English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Free Plan

The cowpea bean contributes to human and animal feed in many regions of the world, especially in places where droughts restrict agricultural production. The aim of this study was to identify some physiological and biochemical responses of this species under drought stress conditions in the reproductive phase. We used a completely randomized design with a 2x6 factorial arrangement (2 soil moisture levels and 6 genotypes) and three replicates. The grain yield/plant, number of pods/plant, number of seeds/pod and pod length were analyzed, and the relative yield reduction and drought susceptibility index were estimated. The gas exchange and activity of the catalase and ascorbate peroxidase enzymes, as well as the contents of chlorophyll, carotenoids, free protein, and proline, were analyzed. The drought stress caused a decrease in the grain yield/ plant of 57.72%, the number of pods/plant of 49.40% and the number of seeds/pod of 32.07%. At 17 days of drought, the photosynthesis began showing values near zero when the soil moisture content was reduced by about 40% of the field capacity, which could have been caused by stomatal limitations and possibly by biochemical limitations. The ratio of chlorophyll a/chlorophyll b (Chla/Chlb) was significantly lower and the malonaldehyde content was significantly higher in the plants under water stress.

Respuestas fisiológicas y bioquímicas del fríjol caupí (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) bajo déficit hídrico