Macro-Mineral Uptake, Relative Water Content, Retention Capability, and Tolerance Index of Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) under Salinity Stress at Early Seedling
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Design
2.2. Germination Tests
2.3. Determination of Tolerance Indices
2.4. Chemical Analyses
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics | Salinity Level (mM NaCl) | ||||||
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0 | 50 | 100 | 150 | 200 | Mean | LSD0.01 | |
Germination rate (%) | 95.00 bc | 96.66 b | 100.00 a | 93.33 c | 96.66 b | 96.33 | 2.97 |
Mean germination time (day) | 2.00 b | 1.92 c | 1.98 bc | 2.04 ab | 2.07 a | 2.00 | 0.07 |
Shoot length (cm) | 5.56 a | 4.34 b | 4.08 b | 3.26 c | 1.94 d | 3.84 | 0.39 |
Root length (cm) | 4.24 a | 3.03 b | 1.75 c | 0.81 d | 0.65 d | 2.10 | 0.17 |
Root fresh weight (mg) | 54.94 a | 44.46 b | 39.93 b | 28.03 c | 14.67 d | 30.34 | 5.39 |
Root dry weight (mg) | 3.14 a | 2.49 b | 3.03 a | 2.93 a | 1.77 c | 2.67 | 0.31 |
Shoot fresh weight (mg) | 283.93 a | 217.71 d | 265.07 b | 240.13 c | 177.15 e | 236.80 | 14.03 |
Shoot dry weight (mg) | 20.47 b | 21.13 b | 25.80 a | 23.67 ab | 25.37 a | 23.29 | 3.48 |
Retention Capability of Shoot (RCS) (mg) | 12.90 a | 9.42 b | 9.30 b | 9.15 b | 6.02 c | 9.36 | 1.76 |
Relative Water Content (RWC) (%) | 92.79 a | 90.30 b | 90.25 b | 90.14 b | 85.61 c | 89.82 | 2.02 |
Tolerance Index (TI) | 100.00 c | 103.65 bc | 126.41 a | 115.91 abc | 124.15 ab | 114.02 | 20.72 |
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Demiroğlu Topçu, G.; Tenikecier, H.S.; Ateş, E. Macro-Mineral Uptake, Relative Water Content, Retention Capability, and Tolerance Index of Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) under Salinity Stress at Early Seedling. Agronomy 2024, 14, 823. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14040823
Demiroğlu Topçu G, Tenikecier HS, Ateş E. Macro-Mineral Uptake, Relative Water Content, Retention Capability, and Tolerance Index of Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) under Salinity Stress at Early Seedling. Agronomy. 2024; 14(4):823. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14040823
Chicago/Turabian StyleDemiroğlu Topçu, Gülcan, Hazım Serkan Tenikecier, and Ertan Ateş. 2024. "Macro-Mineral Uptake, Relative Water Content, Retention Capability, and Tolerance Index of Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) under Salinity Stress at Early Seedling" Agronomy 14, no. 4: 823. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14040823