Abstract
Previous studies have shown that salicylic acid (SA) plays a role in the response of plants to salt and osmotic stresses. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of exogenous salicylic acid on the growth, physiology and antioxidant activity of carrot ( Daucus carota L. cv. Nantes) grown under combined stress of salinity and boron toxicity. The treatments consisted of salt (control, NaCl, and Na 2SO 4), boron (−B: 0 and +B: 25 mg B kg −1) and salicylic acid (−SA: 0 and +SA: 0.5 mmol SA kg −1). The diameter of the storage root was increased by NaCl salinity in the absence of B toxicity, however, it was increased by Na 2SO 4 salinity under B toxicity. For the storage root yield, NaCl salinity was more toxic than Na 2SO 4 salinity. With its role in plant growth regulation, SA application positively affected the storage root dry weight, S concentration, carotenoids and anthocyanin content and increased the total antioxidant activity (AA) of the shoot and storage root. SA application regulated proline and toxic ion (B, Cl) accumulation in the storage root and shoot. This study reports the long term effects of SA under stress conditions and reveals that SA was not as effective as in alleviating abiotic stress as reported in the literature conducted with short-term studies. That means long-term effects of SA would be significantly different from its short-term effects.
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