth media supplemented with 50 mg NaCl kg 1 before seed sowing. Hypocotyl length, cotyledon width and length, stem-neck diameter, shoot length, leaf number, leaf area and shoot and root dry weights of the seedlings were determined. Mineral contents of plant shoots and roots were also determined. Almost all of the seedling growth parameters and plant nutrient contents were positively affected by both HA application and Gi inoculation. It was observed in the interaction of these two factors that HA application triggered and increased the positive effects of Gi inoculation. Therefore, it is advisable that the dual application of HA and Gi could promote much more growth in pepper seedlings grown in salty condition.
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Onder Turkmen, Semra Demr, Suat ensoy and Atilla Dursun, 2005. Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus and Humic Acid on the Seedling Development and Nutrient Content of Pepper Grown under Saline Soil Conditions. Journal of Biological Sciences, 5: 568-574.
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2005.568.574
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2005.568.574
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2005.568.574
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2005.568.574
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