Abstract:Salt stress is a condition that causes physiological changes in several species, the identifying cultivars tolerant to such conditions is essential to high salinity environments. The objective was to evaluate the physiological quality of seeds of chickpea cultivars to salt stress during germination and seedling growth. Two cultivars (‘BRS Cícero’ and ‘BRS Aleppo’) and five osmotic potentials simulated with sodium chloride solutions (0.0; -0.2; -0.4; -0.6 and -0.8 MPa), were evaluated by the test of germination… Show more
“…Salt stress is likely to prolong the germination process by increasing the seed moisture imbibition phase, reducing the osmotic potential, delaying the mobilization of germination-related enzymes, limiting cell division and elongation process of seedling growth (Marques et al, 2011). Similar results were obtained by Shanko et al (2017), Pimenta et al (2021), Nejadhabibvash and Rezaee (2021), Nguyen et al (2022).…”
Background: The cool-season grain legume chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) crop is sensitive to salt stress. Especially, NaCl salt inhibits both the rate and extent of seed germination and plant establishment. Methods: The 20 Desi chickpea genotypes were investigated under different levels of NaCl salt stress (0, 4, 6, 8, and 10 dS/m) at the seedling stage with three replications during Rabi 2020-21. Observations were recorded at 15 and 30 DAS (Days after sowing) for seedling growth, vigor, and physiological performance. Result: The seedling length (cm), fresh weight (g), and relative water content (RWC%) exhibited decreasing trends and reversibly increasing trends by the relative stress injury (RSI%) with increasing NaCl salinity levels. The values of the length of coleoptile and radicle (cm) at control to 10 dS/m ranged from 15.9-8.6 cm and 29.6-18.3 cm, respectively at 15 DAS and from 20.5-12.8 cm and 30.3-18.3 cm, respectively at 30 DAS. The chickpea genotypes identified as the source of salinity tolerance were HC5, HC3, HC1, H12-22, H14-14, and H03-56 as they maintained higher growth, water status, and fewer membrane injuries at the seedling stage, recognized as screening tools under salt stress which could be used to enhance/develop a new salt-tolerant variety in chickpea breeding programme.
“…Salt stress is likely to prolong the germination process by increasing the seed moisture imbibition phase, reducing the osmotic potential, delaying the mobilization of germination-related enzymes, limiting cell division and elongation process of seedling growth (Marques et al, 2011). Similar results were obtained by Shanko et al (2017), Pimenta et al (2021), Nejadhabibvash and Rezaee (2021), Nguyen et al (2022).…”
Background: The cool-season grain legume chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) crop is sensitive to salt stress. Especially, NaCl salt inhibits both the rate and extent of seed germination and plant establishment. Methods: The 20 Desi chickpea genotypes were investigated under different levels of NaCl salt stress (0, 4, 6, 8, and 10 dS/m) at the seedling stage with three replications during Rabi 2020-21. Observations were recorded at 15 and 30 DAS (Days after sowing) for seedling growth, vigor, and physiological performance. Result: The seedling length (cm), fresh weight (g), and relative water content (RWC%) exhibited decreasing trends and reversibly increasing trends by the relative stress injury (RSI%) with increasing NaCl salinity levels. The values of the length of coleoptile and radicle (cm) at control to 10 dS/m ranged from 15.9-8.6 cm and 29.6-18.3 cm, respectively at 15 DAS and from 20.5-12.8 cm and 30.3-18.3 cm, respectively at 30 DAS. The chickpea genotypes identified as the source of salinity tolerance were HC5, HC3, HC1, H12-22, H14-14, and H03-56 as they maintained higher growth, water status, and fewer membrane injuries at the seedling stage, recognized as screening tools under salt stress which could be used to enhance/develop a new salt-tolerant variety in chickpea breeding programme.
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