Impact of salicylic acid on antioxidants, biomass and osmotic adjustments in Vigna unguiculata L. walp. during water deficit stress

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dc.contributor.authorUmebese, C. E.
dc.contributor.authorBankole, A. E.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-29T09:45:20Z
dc.date.available2019-08-29T09:45:20Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionStaff Publicationsen_US
dc.description.abstractAmeliorative impact of salicylic acid (SA) on Vigna unguiculata L. (cowpea) cultivar IT93k-452-1 during water deficit stress was investigated. Plants were subjected to water deficit stress (WD) for 7 days at either the vegetative stage (DVS) or the reproductive stage (DRS) and the leaf water potentials (ψw) of - 1.9 MPa and -2.01 MPa were obtained, respectively. Stress caused reductions in almost all parameters studied. 3 and 5 mM SA foliar treatment caused increases of 27% in leaf ψw, 94% in chlorophyll content, 75% in plant biomass, 7% in nitrate reductase activity and 38% in proline content in DVS plants while the impact was much lower in DRS plants. Stress stimulated almost 3-fold increase in antioxidant vitamin B12 in DVS plants and 40% increase in vitamin C in DRS plants and SA (3 mM) further increased the latter by 14%. Overall, SA had a protective influence on the water potential and growth of stressed plants accompanied by an increase in production of osmolyte proline and antioxidant vitamin C.en_US
dc.identifier.citationUmebese, C. E. and Bankole, A. E. (2013). Impact of salicylic acid on antioxidants, biomass and osmotic adjustments in Vigna unguiculata L. walp. during water deficit stress. African Journal of Biotechnology 12(33): 5200 - 5207en_US
dc.identifier.issn1684-5315
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4850
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Journalsen_US
dc.subjectAntioxidantsen_US
dc.subjectGrowthen_US
dc.subjectSalicylic aciden_US
dc.subjectWater stressen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.titleImpact of salicylic acid on antioxidants, biomass and osmotic adjustments in Vigna unguiculata L. walp. during water deficit stressen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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