Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Photosynthetic, Antioxidant Enzyme, and Water Flux Parameters in Salt-Stressed Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Plants

[EN] Globally, escalating soil salinization poses significant abiotic stress, disproportionately impacting crops like chickpea (Cicer arientinum L.). This legume exhibits high sensitivity to salinity, which disrupts various physiological and metabolic processes, ultimately hindering growth and produ...

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Autores: Pooja, Pooja, Devi, Sarita, Tallapragada, Sridevi, Ahlawat, Yogesh, Sharma, Nisha, Kasnia, Pankaj, Lakra, Nita, Elhindi, Khalid, Porcel, R.|||0000-0001-8068-741X, Mulet, José Miguel|||0000-0002-9087-3838
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Chickpea
Salt stress
Arbuscular mycorrhiza
Antioxidant enzymes
Chlorophyll
02.- Poner fin al hambre, conseguir la seguridad alimentaria y una mejor nutrición, y promover la agricultura sostenible
12.- Garantizar las pautas de consumo y de producción sostenibles
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spelling Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Photosynthetic, Antioxidant Enzyme, and Water Flux Parameters in Salt-Stressed Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) PlantsPooja, PoojaDevi, SaritaTallapragada, SrideviAhlawat, YogeshSharma, NishaKasnia, PankajLakra, NitaElhindi, KhalidPorcel, R.|||0000-0001-8068-741XMulet, José Miguel|||0000-0002-9087-3838ChickpeaSalt stressArbuscular mycorrhizaAntioxidant enzymesChlorophyll02.- Poner fin al hambre, conseguir la seguridad alimentaria y una mejor nutrición, y promover la agricultura sostenible12.- Garantizar las pautas de consumo y de producción sostenibles[EN] Globally, escalating soil salinization poses significant abiotic stress, disproportionately impacting crops like chickpea (Cicer arientinum L.). This legume exhibits high sensitivity to salinity, which disrupts various physiological and metabolic processes, ultimately hindering growth and productivity. AMF (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus) reduces salt's detrimental effects on plants' growth by bolstering the plant's antioxidant defense system, effectively reducing the damage caused by oxidative stress. In this study, the impact of AMF on salinity stress alleviation in chickpea was investigated in pot-grown experiments. Rhizophagus fasciculatus was used to inoculate the seeds of three different chickpea varieties (HC-3, CSG-8962, and C-235), and the physiological and biochemical changes of the AMF-inoculated and non-inoculated chickpea plants were studied. When exposed to salinity stress, the plants exhibited decreased leaf relative water content (RWC %) (21.13-31.30%), increased leaf relative stress injury, decreased chlorophyll content (45.22-58.24%), photochemical quantum yield, photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, and stomatal conductance as compared to the control plants, but opposite results were observed in AMF colonized plants. A 9.16% to 14.79% increase in chlorophyll content was reported after AMF colonization. The activities of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and peroxidase (POX) were increased by salt stress. They were further enhanced by AMF inoculation SOD activity by 20.3% to 23.3%, CAT activity by 65.7% to 78.7%, and POX activity by 32.7% to 39.3%. The findings clearly show that AMF Rhizophagus fasciculatus, via enhancing RWC, photosynthetic parameters, and antioxidant enzymes, can mitigate salinity stress in chickpeas.Researchers Supporting Project number (RSPD2025R952), King Saud University.MDPIInstituto Universitario Mixto de Biología Molecular y Celular de PlantasDepartamento de BiotecnologíaEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio NaturalKing Saud UniversityRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20252025-01-31journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/224421reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)InglésengKing Saud University, Arabia Saudí https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002383 RSPD2025R952open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reconocimiento (by)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/2244212026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Photosynthetic, Antioxidant Enzyme, and Water Flux Parameters in Salt-Stressed Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Plants
title Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Photosynthetic, Antioxidant Enzyme, and Water Flux Parameters in Salt-Stressed Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Plants
spellingShingle Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Photosynthetic, Antioxidant Enzyme, and Water Flux Parameters in Salt-Stressed Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Plants
Pooja, Pooja
Chickpea
Salt stress
Arbuscular mycorrhiza
Antioxidant enzymes
Chlorophyll
02.- Poner fin al hambre, conseguir la seguridad alimentaria y una mejor nutrición, y promover la agricultura sostenible
12.- Garantizar las pautas de consumo y de producción sostenibles
title_short Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Photosynthetic, Antioxidant Enzyme, and Water Flux Parameters in Salt-Stressed Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Plants
title_full Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Photosynthetic, Antioxidant Enzyme, and Water Flux Parameters in Salt-Stressed Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Plants
title_fullStr Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Photosynthetic, Antioxidant Enzyme, and Water Flux Parameters in Salt-Stressed Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Plants
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Photosynthetic, Antioxidant Enzyme, and Water Flux Parameters in Salt-Stressed Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Plants
title_sort Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Photosynthetic, Antioxidant Enzyme, and Water Flux Parameters in Salt-Stressed Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Plants
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pooja, Pooja
Devi, Sarita
Tallapragada, Sridevi
Ahlawat, Yogesh
Sharma, Nisha
Kasnia, Pankaj
Lakra, Nita
Elhindi, Khalid
Porcel, R.|||0000-0001-8068-741X
Mulet, José Miguel|||0000-0002-9087-3838
author Pooja, Pooja
author_facet Pooja, Pooja
Devi, Sarita
Tallapragada, Sridevi
Ahlawat, Yogesh
Sharma, Nisha
Kasnia, Pankaj
Lakra, Nita
Elhindi, Khalid
Porcel, R.|||0000-0001-8068-741X
Mulet, José Miguel|||0000-0002-9087-3838
author_role author
author2 Devi, Sarita
Tallapragada, Sridevi
Ahlawat, Yogesh
Sharma, Nisha
Kasnia, Pankaj
Lakra, Nita
Elhindi, Khalid
Porcel, R.|||0000-0001-8068-741X
Mulet, José Miguel|||0000-0002-9087-3838
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Instituto Universitario Mixto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas
Departamento de Biotecnología
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural
King Saud University
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Chickpea
Salt stress
Arbuscular mycorrhiza
Antioxidant enzymes
Chlorophyll
02.- Poner fin al hambre, conseguir la seguridad alimentaria y una mejor nutrición, y promover la agricultura sostenible
12.- Garantizar las pautas de consumo y de producción sostenibles
topic Chickpea
Salt stress
Arbuscular mycorrhiza
Antioxidant enzymes
Chlorophyll
02.- Poner fin al hambre, conseguir la seguridad alimentaria y una mejor nutrición, y promover la agricultura sostenible
12.- Garantizar las pautas de consumo y de producción sostenibles
description [EN] Globally, escalating soil salinization poses significant abiotic stress, disproportionately impacting crops like chickpea (Cicer arientinum L.). This legume exhibits high sensitivity to salinity, which disrupts various physiological and metabolic processes, ultimately hindering growth and productivity. AMF (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus) reduces salt's detrimental effects on plants' growth by bolstering the plant's antioxidant defense system, effectively reducing the damage caused by oxidative stress. In this study, the impact of AMF on salinity stress alleviation in chickpea was investigated in pot-grown experiments. Rhizophagus fasciculatus was used to inoculate the seeds of three different chickpea varieties (HC-3, CSG-8962, and C-235), and the physiological and biochemical changes of the AMF-inoculated and non-inoculated chickpea plants were studied. When exposed to salinity stress, the plants exhibited decreased leaf relative water content (RWC %) (21.13-31.30%), increased leaf relative stress injury, decreased chlorophyll content (45.22-58.24%), photochemical quantum yield, photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, and stomatal conductance as compared to the control plants, but opposite results were observed in AMF colonized plants. A 9.16% to 14.79% increase in chlorophyll content was reported after AMF colonization. The activities of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and peroxidase (POX) were increased by salt stress. They were further enhanced by AMF inoculation SOD activity by 20.3% to 23.3%, CAT activity by 65.7% to 78.7%, and POX activity by 32.7% to 39.3%. The findings clearly show that AMF Rhizophagus fasciculatus, via enhancing RWC, photosynthetic parameters, and antioxidant enzymes, can mitigate salinity stress in chickpeas.
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2025-01-31
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