{"title":"Growth and Stomatal Responses of Bread Wheat Genotypes in Tolerance to Salt Stress","authors":"Afrasyab Rahnama, Kazem Poustini, Reza Tavakkol-Afshari, Afshin Tavakoli","volume":47,"journal":"International Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering","pagesStart":787,"pagesEnd":793,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/11905","abstract":"
Plant growth is affected by the osmotic stress as well as toxicity of salt in leaves. In order to study of salt stress effects on stomatal conductance and growth rate and relationship between them as wells osmotic and Na+-specific effects on these traits, four bread wheat genotypes differing in salt tolerance were selected. Salinity was applied when the leaf 4 was fully expanded. Sodium (Na+) concentrations in flag leaf blade at 3 salinity levels (0, 100 and 200 mM NaCl) were measured. Salt-tolerant genotypes showed higher stomatal conductance and growth rate compared to salt-sensitive ones. After 10 and 20 days exposure to salt, stomatal conductance and relative growth rate were reduced, but the reduction was greater in sensitive genotypes. Growth rate was reduced severely in the first period (1-10 days) of salt commencements and it was due to osmotic effect of salt not Na+ toxicity. In the second period (11-20 days) after salt treatment growth reduced only when salt accumulated to toxic concentrations in the leaves. A positive relationship between stomatal conductance and relative growth rate showed that stomatal conductance can be a reliable indicator of growth rate, and finally can be considered as a sensitive indicator of the osmotic stress. It seems 20 days after salinity, the major effect of salt, especially at low to moderate salinity levels on growth properties was due to the osmotic effect of salt, not to Na+-specific effects within the plant.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] James, R. A., Caemmerer, S. V., Condon, A. G., Zwart, A. B., Munns, R,\r\n2008: Genetic variation in tolerance to the osmotic stress component of\r\nsalinity stress in durum wheat. Functional Plant Biology 35, 111-123.\r\n[2] Munns, R., 2002: Comparative physiology of salt and water stress. Plant\r\nCell and Environment 25, 239-250.\r\n[3] Munns, R., and M. 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