Nature Environment and Pollution Technology (Jun 2024)

Total Soluble Protein Mediated Morphological Traits in Mustard Treated with Thiourea and Salicylic Acid

  • Shipa Rani Dey, Prasann Kumar and Joginder Singh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.46488/NEPT.2024.v23i02.007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 2
pp. 679 – 694

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The total soluble protein-mediated morphological traits in mustard treated with Thiourea and Salicylic acid were investigated. In addition, it tested the hypothesis that the growth regulator salicylic acid protects the photosynthetic apparatus by up-regulating morphological traits. Under natural environmental conditions, seeds were sown in the field, and seed emergence was recorded. For three days after the 15-day stage, plants in the area were treated with thiourea and salicylic acid and allowed to grow for 90 days. Plants were harvested to assess various morphological traits. A follow-up application of SA and Thiourea plants improved plant height, leaf area, internodal length, leaf number, and accelerated plant activity. The up-regulation of morphological traits may have occurred in SA and Thiourea-mediated plants. After treatments, the level of total soluble protein was estimated in the leaves at proposed day intervals.

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