Salinity tolerance of dhaincha genotypes at seed germination and seedling growth

To evaluate the germination capability and seedling growth of dhaincha acces-sions under salt stress, the experiment was conducted at the Plant Physiology Laboratory of the Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural Univer-sity. The germination test was carried out in Pe...

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Main Author: A.K.M. Golam Sarwar
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Published: Society of Agriculture, Food and Environment (SAFE) 2020-09-01
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description To evaluate the germination capability and seedling growth of dhaincha acces-sions under salt stress, the experiment was conducted at the Plant Physiology Laboratory of the Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural Univer-sity. The germination test was carried out in Petri dishes following two factorial CRD with four replications. Twenty-five accessions of dhaincha and three salt levels viz., 0 (control), 6 and 12 dSm–1were used as experimental treatments. The germination percentage, plant height, fresh weight and biomass yield and different stress tolerance indices were recorded and/or calculated to screen the accessions for salt tolerance. Salinity adversely affects the germination behav-iour and seedling growth descriptors of dhaincha genotypes; the seed germina-tion was relatively less affected by salt concentrations compared to other growth descriptors. A significant variation among the dhaincha accessions in response to salt stress was also observed. Only germination test was not good enough to screen germplasms for salt tolerance; however, seedling growth especially plant height and biomass accumulation could be a reliable and efficient method for screening dhaincha germplasms for salt tolerance. Based on germination behav-iour and biomass yield, five accessions viz. #5, 7, 59, 82 and 85, were selected; these accessionscan be used for further breeding programmesand/or cultivation in coastal saline-prone areas with further investigation.
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spelling doaj-art-c20ffacac9c14c08bce3cf86c091e5272025-08-20T03:31:33ZengSociety of Agriculture, Food and Environment (SAFE)Journal of Agriculture, Food and Environment2708-56942020-09-01135357https://doi.org/10.47440/JAFE.2020.1308Salinity tolerance of dhaincha genotypes at seed germination and seedling growthA.K.M. Golam Sarwar0Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh.To evaluate the germination capability and seedling growth of dhaincha acces-sions under salt stress, the experiment was conducted at the Plant Physiology Laboratory of the Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural Univer-sity. The germination test was carried out in Petri dishes following two factorial CRD with four replications. Twenty-five accessions of dhaincha and three salt levels viz., 0 (control), 6 and 12 dSm–1were used as experimental treatments. The germination percentage, plant height, fresh weight and biomass yield and different stress tolerance indices were recorded and/or calculated to screen the accessions for salt tolerance. Salinity adversely affects the germination behav-iour and seedling growth descriptors of dhaincha genotypes; the seed germina-tion was relatively less affected by salt concentrations compared to other growth descriptors. A significant variation among the dhaincha accessions in response to salt stress was also observed. Only germination test was not good enough to screen germplasms for salt tolerance; however, seedling growth especially plant height and biomass accumulation could be a reliable and efficient method for screening dhaincha germplasms for salt tolerance. Based on germination behav-iour and biomass yield, five accessions viz. #5, 7, 59, 82 and 85, were selected; these accessionscan be used for further breeding programmesand/or cultivation in coastal saline-prone areas with further investigation.https://journal.safebd.org/index.php/jafe/article/view/24/22salinity toleranceseed germinationseed-ling descriptorsdhaincha
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Salinity tolerance of dhaincha genotypes at seed germination and seedling growth
Journal of Agriculture, Food and Environment
salinity tolerance
seed germination
seed-ling descriptors
dhaincha
title Salinity tolerance of dhaincha genotypes at seed germination and seedling growth
title_full Salinity tolerance of dhaincha genotypes at seed germination and seedling growth
title_fullStr Salinity tolerance of dhaincha genotypes at seed germination and seedling growth
title_full_unstemmed Salinity tolerance of dhaincha genotypes at seed germination and seedling growth
title_short Salinity tolerance of dhaincha genotypes at seed germination and seedling growth
title_sort salinity tolerance of dhaincha genotypes at seed germination and seedling growth
topic salinity tolerance
seed germination
seed-ling descriptors
dhaincha
url https://journal.safebd.org/index.php/jafe/article/view/24/22
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