Effects of salinity,drought, and priming treatments on seed germination and growth parameters of Lathyrus sativus L. |
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Authors: | Somayeh Gheidary Davoud Akhzari |
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Institution: | Department of Watershed and Rangeland Management, Malayer University, Malayer, Iran |
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Abstract: | Germination of plants is one of the most important stages during their growth, which is often influenced by environmental stresses, especially drought and salinity. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of salinity and drought on seed germination and growth of Lathyrus sativus. The experiment was laid out in a completely randomized design with factorial arrangement in four replications. Salinity treatments were 0, 2, and 4 dS/m and drought treatments included 0, 0.4, 0.8, and 1.2 MPa. Salinity and drought treatments were prepared by using sodium chloride and polyethylene glycol 6000, respectively. The results showed that salinity and drought stresses decreased germination percentage, and root and radicle length. |
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Keywords: | drought stress radicle length salinity stress seed priming stem length |
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