BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 1B

Effect of salt stress on germination and seedling growth of jute (Corchorus olitorius)

  • Author:
  • M. Ramesh Naik, Amarpreet Singh, D.K Kundu, Mukesh Kumar, D. Barman, R. T. Maruthi
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 166 to 167

*Crop Improvement Division, Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibre, Barrackpore, Kolkata-700 120

Crop Production Division, Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibre, Barrackpore, Kolkata-700 120

Online published on 17 March, 2015.

Abstract

Adverse effect of salinity increased with salt concentration, and seed germination was completely inhibited at 300 mM NaCI. The study revealed that varieties JRO-632 and JRO-128 showed relatively higher salt tolerance, while variety JRO-204 was most susceptible to salinity.

Keywords

Jute, Salinity, Sodium Chloride (NaCI)