ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Alleviating Effect of Bat Guano Against Negative
Response of Begonia semperflorens to Different
Saline Environments
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Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Forestry, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı, Turkey
Submission date: 2022-11-17
Final revision date: 2023-01-28
Acceptance date: 2023-03-04
Online publication date: 2023-04-18
Publication date: 2023-05-18
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Nuray Çiçek
Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Forestry, Çankırı Karatekin University, Turkey
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2023;32(3):2523-2529
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This study was conducted to reveal the effects of bat guano on the growth, quality, content
of photosynthetic pigments and nutrients of Begonia semperflorens L. under salt-free conditions,
to determine the effects of salt stress on the related species, and to figure out whether there
is an alleviating effect of bat guano on salt stress. For this purpose, 40 g (50 t ha-1) bat guano per
pot was used at various sodium chloride (NaCl) applications, including 0, 20, 40, 50, and 60 mM.
The experiment was conducted in plastic pots with a volume of 2 L containing the peat+perlite
mixture (3:1) by using a completely randomized experimental design with five replications. Bat guano
had effects on all studied traits at a 0.001 probability level without Chl a/b. This study revealed that
the contents of Chl a, Chl b, and the concentrations of all nutrients in leaves of B. semperflorens
highly decreased at 60 mM NaCl compared to control treatments. Bat guano treatment without NaCl
increased over 25% root fresh and dry weights. Bat guano was used to improve the effects of salt stress
on B. semperflorens.