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Effects of water deficit on shoot, root and some physiological characteristics in some greenhouse grown potato cultivars

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A greenhouse experiment was conducted to evaluate the response of ten potato cultivars to two levels of soil water in terms of contents of total chlorophyll (Chltot), chlorophyll florescence (Fv/Fm), shoot fresh weight (SFW), shoot dry weight (SDW), root fresh weight (RFW), root dry weight (RDW), mean root length (MRL), root length density (RLD), special root length (SRL), root volume (RV), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), peroxidase (POX) and proline content. Plants were grown under two irrigation levels (30 and 80% depletion of available soil water). Greenhouse test plots were arranged in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Under control level of irrigation, the maximum and the minimum shoot dry weight were achieved for cultivars Satina (12.7 g/plant) and Santé (4.7 g/plant) and root dry weight for Marfona (2.95 g/plant) and Milva (1.17 g/plant), respectively. SDW and RDW were decreased in all cultivars under 80% depletion of available soil water. Based on the biplot analysis cultivars Agria, Satina and Marfona were hence identified as preferable cultivars for 80% depletion of available soil water conditions. However, this investigate has been able to gather evidence that water deficit increased the activities of antioxidant enzymes and proline content in all tested potato cultivars. Also, our results revealed the pivotal role of proline in response of potato plants to water deficit and biomass production.

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Abbreviations

Chltot :

Total Chlorophyll

Fv/Fm :

Chlorophyll florescence

SFW:

Shoot fresh weight

SDW:

Shoot dry weight

RFW:

Root fresh weight

RDW:

Root dry weight

MRL:

Mean root length

RLD:

Root length density

SRL:

Specific root length

RV:

Root volume

APX:

Ascorbate peroxidase activity

POX:

Peroxidase activity

Pro:

Proline

STI:

Stress tolerance index

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  1. Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, IUT Isfahan, 84156-83111, Isfahan, Iran

    Mouhamad Alhoshan & Ali Akbar Ramin

  2. Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, IUT Isfahan, 84156-83111, Isfahan, Iran

    Morteza Zahedi & Mohammad R. Sabzalian

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Alhoshan, M., Ramin, A.A., Zahedi, M. et al. Effects of water deficit on shoot, root and some physiological characteristics in some greenhouse grown potato cultivars. J. Crop Sci. Biotechnol. 23, 433–444 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12892-020-00051-8

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