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Seawater irrigation: Effects on growth and nutrient uptake of sunflower plants

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Biosaline Agriculture and High Salinity Tolerance

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The aim of the present research was the evaluation of the effects of irrigation with diluted seawater on main morphological characteristics of sunflower plants (cv. Katharina, Piacenza ecotype). Plants, irrigated with fresh water or with 20% or 30% seawater during the whole biological cycle, were harvested at four growth stages. At each stage, the main growth parameters were measured and the principal nutrients were quantified. In particular, Cl- and Na+ increased significantly, especially in the plants irrigated with 30% seawater. Both seawater concentrations reduced N content but did not affect P content. K+ and Ca2+ decreased during the growth.

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  1. Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, Università di Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124, Pisa, Italy

    Riccardo Izzo & Claudio Bertolla

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Agronomiche, Agrochimiche e delle Produzioni Animali, Università degli Studi di Catania, Via Santa Sofia 98, 95123, Catania, Italy

    Annalisa Incerti

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  1. Institut National de Recherche Scientifique et Technique, Laboratoire d’Adaptation des Plantes, aux Stress Abiotiques, Hammam-Lif, 2050, Tunisia

    Chedly Abdelly

  2. Botany Department, Ege University, 35100, Bornova Izmir, Turkey

    Münir Öztürk

  3. Botany Department, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan

    Muhammad Ashraf

  4. Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Plantes, SUPAGRO-INRA Université Montpellier 2, Place Pierre Viala, 34060, Montpellier Cedex, France

    Claude Grignon

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Izzo, R., Incerti, A., Bertolla, C. (2008). Seawater irrigation: Effects on growth and nutrient uptake of sunflower plants. In: Abdelly, C., Öztürk, M., Ashraf, M., Grignon, C. (eds) Biosaline Agriculture and High Salinity Tolerance. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8554-5_6

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