Seed Priming Boost Adaptation in Pea Plants under Drought Stress.

In the present investigation, we study the effect of MH161336 (10 CFU/cm), silicon (25 mL L), and carrot extract (75 mL L) as seed primers, individually or in combination, on morphological, physio-biochemical and yield components of drought-stressed pea plants (Master B) during 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons. Our results indicated that drought causes a remarkable reduction in plant height, leaf area, number of leaves per plant, and number of flowers per plant in stressed pea plants during two seasons. Likewise, number of pods, pod length, seeds weight of 10 dried plants, and dry weight of 100 seeds were decreased significantly in drought-stressed pea plants.