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Genotypic Differences in Photosynthesis and Partitioning of Biomass and Ions in Salinized Faba Bean

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Vicia faba (L.) is a valuable grain legume, rich in nutrients and bioactive constituents with large genotypic variability in resistance to abiotic stress. Growth and performance of two hydroponically-grown V. faba cultivars (‘Nubaria’ 1 and ‘Nubaria 2’) were investigated under the impact of 0, 20, 50, 100 and 175 mmol/L NaCl. Shoot growth of the two cultivars was moderately reduced by NaCl salinity; but root growth was robust, at the expense of either leaves in the salt-resistant ‘Nubaria 1’or stem in ‘Nubaria 2’. ‘Nubaria 1’showed better vigor and greater leafiness but lesser content of photosynthetic pigments with higher carotenoids content than ‘Nubaria 2’. Rates of transpiration and photosynthesis were higher in ‘Nubaria 2’ than ‘Nubaria 1’, with more adverse effect of salinity on transpiration than on photosynthesis. The reduced K+ and Ca2+ uptake and the enhanced Na+ uptake under salinity were associated with restriction of ion transport to the foliage, particularly the leaves. The role of stem in providing K+ and Ca2+ to and retention of Na+ away from the leaves and root under salinity stress was more evident in ‘Nubaria 1’ than ‘Nubaria 2’.

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The authors express their deep thanks to Prof. Gaber M. Abogadallah, Professor of Plant Molecular Biology, Damietta University for his appreciated help in gas exchange measurements.

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Taha Mohamed El-Katony designed the experiments, wrote and edited the manuscript, and supported the experiments. Shaimaa Nassim Abd El-Fatah performed the experiments and participated in writing and preparation of the manuscript. The two authors revised the manuscript.

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Abbreviations: RWR, StWR and LWR—root, stem and leaf weight ratio, respectively; RKR, StKR and LKR proportion of the plant K+ content allocated to the root, stem and leaves, respectively; RNaR, StNaR and LNaR proportion of the plant Na+ content allocated to the root, stem and leaves, respectively; RСaR, StСaR and LСaR proportion of the plant Сa2+ content allocated to the root, stem and leaves, respectively.

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El-Katony, T.M., Abd El-Fatah, S.N. Genotypic Differences in Photosynthesis and Partitioning of Biomass and Ions in Salinized Faba Bean. Russ J Plant Physiol 68, 1161–1172 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1021443721060030

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