Morpho-Physiological Responses of Cucumis sativus L. Seedlings to Various Culture Media | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology | ||
| Article 13, Volume 26, Issue 3, 2024, Pages 655-666 PDF (6.31 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research | ||
| DOI: 10.22034/JAST.26.3.655 | ||
| Authors | ||
| S. Afsharipour1; A. Mirzaalian Dastjerdi1; A. Seyedi* 2; M. Mazaheri–Tirani3 | ||
| 1Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Islamic Republic of Iran. | ||
| 2Department of Horticultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Islamic Republic of Iran. | ||
| 3Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Islamic Republic of Iran. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| 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. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cucumber; Palm peat; Peat moss; Perlite-vermicompost-coco peat | ||
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