Influence of Salt Stress on Seed Germination and Agro-morphological Traits in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Background: The experiment was conducted at the Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, An-Najah National University, Palestine under growth chamber greenhouse conditions. Methods: To study effect NaCl on germination, fifty seeds in each treatment for cultivar were germinated a filter paper petri dishes moistened with different concentration levels (0.0, 50 100 mM ). plant productivity, 2 per variety grown 10 liter pots filled peat moss-sand. Pots irrigated levels. Result: tested Chickpea cultivars showed tolerance response to stress reduced final germination percentage (FGP) index (GI). highest height obtained by Einalbeda (38.63 cm) control group, while lowest one found Arij (28.25 NaCl. did not affect root/shoot ratio all genotypes. Reduction fresh weight ranged between 25.6 74.2%