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Afsharipour S, Mirzaalian Dastjerdi A, Seyedi A, Mazaheri–Tirani M. Morpho-Physiological Responses of Cucumis sativus L. Seedlings to Various Culture Media. JAST 2024; 26 (3) :655-666
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1- Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Islamic Republic of Iran.
2- Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Islamic Republic of Iran. , a.seiedi@ujiroft.ac.ir
3- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Islamic Republic of Iran.
2- Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Islamic Republic of Iran. , a.seiedi@ujiroft.ac.ir
3- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Various culture media contain a variety of materials that affect plant growth and development. Finding the best media culture among the various materials is thus critical to plant productivity. This study was conducted based on a completely randomized design using eight treatments and three replications. The treatments included the ratios 30:10:60 of perlite-vermicompost-coco peat, peat moss-vermicompost-palm peat, coco peat-vermicompost-palm peat, perlite-vermicompost-palm peat, and the ratios 30:70 of peat moss-palm peat, coco peat-palm peat, perlite-palm peat, and vermicompost-palm peat. Cucumber seeds were planted in pots containing these culture media under greenhouse conditions. After the four-leaf stage, the morpho-physiological responses of the seedlings were evaluated. According to the findings, when compared to perlite-vermicompost-coco peat medium, peat moss-vermicompost-palm peat increased shoot fresh weight by 5.5-fold, root fresh weight by 4.5-fold, root dry weight by 5.8-fold, shoot dry weight by 7-fold, stem diameter by 1.7-fold, shoot length by 2.3-fold, root length by 1.3-fold, and leaf area by 3.8-fold. However, compared to seedlings grown in peat moss-vermicompost-palm peat medium, the amount of auxin and reactive oxygen species decreased while total soluble sugars and peroxidase increased in perlite-vermicompost-coco peat medium. Our findings indicate that the composition of peat moss-vermicompost-palm peat can be used as a beneficial medium to improve quality of cucumber seedling under greenhouse conditions.
Article Type: Original Research |
Subject:
Greenhouse Horticulture
Received: 2022/12/18 | Accepted: 2023/04/26 | Published: 2024/05/6
Received: 2022/12/18 | Accepted: 2023/04/26 | Published: 2024/05/6
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