Priming and drought stress memory: Adaptive bet-hedging strategy of pea (Pisum sativum) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum) seeds

In agriculture, interference between environmental constraints and plant life processes is a determining factor of crop productivity. Conservation of adapted phytogenetic resources is a tool to preserve biodiversity and ensure food security. The present experiment was conducted during 2022 and 2023...

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Main Authors: FAHIMA NABI, HAMIDA SADJI-AIT KACI, CHAKER HADDADJ ASSIA, CHEBAANI MERIEM
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Published: Indian Council of Agricultural Research 2025-06-01
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HAMIDA SADJI-AIT KACI
CHAKER HADDADJ ASSIA
CHEBAANI MERIEM
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description In agriculture, interference between environmental constraints and plant life processes is a determining factor of crop productivity. Conservation of adapted phytogenetic resources is a tool to preserve biodiversity and ensure food security. The present experiment was conducted during 2022 and 2023 at Yahia Fares University of Medea, Algeria to study the response strategy of two indigenous legumes, pea (Pisum sativum L.) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes to drought stress explored at seeds emergence and seedlings establishment stages. The experiment was laid out in a factorial completely ramdomized design (F-CRD). The seeds of both species were primed with different H2O2 concentrations (0, 2, 5, 10 and 12 mM) and germinated under water stress (5%, 10%, 15% of PEG) along with unprimed control (0%) using distilled water. Drought stress had significantly reduced germination in pea seeds than chickpea seeds. Primed chickpea showed high germination rates (+ 85%) at (15% of PEG), speed germination (SG) and seedling vigour (SVI) (+38%) and (+ 40%), respectively at (10% of PEG) compared to pea seeds. Maximum growth parameters: radical length, hypocotyls length, epicotyls length and whole plant increased about 38%, 30%, 50% and 10% respectively for pea seedlings grown under all treatments. Fresh and dry weights were significantly improved in pea plants than chickpea. Statistical analysis indicated significant differences in the combined impacts of the studied species, the primer concentrations and the drought stress intensity at P<0.05, P<0.01 and P<0.001. Our findings are beneficial to understanding the response mechanisms to drought stress for breeding programme of grain legumes.
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spelling doaj-art-dbe71da4f7f845ee8f1326a5ce67785b2025-08-20T02:56:39ZengIndian Council of Agricultural ResearchThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences0019-50222394-33192025-06-0195610.56093/ijas.v95i7.161347Priming and drought stress memory: Adaptive bet-hedging strategy of pea (Pisum sativum) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum) seedsFAHIMA NABI0HAMIDA SADJI-AIT KACI1CHAKER HADDADJ ASSIA2CHEBAANI MERIEM3Yahia Fares Medea University, Ouzera 26100, Medea 26100, AlgeriaHouari Boumediene University, Algiers, AlgeriaHouari Boumediene University, Algiers, AlgeriaHigher Normal School of Kouba, Echeikh Mohamed Elbachir Elibrahimi, Vieux- Koub, Algeirs, Algeria In agriculture, interference between environmental constraints and plant life processes is a determining factor of crop productivity. Conservation of adapted phytogenetic resources is a tool to preserve biodiversity and ensure food security. The present experiment was conducted during 2022 and 2023 at Yahia Fares University of Medea, Algeria to study the response strategy of two indigenous legumes, pea (Pisum sativum L.) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes to drought stress explored at seeds emergence and seedlings establishment stages. The experiment was laid out in a factorial completely ramdomized design (F-CRD). The seeds of both species were primed with different H2O2 concentrations (0, 2, 5, 10 and 12 mM) and germinated under water stress (5%, 10%, 15% of PEG) along with unprimed control (0%) using distilled water. Drought stress had significantly reduced germination in pea seeds than chickpea seeds. Primed chickpea showed high germination rates (+ 85%) at (15% of PEG), speed germination (SG) and seedling vigour (SVI) (+38%) and (+ 40%), respectively at (10% of PEG) compared to pea seeds. Maximum growth parameters: radical length, hypocotyls length, epicotyls length and whole plant increased about 38%, 30%, 50% and 10% respectively for pea seedlings grown under all treatments. Fresh and dry weights were significantly improved in pea plants than chickpea. Statistical analysis indicated significant differences in the combined impacts of the studied species, the primer concentrations and the drought stress intensity at P<0.05, P<0.01 and P<0.001. Our findings are beneficial to understanding the response mechanisms to drought stress for breeding programme of grain legumes. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/161347Chickpea, H2O2, Pea, Stress memory, Tolerance, Water stress
spellingShingle FAHIMA NABI
HAMIDA SADJI-AIT KACI
CHAKER HADDADJ ASSIA
CHEBAANI MERIEM
Priming and drought stress memory: Adaptive bet-hedging strategy of pea (Pisum sativum) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum) seeds
The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Chickpea, H2O2, Pea, Stress memory, Tolerance, Water stress
title Priming and drought stress memory: Adaptive bet-hedging strategy of pea (Pisum sativum) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum) seeds
title_full Priming and drought stress memory: Adaptive bet-hedging strategy of pea (Pisum sativum) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum) seeds
title_fullStr Priming and drought stress memory: Adaptive bet-hedging strategy of pea (Pisum sativum) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum) seeds
title_full_unstemmed Priming and drought stress memory: Adaptive bet-hedging strategy of pea (Pisum sativum) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum) seeds
title_short Priming and drought stress memory: Adaptive bet-hedging strategy of pea (Pisum sativum) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum) seeds
title_sort priming and drought stress memory adaptive bet hedging strategy of pea pisum sativum and chickpea cicer arietinum seeds
topic Chickpea, H2O2, Pea, Stress memory, Tolerance, Water stress
url https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/161347
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