Plant growth promoters mediated quality and yield attributes of milk thistle (Silybum marianum L.) ecotypes under salinity stress

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 23200
• Main Authors: Zahra, Noreen, Wahid, Abdul, Hafeez, Muhammad Bilal, Alyemeni, Mohammed Nasser, Shah, Tariq, Ahmad, Parvaiz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.12.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/449/2661; 631/449/2661/1797; Ascorbic acid; Ascorbic Acid - metabolism; Climatic conditions; Color; Ecotype; Ecotypes; Epidermis; Germination; Humanities and Social Sciences; Integument; Medicinal plants; Metabolites; multidisciplinary; Parenchyma; Pericarp; Plant extracts; Plant growth; Plant Growth Regulators - metabolism; Plants, Medicinal - growth & development; Plants, Medicinal - physiology; Promoters; Salinity; Salinity effects; Salt Stress; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Secondary metabolites; Silybum; Silybum marianum; Silybum marianum - growth & development; Silybum marianum - physiology; Silymarin; Soil - chemistry

Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn (Astraceae) is a well-reputed medicinal plant mostly utilized for silymarin (Sily) content and oil production, however, the information about Sily contents in achene part is still fragmented under different climatic conditions. In this study four milk thistle ecotypes fr...