Environmental maternal effects on drought and salinity tolerance of common plantain (Plantago major L.) at germination and seedling growth stage
Journal Title: Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES) - Year 2014, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Drought and salinity stresses are considered as limiting factors reducing crop production all over the world. In this experiment, resistance of common plantain to different level of drought and salt is screened at germination and seedling growth stages. To do this, an experiment with completely randomized factorial design, four replications in six salinity levels of Sodium Chloride (0, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 mM), and six level of drought with polyethylene glycol (0, -0.2, -0.4, -0.6 and -0.8 MPa) is performed in Research Laboratory of Agricultural University of Karaj. The results show that drought and salinity stresses leave adverse effects on the growth of the studied traits, i.e. germination rate, germination percentage, radicle length, and shoot length. The experiment shows that crops in Ahwaz are more resistant to drought and salinity stresses rather than Karaj’s crops. Therefore, it is detected that plant’s maternal environment significantly affect germination traits of the common plantain seeds which is needed to be considered in planning for common plantain growth control.
Authors and Affiliations
Solmaz Mardali Zakaria, Farid Golzardi, Saeed Vazan
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