Photosynthetica 2023, 61(1):25-36 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2023.005

Improving salt tolerance of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) with hydrogen sulfide

M. EKINCI1, M. TURAN2, S. ORS3, A. DURSUN1, 4, E. YILDIRIM1
1 Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
2 Department of Agricultural Trade and Management, Faculty of Economy and Administrative Sciences, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
3 Department of Agricultural Structures and Irrigation, Faculty of Agriculture, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
4 Department of Horticulture and Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

The current study examined the H2S applications on growth, biochemical and physiological parameters of bean seedlings under saline conditions. The findings of the study indicated that salt stress decreased plant growth and development, photosynthetic activity, and mineral and hormone content [excluding abscisic acid (ABA)] in bean seedlings. Plant and root fresh mass and dry mass with H2S applications increased as compared to the control treatment at the same salinity level. Both salinity and H2S treatments significantly affected the net assimilation rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, and intercellular CO2 content of bean seedlings. Significant increases occurred in H2O2, malondialdehyde (MDA), proline, sucrose content, enzyme activity, and ABA content with salt stress. However, H2S applications inhibited the effects of salinity on plant growth, photosynthetic activity, and mineral content in beans. H2S applications reduced H2O2, MDA, proline, sucrose content, enzyme activity, and ABA content in beans. As a result, exogenous H2S applications could mitigate the negative impacts of salinity in beans.

Additional key words: bean; hormone; physiology; plant growth; salinity.

Received: October 20, 2022; Revised: January 18, 2023; Accepted: January 23, 2023; Prepublished online: February 10, 2023; Published: April 13, 2023  Show citation

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EKINCI, M., TURAN, M., ORS, S., DURSUN, A., & YILDIRIM, E. (2023). Improving salt tolerance of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) with hydrogen sulfide. Photosynthetica, 61(1), 25-36. doi: 10.32615/ps.2023.005
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