Antitranspirant treatment on bean plants to counteract cold stress.
Antitranspirant treatment on bean plants to counteract cold stress.
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DOI:
10.26353/j.itahort/2020.2.5565
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2020-01-01
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Ferrante, Antonio
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Bulgari, Roberta;Turconi, Paolo;Ferrante, Antonio
The aim of the work was to test the efficacy of the antitranspirant ScudothermR in preventing cold damages on Phaseolus vulgaris L. Two tests were conducted: the first between June-July 2018, and the second between May-June 2019. Plants were grown in a greenhouse, in plastic pots (10 pots/treatment), on a peaty substrate. Treatments were carried out on three-week-old plants, by foliar application 24 hours before the stress. The experimental design included treatments with ScudothermR at 2% compared to an untreated and unstressed control, and to an untreated but stressed control (controls were sprayed with tap water). The cold stress was induced by placing the plants at 3-4°C, for 48 hours. Both in vivo and destructive analyzes were performed to evaluate the health status of plants, immediately after stress and after a one-week recovery period. The analyzes were performed on three biological replications. No significant effect of the treatments was observed on chlorophylls in vivo, chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters, secondary metabolites (anthocyanins and phenolic index), and lipid peroxidation. Significant variations were found in the metabolism of the sugars. ScudothermR allowed maintaining the sucrose concentration similar to control and lower than stressed plants. During the first year, a similar behavior was also recorded for total sugars. These results suggested that ScudothermR is able to mitigate some of the negative consequences of low temperatures, acting as a physical barrier on leaves, with an indirect physiological and biochemical effect.