Effect
Increased salt stress tolerance
Proxin 85 (K-humate) treated Bean grown in salt stress conditions (highest dose of 120 mM) had a higher root and shoot dry weight, a higher soil water holding capacity, had 14.3 % less accumulation of proline, 5.2 % less elektrolyte leakage, had 14.9 % more chlorophyll, 10 % more nitrate, had a 37.3 % bigger leaf area and a 7.9 % higher N and P content in shoot and roots as compared to the untreated controls in the same salt stress conditions.
Trial details
indoor, greenhouse, soil grown in pots, salt stress (different salts and doses)
Turkey
Crop
Common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Trial application
Method
Application to soil
Timing
45 days before sowing, together with salt application
Rate
0.05 or 0.1 % (w:w)
2011
Humic acid application alleviate salinity stress of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) plants decreasing membrane leakage
African Journal of Agricultural Research
7
1073-1086
Crop group
