Improvement of growth parameters, flowering, and fruit of tomato under water deficit stress using seed pretreatment with salicylic acid

نویسندگان
Aghaei, Keyvan ID 1
Ghotbi, Ali Akbar ID 2
Shekari, Farid ID 3
Alimadad, Abdorahman ID 4

1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Zanjan, Iran

2 Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Iran

4 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Zanjan, Iran

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چکیده

Water deficit is one of the most important stresses that has limiting effects on growth and crop productivity. One of the best methods for facing drought is seed priming with optimal concentrations of plant growth regulators. Salicylic acid (SA) is an important signal molecule modulating plant response to stress, which ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Drought stress, Greening index, Growth factors, Priming, Seed germination