How Biojodis and Cyanobacteria Alleviate the Negative Influence of Predicted Environmental Constraints on Growth and Physiological Activity of Corn Plants

摘要

Information concerning corn plant development within predicted environmental constraints and the possibility of alleviating their negative influence by ecological compounds is limited. Thus the aim of our research was to evaluate the physiological activity, growth, and development of corn plants under the expected climate-change conditions and treated with Biojodis (certificated extract of humus and active iodine; Jodavita, Lithuania) and Cyanobacteria (a mixture of monocultures of Microcystis aeruginosa MKR 0105 and Anabaena sp. PCC 7120). 'Cyrkon' corn plants (Zea mays L.) were cultivated in several simulated predicted climate conditions, including constant or periodically changing temperature and soil moisture content. During the vegetative season they were treated at three-week intervals using Biojodis at concentrations of 1.0, 2.0, or 3.0%, and Cyanobacteria, and then assessed using growth and physiological parameters.