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Salinity Stress and the Influence of Bioinoculants on the Morphological and Biochemical Characteristics of Faba Bean ( Vicia faba L.)

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  • Anand Kumar

    (Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur 208002, India)

  • Alpa Yadav

    (Department of Botany, Indira Gandhi University, Rewari 122502, India)

  • Parmdeep Singh Dhanda

    (Department of Biochemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ferozepur Road, Ludhiana 141027, India)

  • Anil Kumar Delta

    (Department of Chemistry, Ranchi University, Ranchi 834001, India)

  • Meenakshi Sharma

    (Department of Chemistry, Ranchi University, Ranchi 834001, India)

  • Prashant Kaushik

    (Kikugawa Research Station, Yokohama Ueki, 2265, Kamo, Kikugawa City 439-0031, Shizuoka, Japan)

Abstract

Faba bean ( Vicia faba L.) is an economically important crop cultivated globally for fulfilling human requirements. However, the productivity of the faba bean has declined due to poor management of soil, particularly under salt stress. Salt stress is a major constraint to crop productivity worldwide. Therefore, the objective of the present investigation is to check the behavior of faba bean genotypes on the basis of morphological and biochemical traits in response to salinity. In this study, we studied seven different treatments (including control) applied to faba bean under salt stress. Bioinoculants such as Trichoderma viride , Pseudomonas flourescens , Glomus mosseae , and Gigaspora gigantean , each separately and in combination, were tested for their efficacy under salinity stress. Data recorded on days to flowering (48.92 ± 1.15), days to maturity (144.56 ± 1.95), plant height (141.93 ± 4.81 cm), number of branches per plant (4.87 ± 0.09), number of clusters per plant (18.88 ± 0.24), number of pods per plant (48.33 ± 1.06), pod length (5.31 ± 0.02 cm), catalase (222.10 ± 2.76 mg), hydrogen peroxide (24 ± 4.58 mol/g), malondialdehyde (45 ± 1.00 mol/g), electrolyte leakage (54.67 ± 5.03), chlorophyll (51.67 ± 3.06 mg/g), proline content (2.96 ± 0.12 mg/g), and on other parameters indicated the combined inoculation of all the species (consortium) was taken to be highly effective even under salt stress. Overall, the consortium treatment comprising all of the bioinoculants was observed to be the most efficient treatment in improving all the morphological and biochemical traits of faba bean under salt stress. Although, other treatments also demonstrated considerable effects on faba bean as compared to one without bioinoculants under salt stress.

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  • Anand Kumar & Alpa Yadav & Parmdeep Singh Dhanda & Anil Kumar Delta & Meenakshi Sharma & Prashant Kaushik, 2022. "Salinity Stress and the Influence of Bioinoculants on the Morphological and Biochemical Characteristics of Faba Bean ( Vicia faba L.)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-15, November.
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