Saint-Clair, P.M. (1976) Germination of sorghum bicolor under polyethylene glycol-induced stress. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 56 (1). pp. 21-24.
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Abstract
A germination study drawn from a research program on drought tolerance of grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) was conducted with seeds exposed to six concentrations of polyethylene glycol ranging from 0 to 12% in weight. Eleven cultivars of this crop — M35-1, CE-90, 69-4, NK300, G393, C-42Y, Meloland, RS610, NB9776K, X4027 and RS626 — were involved. The plant material was kept in the dark and at a temperature of 28 C during 18 h. Increasing the concentration of the chemical resulted in poorer germination along with marked differences among the cultivars. CE-90, 69-4, RS626, NK300 and C-42Y showed better germination performance at the highest stress level than the other cultivars
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Phytology, Faculty of Agriculture, Laval University, Quebec, Canada G1K 7P4 |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement > Genetics/Genomics Crop Improvement > Plant Breeding |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2012 10:24 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2012 10:27 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjps76-004 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/7616 |
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