The impact of PEG-induced drought stress on seed germination and seedling growth of different bread wheat genotypes

• Main Authors: Mahpara, Shahzadi, Zainab, Aleena, Ullah, Rehmat, Kausar, Salma, Bilal, Muhammad, Latif, Muhammad Imran, Arif, Muhammad, Akhtar, Imran, Al-Hashimi, Abdulrahman, Elshikh, Mohamed Soliman, Zivcak, Marek, Tan, Ali Kee Zuan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95469/1/The%20impact%20of%20PEG-induced%20drought%20stress%20on%20seed%20germination%20and%20seedling%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95469/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262937

Wheat is an important crop, used as staple food in numerous countries around the world. However, wheat productivity is low in the developing world due to several biotic and abiotic stresses, particularly drought stress. Non-availability of drought-tolerant wheat genotypes at different growth stages...