Induction of Resistance to Salinity Stress Using Biological Elicitor and Zeolite in Strawberry Plant

Subject Areas : Stress

Eilnaz Balagar ¹ , Vahid Abdossi ² , وحید زرین نیا ³ , Ali Mohammadi Torkashvand ⁴ , Hossein Nastari Nasrabadi ⁵

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3 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات
4 - Department of Agricultural Management, College of Agriculture and food industry, Agronomy and Horticulture Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Received: 2024-12-23 Accepted : 2025-02-20 Published : 2025-03-27

Keywords: Elicitor, Salinity, Strawberry, Zeolite.,

Abstract :

Salinity is one of the most important factors limiting the production of agricultural products in the world. Biological elicitor and zeolite have a significant effect in reducing the effects of salinity stress. The purpose of this experiment is to induce resistance against salinity stress along with the biological elicitor of Penicillium sp and zeolite in Camarosa strawberry. The experiment was conducted as a factorial in a completely randomized design with three replications in a hydroponic greenhouse in Torbat-e Jam. The test treatments include a mixture of cocopeat, perlite and zeolite as a growing medium with ratios of 50:50:0 as control and 50:25:25 and 50:15:35% and fungal elicitor with concentrations of zero, 4000, 8000 and salt treatment with Zero, 20 and 40 mM concentrations. With the increase in salinity, all the vegetative traits of the present study showed a significant decrease, and the trait of malondialdehyde, which is an indicator of lipid peroxidation during stress, increased. A significant effect was observed in different concentrations of elicitor and growing medium. The highest number of fruits and root dry weight were obtained in the growing medium of 35% zeolite with 8000 ppm elicitor. The highest number of flowers and fresh weight of roots were observed in the growing medium of 25% zeolite and elicitor at a concentration of 8000 ppm. It seems elicitors through the synthesis of secondary metabolites and zeolite due to its high cation exchange capacity play an important role in reducing salinity stress. The best effects of treatments were cocopeat, perlite and zeolite 50:25:25 and 50:15:35% and elicitor concentration 8000 ppm, which in most cases significantly reduced the effects of salinity.

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