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Salt Stress on the Photosynthetic Pigment Content Cowpea<br />

Inoculated With Rhizobia<br />

Ronaldo do Nascimento 1* , Jailma R. de Andrade 2 , Francisco V. da Silva 3 , Aryadne<br />

Ellen V. de Alencar 4 , Daniele F. de Melo 4 , José Wilson Barbosa 2<br />

1 Teacher Associate <strong>of</strong> Academic Unit <strong>of</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, CTRN / UFCG, Av Aprígio<br />

Veloso, 882, University District, Campina Grande, Paraíba, 58429-140, Brazil.<br />

2 Graduate in <strong>Agricultural</strong> Sciences, Ms in <strong>Agricultural</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, Academic Unit <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Agricultural</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, CTRN / UFCG.<br />

3 Agronomist Engineer, PhD, Academic Unit <strong>of</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, CTRN / UFCG.<br />

4 Graduate in <strong>Agricultural</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, Academic Unit <strong>of</strong> <strong>Agricultural</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, CTRN / UFCG.<br />

*Corresponding author. E-mail: ronaldo@deag.ufcg.edu.br<br />

Abstract<br />

Soil salinity is an abiotic factor that can affect the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis, decreasing<br />

nodulation and consequently the fixation <strong>of</strong> atmospheric nitrogen. This can negatively<br />

influence the synthesis <strong>of</strong> chlorophyll and photosynthesis, a decrease in the growth and crop<br />

productivity. In the Northeast region <strong>of</strong> Brazil, cowpea, legume species capable <strong>of</strong> fixing<br />

atmospheric nitrogen through symbiosis with bacteria called rhizobial, is important for the<br />

subsistence families, because they are considered more resistant to adverse conditions the<br />

middle. This region has raised the problem <strong>of</strong> soil salinity due to the use <strong>of</strong> low water quality<br />

and intense evaporation. The objective <strong>of</strong> this study was to evaluate the effect <strong>of</strong> salt stress<br />

on the accumulation <strong>of</strong> photosynthetic pigments in differents cultivars <strong>of</strong> cowpea inoculated<br />

with rhizobium strain BR-3267, developed especially in Brazil for symbiosis with this legume.<br />

The study was performed using polyethylene pots containing Neolithic Eutrophic Regosols.<br />

We used a completely randomized design in a 4x5 factorial (salinity x genotype), with four<br />

repetitions. Treatments consisted <strong>of</strong> four levels <strong>of</strong> salinity <strong>of</strong> irrigation water (1,5; 3,0; 4,5 e 6,0<br />

dSm -1 ) and genotypes were used MNCO1-649F-1-3, BRS-Juruá, MNCO2-675F-4-9,<br />

MNCO3-736F-7 and MNCO2-684F-5-6. Evaluations were performed at 40 days after<br />

emergence (DAE), when samples were collected from leaf tissue <strong>of</strong> plants, brought to<br />

Irrigation and Salinity Laboratory (LIS) <strong>of</strong> the Center for Technology and Natural Resources<br />

(CTRN), Federal University <strong>of</strong> Campina Grande (UFCG), processed and determined the<br />

levels <strong>of</strong> chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophylls and carotenoids, and the relationship<br />

<strong>of</strong> chlorophyll a/b and total chlorophyll/carotenoids. Analysis <strong>of</strong> variance showed that there<br />

were significant for salinity levels on all variables. Regression analysis showed linear or<br />

quadratic response to the negative content <strong>of</strong> total chlorophylls and carotenoids,<br />

respectively. Regarding the contents <strong>of</strong> chlorophylls a and b, there was a negative linear<br />

response. The content <strong>of</strong> photosynthetic pigments were generally adversely affected by<br />

salinity levels <strong>of</strong> irrigation water, showing a sensitivity <strong>of</strong> the symbiosis to salt stress, which is<br />

reflected in the production <strong>of</strong> leaf pigments responsible for capturing light and CO 2 for<br />

photosynthesis.<br />

Keywords: salinity, chlorophyll, photosynthesis, cowpea, rhizobia.<br />

1. Introduction<br />

The irrigation is one <strong>of</strong> the technologies applied in agriculture that has most contributed to<br />

the increase in food production. Nevertheless this practice should therefore be used<br />

rationally, because the climate conditions <strong>of</strong> the Northeast (high temperature, low<br />

precipitation and the high salt contents in water used for irrigation), have been causing<br />

problem salinization in soils. The increasing need to enhance the food production, has<br />

increased significantly to expand <strong>of</strong> the cultivated areas but that search not take into account

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