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Monoculture and Coculture of Sesuvium portulacastrum and Sulla carnosa Under Saline and Non-Saline Conditions: Plant Vigour and Soil Phytodesalination

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The aim of the present work was to study the possibility of coculture of the two halophytes Sesuvium portulacastrum–Sulla carnosa under saline and non-saline conditions with a special focus on plant vigour and phytodesalination potential. Plants were grown for 2 months in unperforated pots filled with agricultural soil added or not with 1.5 g NaCl. kg−1. Thereafter, shoots were harvested for growth, water status, and mineral composition. Soil samples were also analysed. Plant productivities and phytodesalination potentials were estimated based on shoot dry weights and sodium contents as well as soil soluble sodium contents. As grown for only 2 months in monoculture, S. carnosa could not desalinate the slightly saline soil, unlike S. portulacastrum, which extracted a quarter of the added sodium quantity. Nevertheless, such a noticeable phytodesalination capacity of S. portulacastrum did not reduce soil salinity and soluble sodium content. S. carnosa growth and productivity were enhanced by both salinity and coculture under non-saline conditions, which can be explained respectively by S. carnosa halophytic behaviour and probably a positive allelopathy exerted by S. portulacastrum. By contrast, a negative allelopathy seems exerted by S. carnosa under both saline and non-saline conditions. Under moderately saline conditions, both halophytes should be grown in monoculture. The stimulatory effect of S. portulacastrum on S. carnosa under non-saline conditions needs further investigations.

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This work was supported by the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (LR10CBBC02).

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  1. Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria, P.O. Box 901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia

    Wided Medini, Hasna Ellouzi, Nèjia Farhat, Walid Zorrig, Abderrazak Smaoui, Chedly Abdelly & Mokded Rabhi

  2. Department of Plant Production and Protection, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia

    Abdulaziz Alharbi, Ahmed M. Aggag & Mokded Rabhi

  3. Department of Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt

    Ahmed M. Aggag

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WM and MR contributed to the work from the beginning to the end. HE and NF helped in plant and soil analyses. AA, AMA, WZ, and AS helped in data analysis. CA was the fund recipient and helped in the manuscript finalization.

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Medini, W., Ellouzi, H., Farhat, N. et al. Monoculture and Coculture of Sesuvium portulacastrum and Sulla carnosa Under Saline and Non-Saline Conditions: Plant Vigour and Soil Phytodesalination. Water Air Soil Pollut 234, 460 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-023-06461-y

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