Irrigation with Magnetized Water Alleviates the Harmful Effect of Saline-Alkaline Stress on Rice Seedlings.

ABSTRACT: Saline-alkaline stress suppresses rice growth and threatens crop production. Despite substantial research on rice's tolerance to saline-alkaline stress, fewer studies have examined the impact of magnetic water treatments on saline-alkaline-stressed rice plants. We explored the physiological and molecular mechanisms involved in saline-alkaline stress tolerance enhancement via irrigation with magnetized water using Nipponbare. The growth of Nipponbare plants was inhibited by saline-alkaline stress, but this inhibition was alleviated by irrigating the plants with magnetized water, as evidenced by greater plant height, biomass, chlorophyll content, photosynthetic rates, and root system in plants irrigated with magnetized water compared to those irrigated with non-magnetized water. Plants that

SUBMITTER: Ma C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9456538 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature