Role of Indole-3-butyric Acid or/and Putrescine in Improving Productivity of Chickpea (Cicer arientinum L.) Plants

Abstract

The response of chickpea (Cicer arientinum L. cv. Giza 3) to treatment with two plant growth regulators putrescine (Put) and Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) at 25, 50 and 100 mg L(-1) applied either alone or in combinations was studied. Spraying of Put and IBA either individually or in combination significantly increased the plant height, number and dry weight of branches, leaves and pods/plant and leaf area/plant at the two growth stages. Total photosynthetic pigments in fresh leaves were significantly promoted as a result of application of Put or IBA. Generally, application of Put and/or IBA at 100 mg L(-1) produced the highest numbers of pods which resulted in substantially the highest seed yield. Put and IBA increased the seed yield by 21.3 and 19.2%, respectively, while the combination of Put at 100 mgL(-1) and IBA at 50 mgL(-1) increased it by 27.4%. Greatest increases in straw and biological yield/fed (38.3 and 30.4%, respectively) were noted with the combination treatment of IBA 100 mg L(-1) plus Put at 100 mg L(-1). Put and IBA significantly increased the nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, total soluble sugars and total free amino acids in chickpea seeds over control, but the effects were less marked than those of their combination. This response was greater following treatment with IBA than with Put. It could be conclude that spraying Put or/and IBA on chickpea plants have promotion effects on the seeds yield criteria which have promising potential as sources of low-cost protein and minerals for possible use as food/feed supplements.

Effects of auxin (indole-3-butyric acid) on growth characteristics, lignification, and expression profiles of genes involved in lignin biosynthesis in carrot taproot

“…Thus, the increase in shoot fresh weight after IBA treatment may result from the increase in shoot length, leaf area, and leaf fresh weight. These results are consistent with previous studies which observed that the application of IBA promoted plant and shoot length, plant height, and dry weight of both branches and leaves (Amin et al, 2013;Hayat et al, 2009). IBA significantly enhanced taproot length, diameter, and fresh weight, and the highest increase was observed in the 100 µM IBA treatment.…”

Exogenous Application Effect of Indole 3-Butyric Acid and Myo-inositol on Improving Growth, Productivity and Bulb Quality of Garlic

“…For instance, it was found that quality traits (e.g. total sugars, total phenols and total soluble solids) increased in response to the exogenous application of IBA in bulbs of garlic and onion as well as seeds of chickpea (Amin et al, 2007, Amin et al, 2013Abd Elwahed et al, 2019and Waheed et al, 2019. Also, current study clearly showed that the application of MI has a positive effect on soluble solids and total sugars contents in garlic bulbs.…”

“…For instance, Amin et al (2007) reported that the foliar application of IBA at 25 to 100 mg/L significantly improved the vegetative growth, bulb yield and biochemical constitutes in onion plants. Also, total photosynthetic pigments were significantly increased in response to IBA exogenous application and resulted in higher yield components over untreated chickpeas plans (Amin et al, 2013). In addition, Bidmeshki et al (2012) concluded that IBA significantly improved plant fresh weight, bulb yield, and allicin content by 30%, 19% and 25%, respectively, compared to control plants, while it had no effect on total yield and bulb quality under water deficit conditions.…”

Nutrient and PGR Based Foliar Feeding for Yield Maximization in Pulses: A Review

“…Kumar et al (2013) reported that foliar application of 2% DAP twice at flowering and pod formation stages of soybean produced significantly higher number of pods per plant. Amin et al (2013) reported that foliar application of putrescine (Put) and/or IBA at 100 mg L -1 produced the highest numbers of pods which resulted in substantially the highest seed yield. Put and IBA increased the seed yield by 21.3 and 19.2%, respectively, while the combination of Put at 100 mg L -1 and IBA at 50 mgL -1 increased it by 27.4%.…”