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Salinity is one of the greatest challenges of successful agricultural production worldwide. However, seed priming might be efficient practice for enhancing seed germination and initial plant growth and development. This experiment was undertaken with the aim of assessing the impact of different priming methods on seed quality parameters and early growth of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) cultivars under salinity stress. Pea seeds of three different cultivars were primed with water (hydropriming), KNO3 solution (0.5%), and PEG 6000 solution (-0.5 MPa) for 24h in the dark. Unprimed and primed seeds were germinated between filter papers saturated with 120 mM NaCl using the germination test. The results clearly showed that the examined parameters of primed pea seeds were substantially greater than the parameters of unprimed seeds under saline stress. Moreover, seed priming with KNO3 and PEG solutions were more effective in improving seed quality and initial growth in garden peas than hydropriming.
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Salinity is one of the greatest challenges of successful agricultural production worldwide. However, seed priming might be efficient practice for enhancing seed germination and initial plant growth and development. This experiment was undertaken with the aim of assessing the impact of different priming methods on seed quality parameters and early growth of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) cultivars under salinity stress. Pea seeds of three different cultivars were primed with water (hydropriming), KNO3 solution (0.5%), and PEG 6000 solution (-0.5 MPa) for 24h in the dark. Unprimed and primed seeds were germinated between filter papers saturated with 120 mM NaCl using the germination test. The results clearly showed that the examined parameters of primed pea seeds were substantially greater than the parameters of unprimed seeds under saline stress. Moreover, seed priming with KNO3 and PEG solutions were more effective in improving seed quality and initial growth in garden peas than hydropriming.

Alleviation of Salinity Stress in Garden PEA Using Hydro- and Osmopriming

Contemporary Agriculture

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Salinity is one of the greatest challenges of successful agricultural production worldwide. However, seed priming might be efficient practice for enhancing...

Alleviation of Salinity Stress in Garden PEA Using Hydro- and Osmopriming

Published Online: Nov 16, 2023

Page range: 122 - 129

Received: Feb 23, 2023

Accepted: Jul 05, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/contagri-2023-0015

Keywords
salinity, Pisum sativum L., seed priming, seed germination, seedling growth

© 2023 Gordana Tamindžić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Alleviation of Salinity Stress in Garden PEA Using Hydro- and Osmopriming

Published Online: Nov 16, 2023

Page range: 122 - 129

Received: Feb 23, 2023

Accepted: Jul 05, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/contagri-2023-0015

Keywordssalinity, Pisum sativum L., seed priming, seed germination, seedling growth

© 2023 Gordana Tamindžić et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
salinity, Pisum sativum L., seed priming, seed germination, seedling growth