Water deficit and salinity stresses modulate growth, physiology, and phytochemical composition of <i>Lavandula coronopifolia</i> Poir. grown in pots under controlled conditions.

ABSTRACT: Lavandula coronopifolia Poir. is a medicinal evergreen shrub, wildly distributed in rocky and arid environments. It belongs to the Lamiaceae family, known by the large array of bioactive compounds it contains. Drought and salinity present major threats in arid zones and severely penalize the potential yield of naturally growing desertic plants; however, it may affect the synthesis and accumulation of their metabolites. Few studies have investigated the response of Lavandula species to abiotic stresses and to the best of our knowledge, none have been conducted on L. coronopifolia. Our study aims to investigate various responses of this species to water deficit and salt stress under controlled conditions. Two distinct experiments were conducted in a growth chamber

SUBMITTER: Debbagh-Nour H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12819654 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature