NaCl salinity a deleterious factor for morphology and photosynthetic pigments attributes of maize (Zea mays L.)

Atif, M. and Saleem, A. and Rashid, N. and et al, . (2013) NaCl salinity a deleterious factor for morphology and photosynthetic pigments attributes of maize (Zea mays L.). World Journal of Agricultural Sciences , 9 (2). pp. 178-182.

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Abstract

NaCl salinity has deleterious effects on many food crops especially in morphology of the plants. For this purpose a research was conducted on maize (Zea mays L.) in the Department of Botany, University of Gujrat, Pakistan. There were three treatments 0, 50 and 100 mM of NaCl with four replicates. Experiment was laid down in CRD. After applying the treatments the responses against the NaCl treatments was studied. The morphological studied included root and shoot fresh weight root and shoot length and number of leaves and physiological parameters included chlorophyll a and b tests were observed. It was observed that with the increase in salinity levels plants growth was adversely affected which showed the maize was highly sensitive to salinity and increased level of salinity has lethal effects on it resulted reduction in chlorophyll contents

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	NaCl,Chlorophyll, Deleterious, Salinity, Morphology
Author Affiliation:	University of Gujrat (UOG), Gujrat, Pakistan
Subjects:	Plant Physiology and Biochemistry > Plant Physiology
Divisions:	Maize
Depositing User:	Mr T L Gautham
Date Deposited:	29 Mar 2014 09:59
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2014 09:59
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/12732

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