Enhancing Growth in Eucomis autumnalis (Mill.) Chitt. Seedlings with Exogenous Application of Nitric Oxide
| Title: | Enhancing Growth in Eucomis autumnalis (Mill.) Chitt. Seedlings with Exogenous Application of Nitric Oxide |
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| Authors: | Salachna Piotr, Zawadzińska Agnieszka, Wierzbiński Łukasz, Senderek Wojciech |
| Source: | Journal of Horticultural Research, Vol 24, Iss 2, Pp 13-17 (2016) |
| Publisher Information: | Sciendo, 2016. |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Collection: | LCC:Plant culture |
| Subject Terms: | growth regulators, flower bulbs, pineapple lily, sodium nitroprusside, Plant culture, SB1-1110 |
| More Details: | Nitric oxide (NO) is a molecule that regulates biological processes in plants and may be used in horticultural practice as a potential plant growth regulator. Eucomis autumnalis (Mill.) Chitt., also known as pineapple lily, is a member of the Asparagaceae and native to South Africa. Pineapple lily are well suited for production as pot plants, cut flowers, and garden plants. The potential also exists for this species to be used as a medicinal plant. The aim of the study was to assess the effects of the NO donor of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on morphological features of E. autumnalis seedlings. The plants grown in a greenhouse were drenched four times, at weekly intervals, with SNP solutions of the following concentration: 0, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 μM. The study revealed that the application of SNP significantly improved greenness index of leaves, leaf length, and leaf fresh weight, as compared to the control at all levels. This treatment also showed a significant increase in bulb and root fresh weight, root number, and root length. Application of SNP at 200 μM increased the values of the attributes studied to the maximum extent. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2300-5009 41368487 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2300-5009 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/johr-2016-0015 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/e9a19435fabd4136848762aa51ad3aa0 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.9a19435fabd4136848762aa51ad3aa0 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 23005009 41368487 |
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| DOI: | 10.1515/johr-2016-0015 |
| Published in: | Journal of Horticultural Research |
| Language: | English |