Physiological Response of Cowpea Seeds to Salinity Stress1
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PE Brasil. Bolsista PIBIC/FACEPE/CNPq. Email: [email protected] 4 UNEB/ Depto de Tecnologia e Ciências Sociais, Av. Edgard Chastinet s/n. Bairro São Geraldo 48900-000 Juazeiro, BABrasil. Email: [email protected] ABSTRACTThis work aimed to evoluate physiological response of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) seeds submitted to salt stress. Seeds of cultivars ‘Epace-10’; ‘Canapu’ and ‘Pitiúba’ of cowpea, were submitted to germination test in germinator at 250C, in “germitest” papers imbibed in distilled water or in 0, 10, 50, 100 and 200mol m-3 NaCl solutions. At the first and second counting of the germination test, normal seedlings were accounted, weighted and dried, obtaining data for vigor, total germination, fresh matter weight and dry matter weight. The seedlings hypocotyls, root and total length were measured total proteins content in cotyledons were obtained from germinating seeds. The presence of salt at concentrations higher than 50mol m-3 NaCl affect the germination, seedlings growth and cotyledons total protein synthesis of all cowpea cultivars. The seeds of cultivar pitiúba were is more tolerant to salinity, than the cultivars Canapu and Epace-10.
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