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Amirikia F, Nabipour M, Farzaneh M. (2023). Effect of hydro and hormone priming with gibberellin on germination, seedlings emergence and some growth characters in two Alhagi species (Alhagi graecorum Khuzestan ecotype and Alhagi maurorum Esfahan ecotype) under saline conditions of using seawater of Persian Gulf. Iranian J. Seed Res.. 10(1), : 4 doi:10.61186/yujs.10.1.63
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Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz , m.nabipour@scu.ac.ir
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Introduction: The use of seed priming technology to accelerate the germination and seedling emergence of multi-purpose plants such as halophytes (Alhagi) with the ability to produce medicine and forage under environmental stress conditions or use of saline water (such as seawater of Persian Gulf) has received much attention today. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate seed priming methods and different salinity levels on germination, seedling emergence, and some growth responses of Alhagi plant.
Material and Methods: Two separate split-factorial experiments were conducted based on a randomized complete block design with four replications as a petri dish culture (first experiment) and a pot experiment in the field was performed in the Department of Plant Production and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University (Ahwaz, Iran) during 2020-21. In both experiments, different levels of salinity (municipal water source with EC=0.96 dS.m-1, 8 and 16 dS.m-1 using seawater of Persian Gulf) were assigned as the main plot, and different methods of seed priming (non-priming, hydro priming, hormonal priming with 50 ppm gibberellin and hydro priming+hormonal priming with 50 ppm gibberellin) and species (A. maurorum and A. graecorum) were assigned as sub-factors.
Results: The results showed the significance of salinity × species × priming interaction on all studied traits. According to the mean comparison results, the highest values of germination percentage, seed vigor index, seedling emergence, plant height, number of branches, total dry matter and stomatal conductance were obtained from a municipal water source with EC=0.96 dS.m-1 and hydro priming+hormonal priming with 50 ppm gibberellin for A. graecorum (29.1, 90.2, 24.0, 32.3, 52.5, 52.1 and 32.4% increase compared to non-priming and control salinity stress on this species, respectively). The output of the fitted logistic model to seedling emergence percentage showed that this model well explained the relationship between seedling emergence of two Alhagi species in responses to salinity and seed priming (R2 adj≥0.98 and RMSE≤3.38). Therefore, in both studied species, the decline in seedling emergence started from the 8 dS/m salinity level. However, at the 16 dS/m salinity level, the slope of increase in seedling emergence percentage was slower per time unit.
Conclusion: To cultivate and exploit the saline coastal lands and also to restore the pastures in the country, A. graecorum species under the combined treatment of hydro priming + hormonal priming with 50 ppm gibberellin are recommended in comparison with other treatment levels.
Highlights:
1- Germination and growth responses of two Iranian Alhagi species and the possibility of production by irrigation of seawater of Persian Gulf were investigated.
2- Seed priming technique was used to accelerate seedling emergence and improve some traits in two Alhagi species.
Introduction: The use of seed priming technology to accelerate the germination and seedling emergence of multi-purpose plants such as halophytes (Alhagi) with the ability to produce medicine and forage under environmental stress conditions or use of saline water (such as seawater of Persian Gulf) has received much attention today. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate seed priming methods and different salinity levels on germination, seedling emergence, and some growth responses of Alhagi plant.
Material and Methods: Two separate split-factorial experiments were conducted based on a randomized complete block design with four replications as a petri dish culture (first experiment) and a pot experiment in the field was performed in the Department of Plant Production and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University (Ahwaz, Iran) during 2020-21. In both experiments, different levels of salinity (municipal water source with EC=0.96 dS.m-1, 8 and 16 dS.m-1 using seawater of Persian Gulf) were assigned as the main plot, and different methods of seed priming (non-priming, hydro priming, hormonal priming with 50 ppm gibberellin and hydro priming+hormonal priming with 50 ppm gibberellin) and species (A. maurorum and A. graecorum) were assigned as sub-factors.
Results: The results showed the significance of salinity × species × priming interaction on all studied traits. According to the mean comparison results, the highest values of germination percentage, seed vigor index, seedling emergence, plant height, number of branches, total dry matter and stomatal conductance were obtained from a municipal water source with EC=0.96 dS.m-1 and hydro priming+hormonal priming with 50 ppm gibberellin for A. graecorum (29.1, 90.2, 24.0, 32.3, 52.5, 52.1 and 32.4% increase compared to non-priming and control salinity stress on this species, respectively). The output of the fitted logistic model to seedling emergence percentage showed that this model well explained the relationship between seedling emergence of two Alhagi species in responses to salinity and seed priming (R2 adj≥0.98 and RMSE≤3.38). Therefore, in both studied species, the decline in seedling emergence started from the 8 dS/m salinity level. However, at the 16 dS/m salinity level, the slope of increase in seedling emergence percentage was slower per time unit.
Conclusion: To cultivate and exploit the saline coastal lands and also to restore the pastures in the country, A. graecorum species under the combined treatment of hydro priming + hormonal priming with 50 ppm gibberellin are recommended in comparison with other treatment levels.
Highlights:
1- Germination and growth responses of two Iranian Alhagi species and the possibility of production by irrigation of seawater of Persian Gulf were investigated.
2- Seed priming technique was used to accelerate seedling emergence and improve some traits in two Alhagi species.
Article number: 4
Keywords: Halophyte plant, Hydro priming, Logistics function, Plant growth regulator, Seedling emergence
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Seed Ecology
Received: 2022/05/24 | Revised: 2024/02/21 | Accepted: 2022/11/5 | ePublished: 2023/11/26
Received: 2022/05/24 | Revised: 2024/02/21 | Accepted: 2022/11/5 | ePublished: 2023/11/26
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