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PEERJ
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PEERJ INC
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15968
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Elymus nutans; Drought stress; Salt stress; Seedling growth
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This experiment studied the effects of PEG-6000 simulated drought stress and NaCl simulated salinization stress on the germination of E. nutans seeds, and explored the growth of forage seedlings from sowing to 28 days under drought and salinization stress conditions. Results showed that E. nutans was more severely affected by drought stress during both the seed germination and seedling growth stages compared to salinization stress. E. nutans exhibited better salt tolerance than drought resistance.
Drought and soil salinization are global environmental issues, and Elymus nutans play an important role in vegetation restoration in arid and saline environments due to their excellent stress resistance. In the process of vegetation restoration, the stage from germination to seedling growth of forage is crucial. This experiment studied the effects of PEG-6000 simulated drought stress and NaCl simulated salinization stress on the germination of E. nutans seeds, and explored the growth of forage seedlings from sowing to 28 days under drought and salinization stress conditions. The results showed that under the same environmental water potential, there were significant differences in responses of seed germination, seedling growth, organic carbon, total nitrogen and total phosphorus of above-ground and underground parts of E. nutans to drought stress and salinization stress. Using the membership function method to comprehensively evaluate the seed germination and seedling indicators of E. nutans, it was found that under the same environmental water potential, E. nutans was more severely affected by drought stress during both the seed germination and seedling growth stages. E. nutans showed better salt tolerance than drought resistance.
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