Effects of seed priming with ascorbic acid to mitigate salinity stress on three wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars.

In this study, the effect of seed priming using ascorbic acid (ASA) on three commercial wheat cultivars i.e., Punjab-2011, Faisalabad-2008, and Ujala-2016 under salinity stress in both homogenous heterogeneous environments has been investigated. It revealed that different levels have significantly reduced growth attributes like percent germination, germination index, radical & plumule length, vigor index (In-vitro), seedling fresh dry weight, total chlorophyll content (In-vivo) with subsequent treatments. Salinity was induced by NaCl concentrations (100, 150, 200 mM). Seeds primed 50, 100, 150 mg/L ascorbic-acids not only improved but also considerably time increased (GI) indicating potential for tolerating saline conditions. Seedling (seedling Fresh weight) seeds higher than other non-primed prevailing Hormonal effective, nevertheless, best results were obtained 100 concentrations. We concluded delay mainly due to excessive Na+ accumulation cultivars. On hand, various proved be effective inducing salt tolerance terms parameters, characteristics, retention local