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The influence of Spirulina platensis on physiological characterization and mitigation of DNA damage in salt-stressed Phaseolus vulgaris L. plants

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Taha, Mohamed A., Moussa, Helal R., Dessoky, Eldessoky S.·2023·Egyptian Journal of Botany
DOI 10.21608/ejbo.2023.168006.2165
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Salinity severely reduced crop productivity. In this work, the effectiveness of Spirulina platensis (100 mg/l) as a foliar growth stimulator was tested for its ability to reduce the harmful effect of salinity on Phaseolus vulgaris L. plants. The experiment was divided into four groups as follows: G1 (control), G2 (200 mM NaCl), G3 (100 mg/l of Spirulina platensis), and G4 (200 mM NaCl + 100 mg/l of Spirulina platensis). The results declared that shoot weight, plant height, leaves number, during the vegetative growth stage, pods number/plant, seed number/pod, pods weight during fruiting stage, as well as content of carotenoids, chlorophyll a+b, 100-seed weights, photosynthetic activity (assimilation of 14CO2), and total protein content reduced considerablyin salt-stressed Phaseolus vulgaris. When compared to salt-stressed plants, the above metrics were enhanced by G4. In comparison to the control, the presence of salinity increased the activities of catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPX), peroxidase activity (POD), malondialdehyde (MDA), free proline, transpiration rate, and total phenol. Additionally, compared to plants under salt stress, G4 application (200 mM NaCl + 100 mg/l of Spirulina platensis) decreased the aforementioned metrics. Treatments of Phaseolus vulgaris with 200 mM NaCl + 100 mg/l of Spirulina platensis considerably increased the macronutrient content and decreased the Na+ and Cl− levels as compared to G2. Obtained results proved that foliar applications of S. platensis at 100 mg/l have a high potential for improving growth, photosynthetic capacity, yield production, decreased ROS-induced oxidative damage, and reducing DNA damage in salt-stressed Phaseolus vulgaris.

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  • Terrestrial studies have confirmed the efficacy of spirulina in supporting the growth of a variety of legumes, tomato, and lettuce varieties.

    “Additionally, terrestrial studies have confirmed the efficacy of spirulina in supporting the growth of a variety of legumes, tomato, and lettuce varieties (Shedeed et al., 2022;Bhowmik et al., 2010;Taha et al., 2023;Anitha et al., 2016;Akgul and Akgul, 2019),”

    From Spirulina supported plant growth in regolith simulants and elevated levels of CO2 (2025) · cites this paper as Taha et al., 2023

    The Results section (page not provided) reports that Spirulina platensis increased growth measures in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), a legume. This paper does not establish effects across a variety of legumes or in tomato and lettuce; those parts of the jointly cited sentence are not supported by this source. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • In stressed soils, spirulina treatments have led to increases in yield production, improved photosynthetic rates, and decreased oxidative as well as DNA damage.

    “In stressed soils, spirulina treatments have led to increases in yield production, improved photosynthetic rates, and decreased oxidative as well as DNA damage (Taha et al., 2023).”

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Taha, M. A., Moussa, H. R., & Dessoky, E. S.
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  • Menoufia University (EG)
  • Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EG)
  • Taif University (SA)
Corresponding author
Moussa, Helal R.
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Venue
Egyptian Journal of Botany
Publisher
Egypts Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research
Published
2023-03-06
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ISSN
  • 0375-9237 (ISSN-L)
  • 2357-0350
DOI
10.21608/ejbo.2023.168006.2165
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W4323979623
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8
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2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management
Keywords
Spirulina platensis, Phaseolus vulgaris, salt stress, salt tolerance, foliar application, DNA damage, oxidative stress, antioxidant enzymes, photosynthetic activity, carotenoids, chlorophyll, proline, macronutrient composition, sodium chloride

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