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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2001 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 175-177
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2001.175.177
Effect of Salt Stress on the Performance of Six Soybean Genotypes
Talib A. Essa and Dawood H. Al-Ani

Abstract: The effect of salinity on growth and chlorophyll content of six soybean genotypes was investigated. Plants were grown in nutrient solution in a greenhouse experiment to determine the effect of salinity on growth and Chl. a and b content of soybean leaves. Salinity was induced by natural drainage water of salted field to the nutrient solution. Electrical conductivities of the nutrient solution were 2,4,6,8,and l0 ds/m. Salinity induced marked decrease in plant growth and chlorophyll content of soybean genotypes. Increasing salinity level to l0 ds/m decreased plant height, shoot and root dry weight, and Chlorophyll a and Chlorophyll b contents. Soybean genotypes responded differently to increasing salt concentrations. There was a consistent in the percentages reduction of shoot dry weight and Chorophyll a and Chlorophyll b contents. It seems that Lee, Coniquitt and Clark 36k are more tolerant than other genotypes. Chlorophyll a and b content of soybean leaves with or without shoot dry weight can be use as a parameter in screening for salt tolerant in soybeans.

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Talib A. Essa and Dawood H. Al-Ani, 2001. Effect of Salt Stress on the Performance of Six Soybean Genotypes. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 4: 175-177.

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