Salt stress affects germination and seedling establishment in different wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties

Authors

  • Hina Nazeer Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan(AWKUM)
  • Mamoona Rauf Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan(AWKUM)
  • Humaira Gul Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan(AWKUM)
  • Tabassum Yaseen Department of Botany, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, Pakistan
  • Adnan Ali Shah Department of Botany, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Khushnood Ur Rehman Department of Botany, Islamia College Peshawar, Pakistan

Keywords:

Germination, Relative water contents, Seedling growth, Stress tolerance index, Vigor index, Wheat

Abstract

Salt stress is a very important factor worldwide as it reduces the agricultural production of many crops.
This project was aimed to determine the effect of salt stress on the process of germination and seedling establishment
of six Triticum aestivum varieties (Fakhr e Sarhad, Insaf, Lalma, Tatora, Bathoor, and Barsat). Five seeds of six
Triticum aestivum cultivars were placed in each Petri-plate. Seeds were treated with different concentrations (0, 50
mM, and 150 mM) of NaCl. After 8 days, the experiment was terminated and germination percentage, seedling
length, seedlings biomass were recorded, while relative water content (RWC), vigor index (VI), root shoot ratio
(RSR), stem weight ratio (SWR), root weight ratio (RWR), and stress tolerance index of different parameters were
calculated. Analyzing results, it was observed that salt stress damage plant at observed stages in the form of the

Downloads

Published

2023-06-05

How to Cite

Nazeer, H., Rauf, M., Gul, H., Yaseen, T., Shah, A. A., & Khushnood Ur Rehman. (2023). Salt stress affects germination and seedling establishment in different wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties. Journal of Pure and Applied Agriculture, 5(4). Retrieved from https://ojs.aiou.edu.pk/index.php/jpaa/article/view/1141

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 4 (2020): Journal of Pure and Applied Agriculture

Section

Articles

License

All articles published by JPAA are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License . This permits anyone to copy, redistribute, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited as specified by the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Most read articles by the same author(s)