Effects of Soil Salinity and Alkalinity on Mohpho-physiological Parameters of Pearl Millet
60 / 49
Authors
-
S C Gupta
Department of Plant Physiology SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner
-
P Lal
Department of Plant Physiology SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner
-
R N Muralia
Department of Plant Physiology SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner
-
Arvind Kumar
Department of Plant Physiology SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner
-
J P Srivastava
Department of Plant Physiology SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner
Abstract
A pot experiment was conducted in completely randomised design with two levels of salinity (ECe 3.7 and 10. 8 mmhos/cm) and two levels of alkalinity (SAR 14. 5 and 34. 5) in the soil to study their effect on morpho-physiological parameters of pearl millet cv BJ-104 and BK-56J during vegetative phase of growth. There was a general reduction in all the growth parameters under salinity-alkalinity stress. An increase in leaf proline content of BJ-104 was noted. There was no significant effect on mid-day stomatal behaviour of the plants. Both the genotypes were found susceptible to the combined stress due to salinity and alkalinity but exhibited moderate tolerance towards either salinity or alkalinity stress.Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
Downloads
Submitted
05-12-2016
Published
05-12-2016
Issue
Section
Articles
License
Copyright (c) 2016 Arid Zone Research Association of India
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
How to Cite
Gupta, S. C., Lal, P., Muralia, R. N., Kumar, A., & Srivastava, J. P. (2016). Effects of Soil Salinity and Alkalinity on Mohpho-physiological Parameters of Pearl Millet. Annals of Arid Zone, 26(1 & 2). https://doi.org/10.56093/aaz.v26i1 & 2.64186
