A study was carried out at the Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine’s experimental sta-
tion to assess the effect of different concentrations of salicylic acid and brassinosteroid on pepper
plants under different salinity levels in greenhouse conditions. Three salicylic acid (SA) and brass-
inosteroid (BR) concentrations (0, 0.05, and 0.5 mM) and three NaCl concentrations (0, 50, and
150 mM) were used. The experiment was set up as a split-plot with three replicates. Both BR and
SA had a similar positive effect on fruit number per plant, total yield per plant, and SPAD, fresh
and dry weight of the plant, as well as fresh and dry weight of the root. BR had no effect on plant
height, whereas SA at 0.05 mM increased plant height significantly. BR had no effect on root/shoot
ratio, whereas SA at 0.5 mM significantly increased root/shoot ratio. The study found that using
brassinosteroid and salicylic acid reduced the effect of salinity on pepper plant yield and growth.

Title

Desalination and Water Treatment www.deswater.com

Publisher

Elsevier

Publisher Country

Netherlands

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

1.0

Publication Type

Both (Printed and Online)

Volume

275

Year

2022

Pages

7