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Provedor de dados: 	Ciência e Agrotecnologia	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Silicon foliar application attenuates the effects of water suppression on cowpea cultivars	
Autores: 	Silva,Duval Chagas da; Melo,Alberto Soares de; Melo,Yuri Lima; Andrade,Wellerson Leite de; Lima,Liziane Maria de; Santos,Anderson Reges.	
Data: 	2019-01-01	
Ano: 	2019	
Palavras-chave: 	Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp; Water deficit; Antioxidant enzymes; Osmotic adjustment.	
Resumo: 	ABSTRACT Silicon and proline play important physiological, metabolic and functional roles in plants, especially under water deficit conditions. Their application can mitigate the adverse effects of stress in crops by increasing water use efficiency and antioxidant activity. The objective of this study was to evaluate silicon (Si) as attenuator of the effects of water deficit on cowpea cultivars, through physiological, biochemical and growth indicators. The experimental design was randomized blocks with four cultivars (BRS Guariba, BRS Itaim, BRS Aracê and BRS Rouxinol) and four irrigation treatments associated or not with Si application (W100 - 100% ETo; W50 - 50% ETo; W50+100Si and W50+200Si, with 100 and 200 mg L-1 silicon, respectively), in a 4 x 4 factorial scheme, with five replicates. Leaf water potential, proline concentration, antioxidant enzymes and growth indicators were evaluated in cowpea plants. Under water deficit conditions, all cultivars showed reductions in leaf water potentials, which compromised plant growth. However, Si applications of 200 mg L-1 in the cultivar BRS Guariba and 100 and 200 mg L-1 in the cultivar BRS Itaim minimized the effects of stress, by increasing leaf water potential and the activity of the enzyme ascorbate peroxidase, in both cultivars, besides increasing proline concentration in the former and reducing proline concentration in the latter, which ensured the maintenance of growth. Despite the no contribution to the increase in water potential, Si applications of 100 and 200 mg L-1 in BRS Rouxinol and BRS Aracê, respectively, reduced the deleterious effects of the stress on their growth by regulating the enzymatic metabolism and proline.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542019000100244	
Editor: 	Editora da Universidade Federal de Lavras	
Relação: 	10.1590/1413-7054201943023019	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Ciência e Agrotecnologia  v.43 2019	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess