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Efficacy of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Induced Drought on Germination Indices and Photosynthetic Pigments of Sweet Corn Var. NSC-901B


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Germination of seed is considered as the first and most fundamental stage of a plant life cycle so that, the achievement in growth and yield production also depends on this stage. Drought stress is one of the most important environmental factors that limit the growth, development and production of plants. The influence of drought stress (0, -.6, -1.2 and -1.8 bar) by polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000 on seed germination indices and photosynthetic pigments in sweet corn was examined under laboratory conditions with triplicates. Results indicated that drought stress significantly reduced germination per cent (76%), radicle length (71%), plumule length (65%), radicle fresh weight (76%), plumule fresh weight (68%), radicle dry weight (78%), plumule dry weight (56%), chlorophyll a (67%), chlorophyll b (75%), total chlorophyll (69%) and carotenoids (72%). Overall, drought stress had a negative effect on all the parameters.

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Drought Stress, PEG, Photosynthetic Pigments, Seed Germination, Seedling Growth.
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Authors

Suhana Rao
Department of Botany, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (Haryana), India
Rameshwar Groach
Department of Botany, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (Haryana), India
Sombir Singh
Department of Botany, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (Haryana), India
Narender Singh
Department of Botany, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (Haryana), India

Abstract


Germination of seed is considered as the first and most fundamental stage of a plant life cycle so that, the achievement in growth and yield production also depends on this stage. Drought stress is one of the most important environmental factors that limit the growth, development and production of plants. The influence of drought stress (0, -.6, -1.2 and -1.8 bar) by polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000 on seed germination indices and photosynthetic pigments in sweet corn was examined under laboratory conditions with triplicates. Results indicated that drought stress significantly reduced germination per cent (76%), radicle length (71%), plumule length (65%), radicle fresh weight (76%), plumule fresh weight (68%), radicle dry weight (78%), plumule dry weight (56%), chlorophyll a (67%), chlorophyll b (75%), total chlorophyll (69%) and carotenoids (72%). Overall, drought stress had a negative effect on all the parameters.

Keywords


Drought Stress, PEG, Photosynthetic Pigments, Seed Germination, Seedling Growth.

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