Inducing salt stress tolerance in bitter gourd (Momordica chanrantia) through seed treatment with chitosan

Inducing salt stress tolerance in bitter gourd (Momordica chanrantia) through seed treatment with chitosan

BackgroundBitter gourd requires well-drained sandy to sandy loam soils for optimum growth, development, and germination, while its growth is retarded in extreme saline conditions. It is very sensitive to salinity stress, which imposes devastating limits on its productivity. Thus, the impact of soil...

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Main Authors: Ahsan Ali, Fiaz Hussain Ferdosi, Mubeen Sarwar, Sumreen Anjum, Zain Mushtaq, Mehwish Liaquat, Muhammad Taqqi Abbas, Moazzam Anees, Muhammad Rizwan Tariq, M. Irfan Ashraf, Abdulrahman Alasmari, Md Sabir Ahmed Mondol, Gholamreza Abdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
salt stress
chitosan
yield attributes
bitter gourd
seed treatment
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2024.1525561/full
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