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Comparative effect of NaCl and seawater on seed germination of Suaeda salsa and Atriplex centralasiatica

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Biosaline Agriculture and Salinity Tolerance in Plants

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Seed germination in annual halophytes usually occurs when soil salinity levels are low and soil moisture is relatively high [1]. Optimum germination of halophyte seeds is often obtained under freshwater and inhibited by increasing salinity concentrations [2–4], but the ability to germinate at higher salinities is varied with species, for example Salicornia herbacea germinated at 1,700 mM NaCl [5], Arthrocnemum macrostachyum can germinate at 1,000 mM NaCl solution with 10% germination percentage [6]. Some secreting halophytes could also germinate above seawater salinity [7–11]. Most secreting halophytes show germination at NaCl concentrations ranging from 0.34–0.52 M NaCl. Few of them have low salt tolerance during germination [12–14].

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  1. Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 286 Huaizhong Road, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050021, P.R. China

    Xiaojing Liu, Hailong Qiao & Weiqiang Li

  2. Department of Applied Biology and Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Bio-Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan

    Toshiaki Tadano

  3. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

    M. Ajmal Khan

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  1. Center for Environmental Studies, Science Faculty Building A-Blok, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir-Turkey

    Münir Öztürk

  2. Department of Plant Sciences, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Yoav Waisel

  3. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan

    M. Ajmal Khan

  4. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Mugla University, Mugla-Turkey

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Liu, X., Qiao, H., Li, W., Tadano, T., Khan, M.A. (2006). Comparative effect of NaCl and seawater on seed germination of Suaeda salsa and Atriplex centralasiatica . In: Öztürk, M., Waisel, Y., Khan, M.A., Görk, G. (eds) Biosaline Agriculture and Salinity Tolerance in Plants. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7610-4_5

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