期刊
PLANTS-BASEL
卷 10, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants10102137
关键词
high-voltage electric discharge (HVED) pre-treatment; wheat; germination; drought; salinity
资金
- internal scientific project of the Faculty of Food Technology Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
- Croatian Science Foundation under the project The possibility of exploiting traditional apple cultivars for the production of apples and apple juice with the reduced patulin content [UIP-2020-02-8461]
The environmentally friendly and physical method of high voltage electrical discharge (HVED) was developed to enhance drought and salinity tolerance in wheat. HVED pretreatment resulted in altered seed surfaces and increased water uptake, leading to higher germination percentages and improved shoot and root growth under stress conditions. The study suggests that HVED has the potential to enhance wheat tolerance to drought and salinity stress.
The environmentally friendly, physical method of high voltage electrical discharge (HVED) was developed to improve the drought and salinity tolerance of two wheat genotypes. Unlike other plasma technologies, HVED treatment involves the discharge of electricity in water. In this study, the effect of HVED pretreatment on wheat germination and early vegetative growth under drought (0%, 15%, 20% and 30% PEG) and salinity (0, 90, 160 and 230 mM NaCl) stress conditions was investigated. HVED-exposed seeds showed altered seed surfaces and became more permeable to water uptake, resulting in higher germination percentages, germination index values, and shoot and root growth under the control and all drought and salinity concentrations. Moreover, the electrical conductivity of the water medium increased significantly, indicating HVED-induced reactions of ionization and dissociations of water molecules occurred. In addition, HVED pretreatment in the salt experiment improved the tolerance index values of the shoots and roots. The most pronounced genotypic variations occurred under the highest stress levels (30% PEG or 230 mM NaCl) and varied with the stress intensity and growth stage. The study results indicate that HVED pretreatment has the potential to improve drought and salt tolerance in wheat.
作者
我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。
推荐
暂无数据