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Vegetative growth performance of five medicinal plants under NaCl salt stress

Abstract

Seeds of Lepidium sativum L., Linum usitatissimum L., Nigella sativa L., Plantago ovata Forssk, and Trigonella foenum-graecum L. were grown in pots containing loamy soil with 0.21(Control) 5.0, 7.5, 10.0, 12.5, or 15.0 dS/m concentration of NaCl to see their salinity tolerance. Various concentrations of salt had a highly significant effect upon the survival %age, plant height, number of branches, shoot fresh and dry weight, root fresh and dry weight and root moisture contents. Number of leaves also varied significantly. However, leaf length and shoot moisture contents exhibited non-significant differences. Differences among the test species for all the parameters under consideration were also highly significant. The findings suggest that the test species are tolerant to moderate salinity i.e., 7.5 dS/m and might be tried on saline soils to obtain some biomass. (author)
Authors:
Muhammad, Z; Hussain, F [1] 
  1. University of Peshawar (Pakistan). Dept. of Botany
Publication Date:
Feb 15, 2010
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Pakistan Journal of Botany; Journal Volume: 42; Journal Issue: 1
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; CULTIVATION; MEDICINAL PLANTS; PLANT GROWTH; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDES; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; CHLORIDES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GROWTH; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS
OSTI ID:
21346828
Country of Origin:
Pakistan
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0556-3321; TRN: PK1000235077879
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 303-316
Announcement Date:
Oct 28, 2010

Citation Formats

Muhammad, Z, and Hussain, F. Vegetative growth performance of five medicinal plants under NaCl salt stress. Pakistan: N. p., 2010. Web.
Muhammad, Z, & Hussain, F. Vegetative growth performance of five medicinal plants under NaCl salt stress. Pakistan.
Muhammad, Z, and Hussain, F. 2010. "Vegetative growth performance of five medicinal plants under NaCl salt stress." Pakistan.
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