Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Wheat (Triticumaestivum L.) is a primary staple food crop that supports more than a third of the world's population and is Asia's main staple food. Abiotic stressors have an impact on wheat production all over the world. A hydroponic research was carried out to investigate the effects of various salinity levels. i.e 1.5, 5, 10 and 15 ds/m on 10 different cultivars of wheat (Aas-11, Gold-16, Johar-16, 1711, 1712, 1713, 1718, 1725, 1754 and V-4) during 2018 and 2019. The data regarding the effect of salinity on Plant shoot & Root length, Plant shoot & Root Fresh and dry weights and No. of tillers were recorded. Withevery increase in salinity level, decline in all growth parameters was observed.The number of tillers, shoot length and root length decreased with the increase in EC in all the tested strains/varieties. An overall decrease in total biomass by observed by wheat cultivars. The wheat cultivar 1713 showed tallest shoots while wheat cultivar 1712 has lowest length of shoot. Overall, Aas-11 performed better than all the cultivars tested.
Author: Abid Ali
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4312658608