Application of mycorrhiza and phosphorus improve the phosphorus uptake, physiological characteristics and growth of coneflower (Echinacea purpurea (L.) Monch) under drought stress

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Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran

Abstract

Coneflower is one of the well-known medicinal plants that has been imported to Iran for several years and has attracted the attention of the pharmaceutical industry and researchers. Considering the issue of drought stress and the need to use stress modifiers, this research was conducted to investigate the effect of mycorrhizal fungi and the application of phosphorus under drought stress on nutrient uptake, some physiological characteristics and the growth of coneflower in pot culture. The experiment was carried out in the research greenhouse of Yasouj University as factorial based on a completely random design with three replications. A combination of irrigation levels (irrigation after 10 (control), 30 and 60% soil water depletion (SWD)), inoculation (mycorrhizal fungi and no inoculation) and phosphorus application (phosphorus amount in the soil and twice the amount of phosphorus in the soil) were used. At 10% SWD, phosphorus consumption alone and in combination with mycorrhiza caused an increase, respectively, 105 and 82.83% of phosphorus in root and shoot. The application of mycorrhizal fungus alone caused an increase of 25.59% in leaf soluble proteins and 17.09% in carotenoids. At 30% SWD, the highest amount of proline and catalase was related to the application of mycorrhizal fungus and twice the consumption of soil phosphorus, which were 1.42 and 2.02 times compared to the treatment of not using mycorrhiza and twice the consumption of phosphorus in the soil. Also, at 30% SWD, mycorrhizal inoculation caused a significant increase (44.64%) in root dry weight. At 60% SWD, inoculation with mycorrhiza significantly increased (38.68%) the amount of phenol in aerial parts. In general, stress decreased the uptake of nutrients and increased proline content and catalase activity, but mycorrhiza and phosphorus nutrition could mitigate the effect of stress in potted conditions.

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