<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Nitric oxide (NO) is a molecule that regulates biological processes in plants and may be used in horticultural practice as a potential plant growth regulator. <italic>Eucomis autumnalis</italic> (Mill.) Chitt., also known as pineapple lily, is a member of the Asparagaceae and native to South Africa. Pineapple lily are well suited for production as pot plants, cut flowers, and garden plants. The potential also exists for this species to be used as a medicinal plant. The aim of the study was to assess the effects of the NO donor of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on morphological features of <italic>E. autumnalis</italic> seedlings. The plants grown in a greenhouse were drenched four times, at weekly intervals, with SNP solutions of the following concentration: 0, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 μM. The study revealed that the application of SNP significantly improved greenness index of leaves, leaf length, and leaf fresh weight, as compared to the control at all levels. This treatment also showed a significant increase in bulb and root fresh weight, root number, and root length. Application of SNP at 200 μM increased the values of the attributes studied to the maximum extent.</p></abstract>

Nitric oxide (NO) is a molecule that regulates biological processes in plants and may be used in horticultural practice as a potential plant growth regulator. Eucomis autumnalis (Mill.) Chitt., also known as pineapple lily, is a member of the Asparagaceae and native to South Africa. Pineapple lily are well suited for production as pot plants, cut flowers, and garden plants. The potential also exists for this species to be used as a medicinal plant. The aim of the study was to assess the effects of the NO donor of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on morphological features of E. autumnalis seedlings. The plants grown in a greenhouse were drenched four times, at weekly intervals, with SNP solutions of the following concentration: 0, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 μM. The study revealed that the application of SNP significantly improved greenness index of leaves, leaf length, and leaf fresh weight, as compared to the control at all levels. This treatment also showed a significant increase in bulb and root fresh weight, root number, and root length. Application of SNP at 200 μM increased the values of the attributes studied to the maximum extent.

Enhancing Growth in <italic>E<sc>ucomis autumnalis</sc></italic> (Mill.) Chitt. Seedlings with Exogenous Application of Nitric Oxide

West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Papieża Pawła VI 3, 71-459 Szczecin,

Journal of Horticultural Research

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Enhancing Growth in  (Mill.) Chitt. Seedlings with Exogenous Application of Nitric Oxide

Nitric oxide (NO) is a molecule that regulates biological processes in plants and may be used in horticultural practice as a potential plant growth regulator....

Enhancing Growth in Eucomis autumnalis (Mill.) Chitt. Seedlings with Exogenous Application of Nitric Oxide

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 13 - 17

Received: Oct 01, 2016

Accepted: Dec 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/johr-2016-0015

Keywords
growth regulators, flower bulbs, pineapple lily, sodium nitroprusside

© 2016 Piotr Salachna et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Enhancing Growth in Eucomis autumnalis (Mill.) Chitt. Seedlings with Exogenous Application of Nitric Oxide

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 13 - 17

Received: Oct 01, 2016

Accepted: Dec 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/johr-2016-0015

Keywordsgrowth regulators, flower bulbs, pineapple lily, sodium nitroprusside

© 2016 Piotr Salachna et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
growth regulators, flower bulbs, pineapple lily, sodium nitroprusside