Effect of sodium nitroprusside pretreatment on germination improvement and early growth of black cumin (Nigella sativa) under salinity stress

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Plant Productions, Agricultural Faculty of Bardsir, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran

2 PhD graduated in Agriculture - Crop Physiology, Ilam University. Ilam. Iran

Abstract

To evaluate the effect of sodium nitroprusside on some physiological and germination indices of black cumin (Nigella sativa) under salinity stress, an experiment was conducted in a factorial arrangement based on completely randomized design with three replications at research laboratory of Agricultural Faculty, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman. Treatments included sodium nitroprusside at three levels (0, 50 and 100 μmol) as the first factor and three levels of salinity stress (0, 50 and 100 mmol) as the second factor. The results showed that increasing salinity stress caused the reduction of all traits of germination index (germination percentage and rate, seed vigor index, root and shoot length, fresh and dry weight of root, stem and seedling and leaf relative water content), while 100 μmol salinity level caused an increasing of 52.2% in proline content as compared to control. Application of sodium nitroprusside increased all traits (except proline, which had no significant effect on this trait). Seeds which were primed with 100 μmol sodium nitroprusside caused an increment of 54.2, 47.7, 63.6, 20.2 % in germination rate and percentage, seed vigor index and relative water content compared with non-treated seeds at the highest level of salinity stress, respectively. Finally, the application of this plant growth regulator in this experiment enhanced germination indices and relative water content of black cumin seedling.

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