Hydrogen Peroxide Supplementation in Irrigation Water Alleviates Drought Stress and Boosts Growth and Productivity of Potato Plants

Salama A. Abd Elhady, Hany G. Abd El-Gawad, Mohamed F. M. Ibrahim, Soumya Mukherjee, Amr Elkelish, Ehab Azab, Adil A. Gobouri, Reham Farag, Huda A. Ibrahim and Nashwa Abu El-Azm
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Salama A. Abd Elhady: Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
Hany G. Abd El-Gawad: Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
Mohamed F. M. Ibrahim: Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
Soumya Mukherjee: Department of Botany, Jangipur College, University of Kalyani, West Bengal 742213, India
Amr Elkelish: Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
Ehab Azab: Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
Adil A. Gobouri: Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
Reham Farag: Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
Huda A. Ibrahim: National Research Center, Vegetable Research Department, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
Nashwa Abu El-Azm: Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-16

Abstract: The present investigations aim to decipher the beneficial role of hydrogen peroxide-supplemented irrigation in imparting drought tolerance and promotion plant growth and yield of potato plants grown under two different irrigation regimes. Hydrogen peroxide injection (oxygenation) was applied at 0, 300, and 600 ppm through subsurface irrigation regimes on potato performance grown in heavy clay soil. The results indicated that oxygenation of irrigation water boosted the plant′s vegetative growth and productivity, especially at 600 ppm hydrogen peroxide coupled with deficit irrigation. Root respiration, leaf biomass, chlorophyll content, and leaf osmotic status was observed to be improved in the presence of oxygenated irrigation. A similar trend was recorded on macro-elements (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and calcium content), proline, and soluble carbohydrates content of leaf along with catalase enzyme activity. Individual tuber weight, tuber number and tuber yield per plant and hectare recorded higher values as responding to oxygenated irrigation (300 and 600 ppm) of water within the optimum irrigation level. While the highest value of water use efficiency (WUE) was obtained by pairing deficit irrigation with 600 ppm oxygenated water. Thus, the present work provides new insights into the importance of oxygenated irrigation in obtaining optimum yield and field performance in potato plants subjected to deficit irrigation in clayey-loamy soils.

Keywords: potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.); deficit irrigation; hydrogen peroxide; vegetative growth; tuber yield (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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