Inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviates harmful effects of drought stress on damask rose
Joint Authors
Abd al-Salam, Islam
al-Shaykh, Muhammad Abd al-Rauf
al-Attar, Abd al-Rahman
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 25, Issue 8 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1772-1780, 9 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
This study was conducted to examine the role of arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) in alleviating the adverse effects of drought stress on damask rose (Rosa damascena Mill.) plants.
Four levels of drought stress (100, 75, 50, and 25% FC) were examined on mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plants in pots filled with sterilized soil.
Our results showed that increasing drought stress level decreased all growth parameters, nutrient contents, gas exchange parameters, and water relations indicators.
Under different levels of drought stress, mycorrhizal colonization significantly increased all studied parameters.
Pn, gs, and E of the mycorrhizal plants was higher than those of non-mycorrhizal plants under different levels of drought stress.
The increase in those rates was proportional the level of the mycorrhizal colonization in the roots of these plants.
Majority of growth, nutrition, water status and photosynthetic parameters had a great dependency on the mycorrhizal colonization under all levels of drought stress.
The results obtained in this study provide a clear evidence that AMF colonization can enhance growth, flower quality and adaptation of rose plants under different drought stress levels, particularly at high level of drought stress via improving their water relations and photosynthetic status.
It could be concluded that colonization with AMF could help plants to tolerate the harmful effects caused by drought stress in arid and semi-arid regions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd al-Salam, Islam& al-Attar, Abd al-Rahman& al-Shaykh, Muhammad Abd al-Rauf. 2018. Inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviates harmful effects of drought stress on damask rose. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 25, no. 8, pp.1772-1780.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-835308
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Shaykh, Muhammad Abd al-Rauf…[et al.]. Inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviates harmful effects of drought stress on damask rose. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 25, no. 8 (Dec. 2018), pp.1772-1780.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-835308
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd al-Salam, Islam& al-Attar, Abd al-Rahman& al-Shaykh, Muhammad Abd al-Rauf. Inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviates harmful effects of drought stress on damask rose. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2018. Vol. 25, no. 8, pp.1772-1780.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-835308
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p.1779-1780
Record ID
BIM-835308