Acta Agronomica Hungarica
Volume/Issue:
Volume 60: Issue 4
Alleviation of salt stress using gibberellic acid in Chinese cabbage
Authors:
M. Jamil Kohat University of Science and Technology (Kust) Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Kohat Pakistan

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M. Ashraf University of Agriculture Department of Botany Faisalabad Pakistan

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E. Rha Sunchon National University Department of Well-Being Resources Suncheon Republic of Korea

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Pages:
345–355
Online Publication Date:
18 Dec 2012
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2012
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/AAgr.60.2012.4.5
Keywords:
abiotic stress; cell membrane injury; B. oleracea capitata L.; GA3; germination; seed priming; salt stress
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Salinity reduces plant growth and yield by affecting morphological and physiological processes. To alleviate the harmful effects of salt stress various approaches involving plant hormones are used. In this study several parameters involving the measurement of cell membrane injury were used to observe whether stress tolerance could be enhanced in Chinese cabbage (B. oleracea capitata L. Chinensis group) by soaking the seeds for 10 h in distilled water (control), or in 100, 150 or 200 mg l−1 gibberellic acid (GA3). The NaCl concentrations were 0 (control), 50, 100 and 150 mM. Seed treated with GA3 showed increased water uptake and decreased electrolyte leakage as compared to that of distilled water-primed seeds even 24 h after soaking under control conditions. Seed priming with GA3 increased the final germination and the germination rate (1/t50, where t50 is the time to 50% germination) under salt stress conditions. Seed priming also alleviated the harmful effect of salt stress on cabbage in terms of fresh and dry weights. Leaf area was higher in plants raised from seeds primed with the higher GA3 concentrations as compared with those raised from seeds treated with distilled water under control conditions (without NaCl) or at 50 mM NaCl stress. The chlorophyll content increased with the NaCl concentration, especially in plants grown from seeds primed with GA3. Plants grown from GA3-primed seeds also suffered lower cellular injury both under control conditions and under NaCl stress.

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