Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science

Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science

Effect of salicylic acid application on quantitative and qualitative features of ‎Ziziphora clinopodioides Lam. under water deficit stress condition

Document Type : Full Paper

Authors
Ali Heidarzadeh 1
Vahideh Nazeri 2
Leila Tabrizi 3
1 Former M.Sc. Student, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, ‎Iran
2 Professor, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
10.22059/ijhs.2019.274761.1593
Abstract
In order to study the effects of water deficit stress and salicylic acid application on morphological and physiological characteristic of Ziziphora clinopodioides Lam. a factorial experiment based on a complete randomized block design with four water deficit stress levels (100%, 75%, 50% and 30% FC) and three levels of salicylic acid (0, 0.5 and 1 mM) in three replications was performed in greenhouse condition. Water deficit stress decreased plant, leaf and stem dry weight, leaf area, chlorophyll a, b and total chlorophyll content, carotenoids content and essential oil yield, while these traits increased by application of SA. Total phenol content was increased by water deficit stress and SA application. The highest level of plant (18.2g), leaf (6.6g), and stem (8g) dry weight were observed in 100% FC with 0.5 mM SA. Essential oil yield was decreased by water deficit stress and the highest level of this character was obtained in 100% FC with 0.5 mM SA application. According to the obtained results, Z. clinopodioides needs to irrigate at field capacity along with  0.5 mM SA in order to reach to the highest growth and chemical yields.
Keywords
Essential oil yield
morphological
salicylic acid
water stress
Ziziphora clinopodioides
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Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science
Volume 51, Issue 4
Winter 2021
Pages 871-887

  • Receive Date 26 January 2019
  • Revise Date 08 April 2019
  • Accept Date 13 April 2019