Seed Priming to Overcome Salinity Stress in Persian Cultivars of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Authors

  • Ali SEPEHRI Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan (IR)
  • Saeed NAJARI Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan (IR)
  • Hossein Reza ROUHI Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan (IR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb719426

Keywords:

hydro-priming; salinity; varieties

Abstract

In order to investigate the effect of hydro-priming on seed germination with distilled water on germination of five Alfalfa cultivars under salinity stress, an experiment was conducted as a factorial experiment based on a completely randomized design with three replications. Seven levels of hydro-priming and salinity of NaCl including prime and non-salinity, prime and 50 mM salinity, prime and 100 mM salinity, prime and 150 mM salinity, prime and 200 mM salinity, prime and 250 mM salinity and without prime and salinity and five alfalfa varieties, including ‘Hamedani’, ‘Isfahani’, ‘Bami’, ‘Yazdi’ and ‘Ghareh Yonjeh’ were used. The results showed that the main effect of prime, salinity and cultivars and their interaction in all studied traits were significantly affected at the 5% probability level. Priming treatments in non-salinity of all cultivars were the highest. In all cultivars, final germination percentage, length and weight of radicle, plumule and seedling, germination rate and time, relative radicle elongation, vigor index and stress index, were significantly improved in response to priming in salinity levels of 50-200 mM, compared to control. Radicle produced higher length and weight than the plumule in hydro- priming and salinity treatments. ‘Hamedani’ cultivar in most of studied characteristics had a better response than others. The lowest response to salinity stress and priming was observed in ‘Yazdi’ cultivar.

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Published

2015-03-20

How to Cite

SEPEHRI, A., NAJARI, S., & ROUHI, H. R. (2015). Seed Priming to Overcome Salinity Stress in Persian Cultivars of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 7(1), 96–101. https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb719426

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DOI: 10.15835/nsb719426

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