Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science

Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science

Effect of root inoculation of mycorrhiza fungi (Glomus mosseae) on growth and ‎resistance to drought stress in Gleditsia caspica seedlings

Document Type : Full Paper

Authors
Payam Puryafar 1
Alireza Khaleghi 2
Ahmadreza Abbasifar 2
Mina Taghizadeh 2
1 M. Sc.‎‏ ‏Graduate, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, Iran
10.22059/ijhs.2021.296302.1763
Abstract
Drought is one of the most important environmental factors which limit the growth of woody plant. In order to evaluvate the resistance of Caspian locust seedlings to drought stress through inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi a factorial experiment was performed in completely randomized design in 2016-2018. The factors were included mycorrhiza at two levels (inoculation and uninoculated with Glomus moseae) and drought stress at two levels (Well-watered and withholding water). Drought stress significantly reduced growth traits such as relative water content, percentage of aerial and root dry biomass, content of total chlorophyll, total carotenoid content and cell membrane stability index and significantly increased proline content. Root inoculation of seedlings with mycorrhizal fungi improved relative water content (14%), total carotenoid content (25%), aerial dry biomass percentage (4.5%), root dry biomass percentage (6.2%), and total antioxidant capacity (54.8%) than to uninoculated seedlings. Also, cell membrane stability index, total chlorophyll content, total phenol content and total flavonoid content in inoculated seedlings were higher than non-inoculated seedlings under both drought and normal irrigation conditions. Overall, the results showed that mycorrhizal fungi improved growth characteristics and reduced adverse effects of drought stress by increasing antioxidant compounds in Caspian locust seedlings.
Keywords
Arbuscular mycorrhiza
Caspian locust
drought stress
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Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science
Volume 52, Issue 3
Autumn 2021
Pages 633-645

  • Receive Date 22 January 2020
  • Revise Date 05 June 2021
  • Accept Date 06 July 2021