Glutathione Mediates Growth Regulation of Chickpea Plant Cicer arietinum and Mitigates Salinity Stress.

Authors

Amel Ghanim Muhmood Al-Kazzaz Department of Biology, College of Education Pure Science Ibn Al-Haitham, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Eman Hussain Al-Hayany Department of Biology, College of Education Pure Science Ibn Al-Haitham, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Rahaf Wail Attarbashi Department of Biology, College of Education Pure Science Ibn Al-Haitham, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Phanom Sutthisaksopon Faculty of Environmental Culture and Ecotourism, Srinakharinwirot University, 114 Sukhumvit 23, Bangkok 10110, Thailand.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30526/37.1.3404

Abstract

Glutathione is water-soluble with a low molecular weight and is commonly spread in plants. It is a co-factor in several biochemical reactions and acts together with signaling molecules and hormones, and its redox state activates signal transduction. The experiment was conducted in the botanical garden, Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Sciences, Ibn Al- Haitham, University of Baghdad, during the growing season 2020-2021 to evaluate the potential effects of foliar spraying with (25, 50, 75 mg.L^-1) glutathione in addition to the control (0) on the growth of chickpea plants subjected to sodium chloride salt (100, 200 mM.L^-1) addition to the control (0). The results point out that salinity clearly decreased, as did plant height, branch number, shoot dry weight, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium concentration, protein percentage, and increased sodium concentration in chickpea plants. A foliar spray of Glutathione, notably 50 and 75 mg.L^-1, enhanced the tolerance of chickpea plants by improving growth traits.

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