Effect of Salinity Stress on Germination, Seedling Growth, Mineral Uptake and Chlorophyll Contents of Three Cucurbitaceae Species

• Published in: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology Vol. 65
• Main Authors: Naseer, Muhammad Noman, Rahman, Faiz Ur, Hussain, Zahoor, Khan, Irshad Ahmad, Aslam, Muhammad Muzammal, Aslam, Ali, Waheed, Hasnain, Khan, Asad Ullah, Iqbal, Shahid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Chloride; Cucurbits; Salt stress; Sodium

Abstract This study was performed to screen out the various species of ‘Cucurbitaceae’ family, musk melon (Kalash and Durga), bottle gourd (Crystal Long and Nuefield) and squash (Green Round, and Squash Malika) against the salt stress. All genotypes were treated with five different levels of NaCl (T...