AMELIORATING EFFECT OF TRIACONTANOL ON SALT-STRESSED ERYTHRINA-VARIEGATA SEEDLINGS - CHANGES IN GROWTH, BIOMASS, PIGMENTS AND SOLUTE ACCUMULATION

Authors
MUTHUCHELIAN K MURUGAN C HARIGOVINDAN R NEDUNCHEZHIAN N KULANDAIVELU G
Citation
K. Muthuchelian et al., AMELIORATING EFFECT OF TRIACONTANOL ON SALT-STRESSED ERYTHRINA-VARIEGATA SEEDLINGS - CHANGES IN GROWTH, BIOMASS, PIGMENTS AND SOLUTE ACCUMULATION, Biologia plantarum, 38(1), 1996, pp. 133-136
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Biologia plantarum → ACNP
ISSN journal
00063134
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
133 - 136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-3134(1996)38:1<133:AEOTOS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Erythrina variegata Lam. seedlings were grown under low (100 mM NaCl) and high (250 mM NaCl) salinity. Seedlings exposed to high salinity fo r 10 d showed significant reduction in growth rate and biomass product ion while the root/shoot ratio increased. In contrast to pigment and p rotein contents, starch and saccharide contents increased in salt stre ssed seedlings. When the seedlings were subsequently sprayed with tria contanol (l mg kg(-1)) the salinity effect was partially ameliorated a nd growth, biomass, chlorophyll and carotenoid contents increased.