Plant, Soil and Environment, 2025 (vol. 71), issue 7

An overview and current progress of gibberellic acid-mediated abiotic stress alleviation in plantsReview

Md. Asif Mahamud, Shahin Imran, Newton Chandra Paul, Rakibul Hasan Md. Rabbi, Noushin Jahan, Prosenjit Sarker, Md. Najmol Hoque, Mousumi Jahan Sumi, Md. Asaduzzaman, Shams Ur Rehman, Marian Brestic, Viliam Bárek, Milan Skalicky, Akbar Hossain, Mohammad Saidur Rhaman

Plant Soil Environ., 2025, 71(7):453-479 | DOI: 10.17221/137/2025-PSE  

Abiotic stressors are the main barriers to successful crop production in this era. The balance of redox and metabolic activities in plants is negatively impacted by abiotic stresses, which ultimately limit the plants’ capacity to grow and develop. The phytohormones are tiny molecules that control how plants grow and develop, as well as how they react to alterations in their environment. Phytohormone, gibberellic acid (GA) has been proven in a number of recent research to increase plants’ ability to withstand abiotic stress. By regulating numerous physio-biochemical and molecular processes, GA plays a crucial part in reducing the perturbations...

Corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas L.) resistance to ALS inhibiting and 2,4-D herbicides in Moroccan and Tunisian rainfed wheat fieldsOriginal Paper

Zakia El-Mastouri, Pavlína Košnarová, Kateřina Hamouzová, Ezzedine Alimi, Josef Soukup

Plant Soil Environ., 2025, 71(7):480-486 | DOI: 10.17221/45/2025-PSE  

Corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas L.) is one of the most problematic weed species, mainly in rainfed Moroccan and Tunisian cereal crops. The overuse of acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibiting and/or auxinic herbicides led to the spread of corn poppies resistant to both chemical families in this region. In order to identify and understand the selection drivers of resistance, appropriate characterisation of the resistance profile is necessary. Two experiments were carried out: biological sensitivity tests with ALS inhibiting herbicides (tribenuron-methyl and florasulam) and auxinic herbicides (2,4-d) were carried out with populations sampled in the field where...

Innovative use of mine tailings as a soil amendment for growing Pisum sativum L.Original Paper

Mohammed Kharbouche, Khalid El Khalidi, Redouane Mghaiouini, Ahmed Aajjane, Bendahhou Zourarah

Plant Soil Environ., 2025, 71(7):487-499 | DOI: 10.17221/91/2025-PSE  

This study investigates the benefits of using mine tailings (MT) to improve pea (Pisum sativum L.) growth and productivity on degraded agricultural soils in semi-arid environments. The research aims to evaluate the use of MT as an innovative soil amendment and to determine the optimal dose required to enhance the micronutrient availability of Zn, Mn, Cu and Fe without affecting soil quality. The experiment was conducted in greenhouse pots with three different soil types amended with different MT doses (control and four doses). Soil samples were collected from the Doukkala region, one of the main agricultural areas in Morocco. Pea was grown in...

Effect of application of microbiological preparation and different nitrogen fertilisation on wheat yield elementsOriginal Paper

Suzana Kristek, Jurica Jović, Josipa Jantoš, Marina Martinović, Zdenko Lončarić

Plant Soil Environ., 2025, 71(7):500-508 | DOI: 10.17221/18/2025-PSE  

Two-year experiments were conducted on two different soil types during 2021/22 and 2022/23 to study the impact of microbiological preparations, Mycor-FAZOS and Vitality-FAZOS, on the yield and quality elements of winter wheat cultivar Maja (Agrigenetics). The experiment was set up in a split-block design with four repetitions across two soil types, with 12 different variants on each soil type. The base plot area was 40 m2, and the effective plot area was 27 m2. The research factors included: A (soil type): A1 – gley soil; A2 – eutric cambisol; B (disease control): B1 – control; B2 – chemical pesticides; B3 – biopreparates...

Optimising plastic-film mulching under drip irrigation to boost maize productivity through enhanced water and fertiliser efficiency in sub-humid regionsOriginal Paper

Xiaodong Bo, Fuqi Yao

Plant Soil Environ., 2025, 71(7):509-523 | DOI: 10.17221/213/2025-PSE  

Global food security is increasingly threatened by the vulnerability of agricultural systems to climate variability, especially in sub-humid regions. Northeast China, a major maize-producing region, experiences low spring temperatures and erratic rainfall, which have prompted the widespread adoption of plastic-film mulching (PFM) combined with drip irrigation. However, systematic evaluations of how different PFM patterns affect crop productivity and resource use efficiency remain limited. This study systematically evaluated three PFM strategies – full ridge-furrow mulching (FM), ridge mulching (RM), and no mulching (NM) – in combination...