Plant and Soil

, Volume 80, Issue 1, pp 91–98 | Cite as

Salt stress effects on growth and mineral nutrition of French beans

  • V. N. Bhivare
  • J. D. Nimbalkar
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Abstract

An experiment was designed to study the effects of sodium chloride and sodium sulphate on growth and inorganic contents inPhaseolus vulgaris (L) cvVaghya. It was noted that except at 2.5 and 5 dS/m Na2SO4, other concentrations of both the salts proved to be inhibitory. NaCl lowered the chlorophyll content while opposite was the trend with Na2SO4. Both the salt caused an increase in leaf thickness and moisture content. Salt rich environment disturbed the normal inorganic metabolism. The contents of Na, Ca, Fe and Mg were greater while those of N, K, Cu and Zn were low. The contents of P and Mn showed a differential response.

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French beans Mineral nutrition Salinity 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • V. N. Bhivare
    • 1
  • J. D. Nimbalkar
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of BotanyShivaji UniversityKolhapurIndia

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