Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Associate Professor, Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Gonabad, Gonabad, Iran.
2 Ph.D. student of Plants Physiology, Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
3 Professor, Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
10.22092/ijsst.2025.364584.1512
Abstract
In order to evaluate the effect of different amounts of salinity stress and the types of priming on germination characteristics and seedling growth of curly dock, a factorial experiment based on CRD design with three replications was conducted in 2023 year, at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. The experimental factors included four levels of salinity stress (3, 6, 9 and 12 dS.m-1) and control (without salinity stress) and priming of different materials such as Nanopriming of SiO2, hormopriming of salicylic acid, halopriming of KNO3 and hydropriming (control). The results showed that the highest germination percentage obtained in treatments of non-salinity and priming of SiO2 (94%) and salicylic acid (92.33%) and the lowest germination percentage belonged to the treatment of 12 dS.m-1 salinity stress and hydropriming (20.66%). The use of seed halopriming with KNO3 in salinity stress of 6 dS.m-1 led to the occurrence of the highest synchronization index (1.81) and in all of studied primings, the application of high salinity levels had negative effects on seedling vigor 2. The highest allometric coefficient (1.56) observed in treatment of nanopriming of SiO2 under conditions of non-salinity. In salinity level of 12 dS.m-1, hormopriming salicylic acid increased dry weight of radicle and plumule by 87 and 92% compared to control, respectively. Seed priming for 24 hours in the hormontal solution of salicylic acid led to the reduction of the negative effects of the highest level of salinity stress (salinity of 12 dS.m-1) on total biomass.
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