Seyedeh Fatemeh Mohammadi Kabari, Hossein Ali Asadi-Gharneh, Vahid Tavallali, Vahid Rowshan
To investigate the effect of various levels of salinity and biochar on the growth and biochemical traits of Catharanthus roseus L., a medicinal plant, a factorial experiment with three levels of biochar (0, 2, and 4%) and four levels of salinity (0, 1,000, 2,000, and 3,000 mg/kg soil) was conducted in pots under greenhouse conditions, in three replications, 36 pots, and 6 plants/plot. Salinity reduced the vegetative and reproductive growth and Ca and K uptake, and chlorophyll content of the plants, and increased the Na+ , Cl- , electrolyte leakage, and antioxidant enzyme (SOD, CAT, GPX) activities...
January 8, 2024: International Journal of Phytoremediation