Record Details

Influence of seed size and salt stress on seed germination and seedling growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Indian Agricultural Research Journals

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title Influence of seed size and salt stress on seed germination and seedling growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum)
 
Creator SHAHI, CHARU
VIBHUTI, VIBHUTI
BARGALI, KIRAN
BARGALI, S S
 
Subject Early seedling growth, Salinity stress, Seed germination, Seed size, Triticum aestivum
 
Description Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the second most important cereal crop in India after rice. In the present study, response of wheat variety PBW-154 against three size classes and six salinity levels was assessed at germination and early seedling stages. For this, seeds of wheat variety PBW 154 were categorized into three size classes (large, medium and small) and kept under six salinity levels ( 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 g/l NaCl). Salinity stress registered the highest detrimental effects on germination percentage of medium sized seed class (83.3%), whereas small size seed class (91.7 %) experienced least ill-effects on germination percentage. The shoot length, root length and total dry weight were significantly influenced by the salinity stress. The maximum shoot length (18 cm) and root length (15.7 cm) were measured for large seed size class at controlled conditions. In general, most of the measured traits showed a significant decline at higher salinity levels suggesting that the most stress tolerant and stress avoider seed size can be explored and economically implicated in farmers’ fields.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2015-09-08
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/51554
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 85, No 9 (2015)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/51554/21795
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2015 The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences