The Effect of Selenium and Biochar on Some Quantitative and Qualitative Yield Traits of Savory (Satureja hortensis L.) Under Cadmium Stress Conditions

Subject Areas : Sustainable production technologies

Sajedeh-Saddat Tabatabaie ¹ , Marzieh Ghanbari Jahromi ² , Weria Weisany ³

1 - MSc student, Department of Horticultural Science and Agronomy, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Horticultural Science and Agronomy, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Horticultural Science and Agronomy, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2024-12-09 Accepted : 2025-01-18 Published : 2025-03-20

Keywords: Biochar, Selenium, Essential Oil Yield, Cadmium, Summer Sage,

Abstract :

Heavy metal stress, including cadmium, is one of the most important factors limiting plant growth. For this purpose, an experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of selenium nutrition and biochar application on reducing oxidative stress caused by cadmium in savory (Satureja hortensis L.) in 2022. The present study was conducted as a factorial in a completely randomized design with three replications. The research treatments included cadmium at three levels (0 (control), 10 and 20 mg/kg soil), biochar at two levels (0 and 5% of pot volume), and selenium at three levels (0, 5 and 10 mg/l). The results of the present study showed that cadmium stress, especially 20 mg/kg soil, significantly reduced the fresh and dry weight of shoots and roots, relative leaf water content, and chlorophyll content. On the other hand, cadmium stress caused a decrease in chlorophyll a compared to the control, while cadmium 10 and 20 mg/L caused a 7 and 29% decrease in chlorophyll a compared to the control, respectively. The overall results showed that the simultaneous application of 5% by volume biochar with 5-10 mg/l selenium was an important modifier of cadmium stress in summer savory.

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