Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, cilt.14, sa.1, ss.1-20, 2024 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Globally from abiotic stresses, salt stress is the major stress that limits crop production. One of them
is wheat that has been utilized by more than 1/3 of the world population as staple food due to its
nutritive value. Biochar is an activated carbon that can ameliorate the negative impacts on plants
under saline conditions. The present study was conducted to examine the ameliorative impact of
“Biochar application” to Triticum aestivum L. plant grown under salinity stress and evaluated on the
basis of various growth, yield, physiological, biochemical attributes. Preliminary experiment was done
to select the Triticum aestivum L. varieties with 90% germination rate for further experiment. The
selected varieties, FSD08 and PUNJAB-11 of wheat were treated with two levels of sodium chloride
(0 mM and 120 mM). Two varieties of wheat included FSD08 and PUNJAB-11 were treated with two
levels of sodium chloride (0 mM and 120 mM). To address the impact of salt stress two levels of biochar
0% and 5% was used as exogenous application. A three way completely randomized experimentation
was done in 24 pots of two wheat varieties with three replicates. The results demonstrated that salt
stress afected growth, physiological attributes, yield and inorganic mineral ions (Ca2+ and K+
) in roots
and shoots parameters of wheat negatively while biochar overall improved the performance of plant.
SOD, CAT, APX and POD activities enhanced during salt stress as the plant self-defense mechanism
against salinity to minimize the damaging efect. Salt stress also signifcantly increased the membrane
permeability, and levels of H2O2, MDA, Cl and Na ions. Biochar treatment nullifed negative impacts
of NaCl and improved the plant growth and yield signifcantly. Hence, biochar amendment can be
suggested as suitable supplement for sustainable crop production under salinization.