Effects of mycorrhizal inoculation on growth and some quality parameters of Matthiola incana (L.) cultivation under salt stress

Abstract

Aim: This research was carried out to investigate the effect of mycorrhizal inoculation on growth and some quality parameters of Matthiola incana cultivation under salt stress condition. Methodology : The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse in Mugla-Turkey between 2016 and 2017.There were three replications with two factorial randomized plot design. Plant were given two treatments endomycorrhizal inoculation of Glomus intraradices in the root zone of plants without NaCl and 100 mM NaCl. The number of shoot, shoot length, shoot thickness, root length, wet and dry weights of root, leaf number on the pedicel, length and thickness of pedicel, length of spike, wet and dry weights of pedicel were estimated. The percentage of mycorrhizal infection, total N, P, K, Ca, Na, Mg, Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn contents in the roots were also determined. Results: In all parameters, salt application had greatly diminished the performance of plants. However, mycorrhizal inoculation after salt application had effected the shoot and root growth as well as quality parameters of flower. Interpretation: The results showed that mycorrhizal application to M. krona positively effected the plant growth and some quality parameters by increasing tolerance towards salt stress.