Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Selenium and Biochar on Photosynthetic Pigments and Antioxidant Enzyme Activity Under Arsenic Stress in Mung Bean (Vigna radiata)

Environmental perturbations alter biochemical compounds in food crops. Arsenic (As), a toxic metalloid, is known to affect the cultivation of food crops in many regions of the world; however, the changes in chlorophyll, catalase and proline in response to As stress and the role of stress relief substances remain largely unknown in mung bean (Vigna radiate L.). In this study, bio chars (BC), arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and selenium (Se) were applied to the soils as stress relief substances under 30 mg kg-1 As stress and the effects of BC, AMF and Se on chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll, catalase activity and proline content were studied in different mung bean genotypes. Under As stress, the chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b…