Foliar application of fungicide-opera alleviates negative impact of water stress in soybean plants

The modulatory effect of opera was investigated on the physiological and morphological aspects in soybean thriving in water stress environment. The data procured from current investigation indicated that water stress significantly declined the plant growth, leaf area in addition to photosynthetic ef...

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Published in:Saudi journal of biological sciences 2021-05, Vol.28 (5), p.2626-2633
Main Authors: Kanungo, Mansi, Guruprasad, K.N., Kataria, Sunita, Asa Dudin, Gani, Nasser Alyemeni, Mohammed, Ahmad, Parvaiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomass
Chlorophyll fluorescence
Crop yield
Opera
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Photosynthesis
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Summary:The modulatory effect of opera was investigated on the physiological and morphological aspects in soybean thriving in water stress environment. The data procured from current investigation indicated that water stress significantly declined the plant growth, leaf area in addition to photosynthetic efficiency, nitrate reductase activity and crop yield at various stages of growth such as vegetative (VS), flowering (FS) and pod filling stage (PFS). However, foliar application of opera (0.15%) was effective to enhance the the leaf area (42%), rate of photosynthesis (194%), and nitrate reductase activity (68%) at FS stage while the maximum enhancement in biomass accumulation (92%) and yield (119%) was observed at PFS stage as compared to their control plants. The opera is applied as foliar spray in field experiments to augment the assimilation of nitrogen and carbon in soybean which contributes to increased crop development and productivity under water stress conditions.
ISSN:1319-562X
2213-7106
DOI:10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.02.079