Journal of Plant Biochemistry & Physiology
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Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey

Biography

Dr. Mehmet Akgun is a research assistant and completed his Ph.D. at Ordu University as a faculty of Agriculture, Ordu, Turkey. His study interests are major in Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Soil Fertility, Plant Nutrition, Fertilizers, Crop Production, Organic Farming, Organic Agriculture, Soil Analysis, Nutrient Management. He has published nearly about 17 articles in many journals and the articles are informative and got good citations. He had worked on 1 project on “Effect of colemanite boron fertilization on hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) yield and nutrient concentration of leaf” which is much informative and interesting.

Publications

• Research   
  Simultaneous Treatment of Different Gibberellic Acid Doses Induces Ion Accumulation and Response Mechanisms to Salt Damage in Maize Roots
  Author(s): Burcu Seckin Dinler*, Hatice Cetinkaya, Mehmet Akgun and Kursat Korkmaz
  
  The present study was aimed to find out the changes in plant responses to salinity with GA3 treatments. With this aim, combinations effects of salinity (350 mM NaCl) and three different doses of gibberellic acid (100, 300 and 500 ppm) on physiological and biochemical analysis of maize (Zea mays L.) roots were studied in soil experiment. The obtained results showed that treatment of GA3 (300-500 ppm) caused a reduction in salt-induced damage, improvement in biomass yield, regulation in water status, increasing proline level, reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging capacity, induction of SOD (36.6% at 500 ppm), CAT (28.5% at 500 ppm), APX (3.18 and 3.26 fold at 100 ppm and 500 ppm), GST (2.83 and 2.59 at 100 ppm and 500 ppm) enzyme activities, while POX activity was decreased only at GA3 (31.3% at 500 ppm), and thus alleviation of the oxidative damage. The results indicated that the sa.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9029.21.9.258

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