Universal Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 5(4), pp. 235 - 249
DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2017.050405
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Screening of Salt Tolerance Capability of Wheat Genotypes under Salt Stress Condition

M. M. Hasan ¹, M. A. Baque ^1,*, M. A. Habib ¹, M. Yeasmin ¹, M. A. Hakim ^2
1 Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh
² Wheat Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Bangladesh

ABSTRACT

To screen salt tolerance wheat genotypes, germination and seedling growth characters were used as screening criteria. 33 wheat genotypes were tested under 5 different salt concentrations (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 dSm^-1) at central laboratory, Sher-e-bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, during February to March, 2016. The experiment was conducted with a complete randomize design (CRD) with 5 replications. The results of the experiment revealed that, various germination and seedling growth parameters of the wheat genotypes varied significantly under salt stress. A marked reduction of germination rate, shoot and root length, shoot and root dry weight, relative water content, water retention capacity and vigor index was observed with the increasing of salt concentration for most of the wheat genotypes except ESWYT-5, ESWYT-6 and BARI GOM 28. ESWYT-5, ESWYT-6 and BARI GOM 28 showed consistently better performance against salt stress and there were slow linear reduction was observed with the increasing of salt concentration from 0 to 20 dSm^-1. So considering the above fact, ESWYT-5, ESWYT-6 and BARI GOM 28 could be promising salt stress genotype against moderate saline condition.

KEYWORDS
Salinity Stress, Wheat Genotypes, Tolerant Genotype, Sensitive Genotypes

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] M. M. Hasan , M. A. Baque , M. A. Habib , M. Yeasmin , M. A. Hakim , "Screening of Salt Tolerance Capability of Wheat Genotypes under Salt Stress Condition," Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 235 - 249, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2017.050405.

(b). APA Format:
M. M. Hasan , M. A. Baque , M. A. Habib , M. Yeasmin , M. A. Hakim (2017). Screening of Salt Tolerance Capability of Wheat Genotypes under Salt Stress Condition. Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, 5(4), 235 - 249. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2017.050405.