Seed Priming with Sorghum Water Extract Improves the Performance of Camelina ( Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz.) under Salt Stress

Seed priming with sorghum water extract (SWE) enhances crop tolerance to salinity stress; however, the application of SWE under salinity for camelina crop has not been documented so far. This study evaluated the potential role of seed priming with SWE in improving salt stress tolerance in camelina....

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Published inPlants (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 4; p. 749
Main Authors Huang, Ping, He, Lili, Abbas, Adeel, Hussain, Sadam, Hussain, Saddam, Du, Daolin, Hafeez, Muhammad Bilal, Balooch, Sidra, Zahra, Noreen, Ren, Xiaolong, Rafiq, Muhammad, Saqib, Muhammad
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 12.04.2021
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Summary:Seed priming with sorghum water extract (SWE) enhances crop tolerance to salinity stress; however, the application of SWE under salinity for camelina crop has not been documented so far. This study evaluated the potential role of seed priming with SWE in improving salt stress tolerance in camelina. Primed (with 5% SWE and distilled water-hydropriming) and nonprimed seeds were sown under control (no salt) and salt stress (10 dS m ) conditions. Salinity reduced camelina's emergence and growth, while seed priming with SWE improved growth under control and stress conditions. Under salt stress, seed priming with SWE enhanced emergence percentage (96.98%), increased root length (82%), shoot length (32%), root dry weight (75%), shoot dry weight (33%), α-amylase activity (66.43%), chlorophyll content (60-92%), antioxidant enzymes activity (38-171%) and shoot K ion (60%) compared with nontreated plants. Similarly, under stress conditions, hydrogen peroxide, malondialdehyde (MDA) content, and shoot Na ion were reduced by 60, 31, and 40% by seed priming with SWE, respectively, over the nonprimed seeds. Therefore, seed priming with SWE may be used to enhance the tolerance against salt stress in camelina.
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ISSN:2223-7747
2223-7747
DOI:10.3390/plants10040749