The Effect of L-Tryptophan and Melatonin on Seed Germination of Some Cool Season Vegetable Species Under Salinity Stress
Abstract
This study was carried out with the objective to evaluate the effects of different concentrations of L-Tryptophan and Melatonin pretreatment on germination behavior of onion, leek, black carrot, and radish seeds exposed to saline stress. Seeds of samples were soaked for 24 hours in distilled water, 50,100, 150 ppm L-tryptophan, and 1.5, 3, and 4.5 µM melatonin solutions at 20° C in darkness. Seeds were placed in Petri dishes and watered to moisten the filter paper with different concentrations of NaCl (0, 150, 300 or 450 mM). The experiment was planned in a completely randomized design with four replications. Maximum germination percentage, germination index, time to complete 50% germination and mean germination time was measured at the end of the study. The results indicated that the effect of pre-treatment was significant on all studied traits in all species except for mean germination time for black carrot seeds. In addition, all germination parameters of seeds were delayed and decreased by salinity increasing from 0 mM to 450 mM NaCl. Overall, all doses of melatonin increased the maximum germination ratio and germination index values slightly under 300 mM NaCl stress conditions. In general, results which obtained from all doses of melatonin were close to each other, whereas increasing doses of L-tryptophan caused a negative effect in some cases.
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Primary Language
English
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Engineering
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Research Article
Authors
Fatih Hancı
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0000-0002-2015-0351
Türkiye
Publication Date
July 31, 2019
Submission Date
May 17, 2019
Acceptance Date
July 8, 2019
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Year 2019 Volume: 7 Number: 3
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