The alleviation of salinity-induced stress by using boron in soilless grown rose

Enhancing Salt Tolerance in Soybean by Exogenous Boron: Intrinsic Study of the Ascorbate-Glutathione and Glyoxalase Pathways

“…Supplementation with B increased the shoot fresh weight of salt-treated plants. Several other studies have also demonstrated a B-induced improvement in growth parameters of plants growing under saline conditions [ 3 , 16 ]. However, the differences observed in the growth parameters of salt-stressed soybean plants in response to B application were not statistically significant in the present study.…”

“…Boron plays a role in cytoskeletal protein construction and nitrogen metabolism, which are both required for Chl synthesis [ 12 , 13 , 14 ]. Restoration of Chl levels has been reported in salt-stressed rose [ 16 ] and potato [ 3 ] plants following B application. Therefore, restoration of the Chl content in soybean may depend on the dosage, duration, or application method.…”

“…Overall, B supplementation decreased the MDA level and electrolyte leakage in salt-treated soybean plants, while stimulating the methylglyoxal detoxification process through upregulation of the components of the glyoxalase system, including GSH level and Gly I and Gly II activities. B is a recognized fertilizer micronutrient with vital physiological and developmental functions [ 12 , 13 , 14 ], but few studies have probed the protective role of B under different abiotic stresses [ 3 , 9 , 16 , 36 ]. Therefore, many aspects remain to be revealed regarding the protective role of B in plants exposed to environmental stress.…”

“…Boron plays a role in protein configuration, the synthesis of phenolic compounds, and nitrogen metabolism [ 12 , 13 , 14 ]. A few recent research findings have demonstrated that supplementation with B can provide stress protection in plants by regulating physiological processes, improving the structural integrity of cytosolic organs, and enhancing antioxidant defense systems [ 3 , 9 , 15 , 16 ]. The aim of the present study was to investigate the antioxidant defense, the glyoxalase system, and the physiological attributes of salt-stressed soybean and the regulatory function of B in improving soybean performance under salt stress.…”

Improvement of the quality in hydroponically grown fresh aromatic herbs by inducing mild salinity stress is species-specific

“…Moreover, fresh groundwater is slowly converted into saline water and thus rendered unsuitable for agricultural use, due to excessive pumping for irrigation use followed by seawater fusion, waterlogging and nutrient leaching (Alaghmand et al, 2013;Pulido-Bosch et al, 2018). These factors have triggered growers' willingness to shift towards hydroponic vegetable production (Niu et al, 2018), which however requires the use of optimum quality water that is unfortunately not always available for agricultural activities (Niu et al, 2018;Yousefi et al, 2020). Deterioration of groundwater quality often imposes the need for establishment of desalinisation water treatment technologies, such as the reverse osmosis technique, which not only are substantially expensive but also simultaneously convert only part of the source water into water suitable for irrigation and reject the remaining, which typically amounts to around 60%, due to extreme salinity loading (Arslan et al, 2018;Niu et al, 2018;Pulido-Bosch et al, 2018;Atzori et al, 2019).…”