{"title":"Response of Schefflera actinophylla Plants Grown under Drought to Soil Compost Addition and Foliar Application of Melatonin","authors":"W. M. F. Abd–Elhady, A. Badour, M. El-Sherpiny","doi":"10.21608/jpp.2023.249013.1288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/jpp.2023.249013.1288","url":null,"abstract":"The provision of irrigation water has become crucial, especially for ornamental plants, due to Egypt's demanding water conditions. The use of inexpensive soil amendments i.e., compost and the application of a newly discovered molecule \"melatonin\" can mitigate the negative effects of water scarcity. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of combining compost with melatonin in alleviating the adverse effects of water deficit on Schefflera actinophylla L plants. Different irrigation regimes i.e., irrigation every 5 (I 1 ), 7 (I 2 ) and 10 (I 3 ) days were evaluated as the main factor. The final composition of the pots, consisting of compost and sand, with options including 1:3 compost: sand mixtures v/v (C 1 ), 1:1 compost: sand mixtures v/v (C 2 ) and 3:1 compost: sand mixtures v/v (C 3 ) was investigated as a secondary factor. In addition, the application of melatonin by spraying at concentrations of zero (F 1 ) and 100 μM (F 2 ) was investigated as a tertiary factor. Plant performance decreased with increasing irrigation intervals. Furthermore, plants grown in pots containing 75%compost+25% sand (C 3 ) showed the best performance followed by the C 2 treatment and finally the C 1 treatment. Moreover, the application of melatonin led to an increase in all the growth and chemical characteristics studied, as well as in the levels of antioxidant, except for malondialdehyde, which decreased compared to the untreated plants. On another note, the plant performance was better under combined treatments of I 2 xC 2 (or C 3 ) xF 2 than that under combined treatments of I 1 xC 1 xF 1 . Finally, these results confirm the potential role of compost and melatonin in mitigating the adverse effects of water deficit.","PeriodicalId":507884,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Production","volume":"199 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139298665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effectiveness of Calcium Citrate for Improving the Quality and Extending the Shelf-Life of Winter Guava Fruits during Ambient Storage","authors":"Hadil El-Bana, Hassan Ennab","doi":"10.21608/jpp.2023.242659.1277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/jpp.2023.242659.1277","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":507884,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Production","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139305167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Potential Effect of Cobalt and Selenium on Croton Plants Grown under Saline Conditions","authors":"W. M. F. Abd–Elhady, A. Badour, M. El-Sherpiny","doi":"10.21608/jpp.2023.249018.1289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/jpp.2023.249018.1289","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":507884,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Production","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139304757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Potassium Nitrate and Calboro Improve Fruit Set, Productivity and Storability of Summer Squash under Aswan Conditions","authors":"Mona Shehata, K. Abdelrasheed","doi":"10.21608/jpp.2023.241345.1273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/jpp.2023.241345.1273","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":507884,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Production","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139295745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Elgazzar, Effat Agina, Y. Ghatas, Safaa Moustafa
{"title":"Physical and Chemical Mutagens Induced Mutations in Codiaeum Variegatum var. Mollucanum under Saline Conditions","authors":"Y. Elgazzar, Effat Agina, Y. Ghatas, Safaa Moustafa","doi":"10.21608/jpp.2023.218641.1248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/jpp.2023.218641.1248","url":null,"abstract":"S The present study was conducted at the Experimental Farm of the Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Moshtohor, Benha University, Egypt through the two successive seasons of 2020/2021 and 2021/2022. This investigation aimed to examine different types of mutagens on the induction of variability Codiaeum Variegatum var mollucanum Physical mutagen,(gamma rays at 0.0, 100, 200, and 300 grays), and two chemical mutagens [Ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS) and Dethylmethane sulphonate (DES) at 0.0, 0.01, 0.02 and 0.03%] were applied on the plant materials. The experiment was arranged in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replicates. The obtained data cleared that the physical and chemical mutagens (0.02 DEMS and EMS, and 100 or 200 Gy gamma rays) increased the plant growth compared with the higher radiation of gamma rays (300 Gy). All treatments of gamma rays at 100 or 200 Gy increased growth parameters, i.e. number of leaves/plant, plant height, and dry and fresh weight of leaves (g)/plant as compared with the control. The best treatments were obtained by gamma rays at 100 Gray.","PeriodicalId":507884,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Production","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139360676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}