Effects of sodic water irrigation on growth, physiological relations and ion uptake in two Ziziphus rootstocks

ANSHUMAN SINGH; ASHWANI KUMAR; RAJKUMAR RAJKUMAR; PARVENDER SHEORAN; R K YADAV

doi:10.56093/ijas.v88i9.83502

Authors

ANSHUMAN SINGH Scientist, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
ASHWANI KUMAR Scientist, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
RAJKUMAR RAJKUMAR Scientist, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
PARVENDER SHEORAN Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
R K YADAV Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v88i9.83502

Keywords:

Growth, Indian jujube, Ion uptake, Leaf physiology, Residual sodium carbonate, Salt stress, Sodic irrigation

Abstract

We studied the effects of sodic irrigation on growth, physiological parameters and mineral partitioning in Zizyphus rotundifolia (ZR) and Z. spina-christi (ZS) seedlings used as rootstocks for Indian jujube scion cultivars. Plants grown in normal soils were irrigated with fresh (control) and three kinds of sodic waters having residual sodium carbonate (RSC) levels of 3, 6 and 9 meq/l. Both the species displayed appreciable decreases in fresh and dry weights of shoots and roots at RSC_iw level of 9 meq/l. Leaf chlorophyll and chlorophyll fluorescence also decreased with increasing sodicity. While leaf proline content remained unchanged up to RSC_iw 3 meq/l, plants treated with 9 meq/l sodic water had nearly twofold higher leaf proline than control indicating that it could play a major role in osmotic adjustment in salt stressed plants. Na⁺ and Cl^- contents increased while K⁺ and Ca²⁺ declined in different plant parts with increase in RSC_iw. Na⁺: K⁺ ratio was higher at a given RSC_iw in leaves and roots of ZS and in stems and roots of ZR reflecting better Na+ exclusion by ZR. ZR leaves also had less Cl^- than ZS at a given RSC_iw. Owing to these adaptive traits, both the species could tolerate RSC_iw up to 6 meq/l.

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