Studies on seed germination and growth in weed species of rice field under salinity stress.

• Main Authors: Hakim, M. A., Juraimi, Abdul Shukor, Musa, Mohamed Hanafi, Selamat, Ahmad, Ismail, Mohd Razi, Rezaul Karim, S. M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Triveni Enterprises 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23821/1/Studies%20on%20seed%20germination%20and%20growth%20in%20weed%20species%20of%20rice%20field%20under%20salinity%20stress.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23821/

An investigation was made to see the salt tolerance of 10 weed species of rice. Properly dried and treated seeds of weed species were placed on 9 cm diameter petridishes lined with Whatman No. 1 filter paper under 6 salinity regimes, viz. 0 (control), 4, 8, 16, 24 and 32 dS m-1. The petri dishes w...