Zaheer Ahmed
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, PakistanPublications
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Research Article
Screening of wheat genotypes and TaSTG gene expression under variable salinity levels
Author(s): Iqra Aslam*, Muhammad Kashif, Zaheer Ahmed and Nisar Ahmed
The present study screened one hundred wheat genotypes at the seedling stage under different salinity levels (0, 5, 10, and 15 dS/m NaCl) under laboratory conditions to assess the effects of salinity. The assessment of wheat germplasm for traits such as root length, shoot length, fresh shoot weight, dry shoot weight, fresh root length, and dry root weight revealed substantial variation in salinity tolerance at the seedling stage. The seedling experiment demonstrated that variation in salinity tolerance exists in wheat at the seedling stage and that improvement in salinity tolerance is possible through selection and subsequent hybridization. The experiment was repeated twice under the same laboratory conditions to assess the reproducibility of the results. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed, based on which Durum wheat (TOB-66) and Bread wheat (Blue Silver) were identified.. Read More»
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23081141