Limiting the Hurtful Oxidative Stress and Seasonal Physiological Adaptations in Seashore Paspalum through the Use of Banana Waste Biochar and Compost Mixtures

Abstract

The study's purpose was to reduce the oxidative stress, seasonal physiological changes of paspalum vaginatum and ameliorate soil properties through the addition of banana waste biochar and compost. Different rates of organic amendments were incorporated into sandy loam soil to investigate their impact on paspalum physiological, biochemical, and development in pot and field settings over three seasons (winter, spring and summer). Under the conditions of these two places, paspalum leaves gas exchange characteristics, stomatal traits, anatomy traits, relative water content, proline, antioxidant enzyme activities, and paspalum pigments were determined. For the irrigation system, two rates were chosen: 20% and 60% of the water holding capacity of the control plot WHC. In this study, two advanced statistical analyses were conducted. A factor analysis of mixed data (FAMD) was performed for the analysis of the effect of our charcoal on soil data. Meanwhile, the impact of banana waste biochar on biological activities was investigated using multiple factorial analysis (MFA). The use of biochar and compost blends boosted the cation exchange capacity (CEC) of treated soils, according to our findings. Furthermore, the use of banana waste biochar improved biological basis in the summer season compared with previous seasons. Different antioxidant capacities in seashore paspalum were boosted in the improved soils compared to the untreated ones.

Effect of Banana-Waste Biochar and Compost Mixtures on Growth Responses and Physiological Traits of Seashore Paspalum Subjected to Six Different Water Conditions

“…The relative water content (RWC) of P. vaginatum leaves was determined using the technique [12][13][14].…”

“…The number of stomata, density, and dimension parameters (LS: stomata length, WS: stomata width, Lo: ostiole length, and Wo: ostiole width) were all measured [14].…”

Improving the physiological responses and stomatal characteristics of Paspalum vaginatum during the winter season

“…For the elemental composition: 0.007% of total nitrogen Nt, 0.201 ‰ of P2O5, 2.5% of total organic matter (Mot), 1.45% of total organic carbon (Cot), 0.357 ‰ of K2O,0.192 ‰ of Na2O,0.933‰ of Cao, and 0.391 ‰ of MgO. The contents of iron, manganese copper and zinc were, respectively, 0.4, 7.4, 0.9, 2.6 ppm [8][9][10][11].…”

“…Furthermore, all P. vaginatum plants were given 20% WHC of sandy loam soil. Different rates of peanut hull biochar were used in this study, with 6 percent B0C corresponding to 137.04 Mg/ ha and 3 percent B0C corresponding to 68.52 Mg/ha [8,9].…”

“…P. vaginatum plants were treated with different rates of peanut hull biochar and compost at 20% of WHC for the winter season. For the test plant, a data logger UNI-T UT330 was used to take the temperature and humidity of the P. vaginatum [8,9].…”