Passiflora caerulea L. treated with Trichoderma plant biostimulants consortium. Morpho-anatomical considerations
Journal Title: Journal of Plant Development - Year 2018, Vol 25, Issue
Abstract
Plant biostimulants are an emerging category of inputs into technologies for plant cultivation, which activate plant metabolism and nutrient use efficiency. A microbial plant biostimulants consortium was applied on Passiflora caerulea L., a medicinal and nutraceutical plant grown in greenhouse conditions. The treatments were applied during P. caerulea vegetation, as a foliar treatment with a Trichoderma consortium suspension of 108 cfu/ml, equiv. to 1013 spores/ha. The treatment determined significant quantitative changes on morpho-anatomical features, on the leaf lamina (lamina with 10-20% thicker, palisadic cells with 10-20% longer, larger stomata and stomatal index increased by 15%), on the leaf petiole (the diameter ~30% larger, conducting bundles, 20% more developed, the adaxial conducting bundles, ~30% increase) and on the stem (the diameter with 15-20% larger, central cylinder with 15-20% bigger, xylem vessels of more than 50 µm diameter, with 20% more present). These morpho-anatomical features demonstrate the plant biostimulants effects of Trichoderma consortium. The results presented here sustain with morpho-anatomical data the accumulation the bioactive compounds, mainly polyphenols and flavonoids with an increased antioxidant activity, which we already reported. Larger stems and leaves of P. caerulea, allow accumulation at a higher level of bioactives compounds.
Authors and Affiliations
SÂRBU Anca, PARASCHIV Monica Anca, OANCEA Florin, SESAN Tatiana Eugenia
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- EP ID EP454543
- DOI 10.33628/jpd.2018.25.1.3
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