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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2000 | Volume: 3 | Issue: 9 | Page No.: 1459-1463
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2000.1459.1463
Combined Effects of Temperature and Salinity Stress on Corn CV. Sunahry
Mujeeb-ur- Rahman, S.A. Kayani and Shereen Gul

Abstract: Studies on the effects of salinity and temperature at germination and seedling growth stage of Corn cv. Sunahry were carried out. Water uptake by seeds was directly proportional to temperature and inversely to salinity stress. Decrease in temperature and increase in salinity, decreased and delayed the initiation of germination. Optimal temperature for germination and growth was 30°C. There was a direct relationship between growth and osmotic potential of the medium. Chloride type of salinity was more deleterious than sulphate, both at germination and growth stage. Above optimal temperature an interaction between temperature and salinity was observed.

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Mujeeb-ur- Rahman, S.A. Kayani and Shereen Gul, 2000. Combined Effects of Temperature and Salinity Stress on Corn CV. Sunahry. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 3: 1459-1463.

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