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Chitosan Seed Priming Improves the Yield and the Root System of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.)
Short Title: Chitosan Impact on Yield of Faba Bean

Author(s)

Vahideh Rabani and Hamed Cheatsazan

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DOI:10.17265/2161-6264/2021.02.001

Affiliation(s)

Department of R&D, Amiroy, Arc-lès-Gray 70100, France

ABSTRACT

Faba bean is an important legume crop with food and feed applications. Since 2015, the culture of faba bean has decreased in France. Poor yield caused by climate change is proposed as one of the main reasons. Chitosan is a promising biopolymer with empirically proved impact on germination and disease tolerance of faba bean. However, the impact of chitosan seed priming on germination and yield of this plant is not experimentally studied. We followed chitosan primed faba bean seeds, from sowing until maturation, using germination, fruit and grain parameters. We observed that chitosan seed priming ameliorated several yield related traits. Germination rate, length of radicle and seedling, radicle dry matter, number of pods/plants, number of grains/pods were increased in chitosan primed faba beans. Total grain mass/plant increased up to 47% in treated plants. The probable underlying mechanisms, namely, root enhancement nitrogen metabolism, and elicitation of immune system are discussed. We conclude that, chitosan seed priming with compatible commercial preparations could be a potential solution to recompensate the loss of yield under variable climate conditions.

KEYWORDS

Faba bean, chitosan, seed priming, germination, yield.

Cite this paper

Rabani, V., and Cheatsazan, H. 2021. "Chitosan Seed Priming Improves the Yield and the Root System of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Short Title: Chitosan Impact on Yield of Faba Bean." Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B 11 (2021) :53-60.

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