Document Type : Original Research Article
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Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhour University
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Hort. Dept. (Vegetable Crops) Dept., Fac. Agric., Damanhour University, Damanhour, El-Beheira, Egypt.
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Plant Protection Dept., Fac. Agric., Damanhour University, Damanhour, El-Beheira, Egypt.
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Drug Microbiology Lab, Drug Radiation Research Department, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract
Two pot experiments were carried out under greenhouse conditions during the two successive winter seasons of 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 to enhance the performance of coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) plants under salt stress conditions (NaCl at 0, 25, 50 and 75 mM). Along with the possibility of enhancing the plant growth, chemical composition, and secondary metabolites of essential oils. Foliar applications of selenium (25 and 50 ppm), nano selenium (25 and 50 ppm), glycine betaine (5 and 10 mM), and distilled water (control treatment) were applied on C. sativum plants. The foliage and root growth, chemical composition, and secondary metabolites of essential oils of coriander plants grown under salt stress were examined. The obtained results of the two seasons revealed that salt stress had significant deleterious effects on vegetative growth, fruit yield, essential oil yield, secondary components, and leaves chemical composition, while it enhanced the electrolyte leakage, proline content, Na+ and Cl- of the leaves. Generally, the tested treatments: selenium, nano selenium, and glycine betaine varied in their significant effects on the studied characters. Selenium and glycine betaine treatments were more effective in improving coriander plants to salinity stress where they significantly increased almost all the studied parameters under saline compared to the control.
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