Action of Benzyl adenine on epidermal characters of Rumex vesicarius L., a medicinal plant

Abdulaziz A.M. Al Sahli; Mohammed A. Al Muwayhi

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Action of Benzyl adenine on epidermal characters of Rumex vesicarius L., a medicinal plant

Authors:

Abdulaziz A.M. Al Sahli | Mohammed A. Al Muwayhi

Publisher:

AENSI (American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information)

Journal:

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences Vol.14 Issue 4, pp.29-35

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001858065

pISSN:

1991-8178

Abstract:

 Background: Rumex vesicarius L., also known as Ruby dock or bladder dock, is one of the worldwide wild medicinal and economic important plants. Benzyl adenine (BA) may contribute to increase Rumex vesicarius tolerance to prevailing local environmental conditions, and thus improve its productivity. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the action of Benzyl adenine (BA) on the epidermis characteristics of Rumex vesicarius. Methods: The seeds of R. vesicarius were sown, Then, the plants were treated with 50 and 500 ppm BA solutions. The leaf and stem epidermal peels were prepared. Microscopic photography was utilized using Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH microscope equipped with an external digital video camera with Motic Images plus 2.0 (MIPlus) software and connected to a computer. Results: The results show that BA used in this study either in low or high concentration, have no obvious effects on some epidermal characters, eg: the cell wall number, cuticle layer, trichome types, stomata shape and types, in both leaf and stem epidermis. On the other hand, BA have some effects on the other epidermal characters, eg: cells dimensions, number of trichomes, stomata number, and lengths of stomata in both leaf and stem epidermis. Our results showed a significant increase in trichomes number in the epidermis of leaf and stem in low or high concentrations plants, also stomata number in the epidermis of the leaf in low or high concentrations plants and increased insignificant in cells' dimensions of stem epidermis with low or high concentrations. Whereas, appeared significant increasing in stomata number in epidermis stem with low or high concentrations, stomata dimensions in the upper epidermis in high concentration plants, lower epidermis, stem epidermis with low or high concentrations plants, and cells dimensions in lower epidermis with low or high concentrations plants. Conclusion: This study may indicate that spraying the shoot system of Rumex vesicarius L. with low or high concentration of BA may cause some differences in the epidermal characters of the leaf and stem. More studies could be investigated to measure the impact of these positive effects on the tolerance of this useful medicinal plant to cope its resistance to the harsh environmental conditions and to improve its economic importance. [.

Article Details

Action of Benzyl adenine on epidermal characters of Rumex vesicarius L., a medicinal plant

Authors: Abdulaziz A.M. Al Sahli | Mohammed A. Al Muwayhi

Publisher: AENSI (American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information)

Journal: Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences Vol.14 Issue 4, pp.29-35

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2020

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001858065

pISSN: 1991-8178

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Authors:

Abdulaziz A.M. Al Sahli | Mohammed A. Al Muwayhi

Publisher:

AENSI (American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information)

Journal:

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences Vol.14 Issue 4, pp.29-35

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001858065

pISSN:

1991-8178