Vegetative salt tolerance of barnyard grass mutants selected for salt tolerant germination

被引:10
作者
Abogadallah, Gaber M. [1 ]
Quick, W. Paul [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sheffield, Dept Anim & Plant Sci, Sheffield S10 2TN, S Yorkshire, England
关键词
Echinochloa crusgalli mutagenesis; Salt tolerance; Germination; Vegetative growth; HORDEUM-VULGARE L; SEED-GERMINATION; SODIUM-TRANSPORT; OSMOTIC-STRESS; SALINITY; BARLEY; PLANTS; ARABIDOPSIS; TOMATO; GROWTH;
D O I
10.1007/s11738-009-0296-1
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Improving salt tolerance of economically important plants is imperative to cope with the increasing soil salinity in many parts of the world. Mutation breeding has been widely used to improve plant performance under salinity stress. In this study, we have mutagenized Echinochloa crusgalli L. with sodium azide and three selected mutants (designated fows A) with salt tolerant germination. Their vegetative growth was compared to that of the wild type after short-term and long-term salt stress. The germination of the three fows A mutants in the presence of inhibitory concentrations of NaCl, KCL, and mannitol was better than that of the wild type. Early growth of the mutants in the presence of 200 mM NaCl was also better than that of the wild type perhaps due to improved K(+) uptake and enhanced accumulation of sugars particularly sucrose at least in two mutants. But the three mutants and the wild type responded similarly to long-term salt stress. The tolerance mechanisms during short-term and long-term salt stress are discussed.
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页码:815 / 824
页数:10
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