Chickpea is an important food legume crop of Turkey and is largely grown for human consumption on low moisture or salt-affected soils. The objective of the study was to find the effects of NaCl stress at electrical co...Chickpea is an important food legume crop of Turkey and is largely grown for human consumption on low moisture or salt-affected soils. The objective of the study was to find the effects of NaCl stress at electrical conductivities of 4.5, 8.6, 12.7 and 16.3 dS/m and seed sizes (7, 8 and 9 mm) on germination and early seedling growth of three popular chickpea cultivars (AKN-97, Gokce and Uzunlu-99). Mean frequency of germination, germination time, germination index, root length, shoot length and seedling fresh weight showed seed size-dependent responses ofcultivars to salt stress. In general, small seeds germinated and grew more rapidly compared to medium and large seeds of the same cultivars against all levels of salt stress, with the best results in cultivar Uzunlu-99. No effect of NaCl treatments was observed on frequency of germination; however, a drastic decrease in early seedling growth was recorded at increased NaC1 concentrations. Regression analysis results showed a significantly positive relationship (P〈0.01) between seed size and mean germination time, whereas a significantly negative relationship was recorded between seed size and germination index, root length, shoot length. Moreover, linear regression values apparently confirmed that increased seed size in each cultivar affected decreased germination index, root and shoot lengths with enhanced mean germination time. Thus, it was concluded that the use of small seeds could considerably reduce the production costs of chickpea in salt-affected soils.展开更多
In order to investigate the effect of priming on Chickpea seed performance under drought stress, a study was carried out at the Seed Research Laboratory of Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran. The experiment was a facto...In order to investigate the effect of priming on Chickpea seed performance under drought stress, a study was carried out at the Seed Research Laboratory of Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran. The experiment was a factorial with three factors arranged in a completely randomized design with four replications. The first factor was seed priming (control (untreated), HB-101 (Completely organic herbal extracts, derived from the bark of dark cones), KNO3 and distilled water), the second was drought stress levels (0.0, -0.3, -0.6, -0.9, -1.2 MPa) and the third was chickpea cultivars (Arman and Azar). Results indicated that for both cultivars germination percentage (GP), mean germination rate (MGR), radicle length (RL), plumule length (PL) and seedling dry weight (SDW) were reduced when drought stress level were increased from 0 to -!.2 Mpa, although, the cultivars showed different responses to the increased drought stress level. For all of the traits under study, the best results due to the priming treatments were obtained at the drought stress levels higher than -0.6 or -0.9 MPa. So that, at the -1.2 MPa of drought stress level, GP, MGR, and SDW were increased 53.75, 0.49, and 13.85, respectively by HB -101 when compared with control. However, seeds primed with HB-101 showed better performance than those primed with distilled water and KNO3. In general, this study revealed that seed priming especially with HB-101 improved chickpea seed performance under drought stress condition. However, the improvements were more obvious at the higher levels of drought stress.展开更多
文摘Chickpea is an important food legume crop of Turkey and is largely grown for human consumption on low moisture or salt-affected soils. The objective of the study was to find the effects of NaCl stress at electrical conductivities of 4.5, 8.6, 12.7 and 16.3 dS/m and seed sizes (7, 8 and 9 mm) on germination and early seedling growth of three popular chickpea cultivars (AKN-97, Gokce and Uzunlu-99). Mean frequency of germination, germination time, germination index, root length, shoot length and seedling fresh weight showed seed size-dependent responses ofcultivars to salt stress. In general, small seeds germinated and grew more rapidly compared to medium and large seeds of the same cultivars against all levels of salt stress, with the best results in cultivar Uzunlu-99. No effect of NaCl treatments was observed on frequency of germination; however, a drastic decrease in early seedling growth was recorded at increased NaC1 concentrations. Regression analysis results showed a significantly positive relationship (P〈0.01) between seed size and mean germination time, whereas a significantly negative relationship was recorded between seed size and germination index, root length, shoot length. Moreover, linear regression values apparently confirmed that increased seed size in each cultivar affected decreased germination index, root and shoot lengths with enhanced mean germination time. Thus, it was concluded that the use of small seeds could considerably reduce the production costs of chickpea in salt-affected soils.
文摘In order to investigate the effect of priming on Chickpea seed performance under drought stress, a study was carried out at the Seed Research Laboratory of Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran. The experiment was a factorial with three factors arranged in a completely randomized design with four replications. The first factor was seed priming (control (untreated), HB-101 (Completely organic herbal extracts, derived from the bark of dark cones), KNO3 and distilled water), the second was drought stress levels (0.0, -0.3, -0.6, -0.9, -1.2 MPa) and the third was chickpea cultivars (Arman and Azar). Results indicated that for both cultivars germination percentage (GP), mean germination rate (MGR), radicle length (RL), plumule length (PL) and seedling dry weight (SDW) were reduced when drought stress level were increased from 0 to -!.2 Mpa, although, the cultivars showed different responses to the increased drought stress level. For all of the traits under study, the best results due to the priming treatments were obtained at the drought stress levels higher than -0.6 or -0.9 MPa. So that, at the -1.2 MPa of drought stress level, GP, MGR, and SDW were increased 53.75, 0.49, and 13.85, respectively by HB -101 when compared with control. However, seeds primed with HB-101 showed better performance than those primed with distilled water and KNO3. In general, this study revealed that seed priming especially with HB-101 improved chickpea seed performance under drought stress condition. However, the improvements were more obvious at the higher levels of drought stress.