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In vitro screening for salt stress tolerance of certain citrus rootstocks through the exposure of their roots

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Horticulture Sciences

Abstract

Salt stress is the most important abiotic stress limiting crop yield globally, and breeders are encouraged to test novel genotypes for resistance to this selection agent. However, getting a sufficient number of plants for the evaluation can be a lengthy and time-consuming procedure that might be shortened by applying in vitro techniques. An experiment was conducted under controlled saline circumstances using a tissue culture technique to investigate the influence of salt on several physic-biochemical parameters. Micro-shoots of Volkamariana lemon, sour orange, trifoliate orange, and Cleopatra mandarin rootstocks were re-cultured on MS media supplemented with NaCl from 25, up to 150 mM. Following the experiments, all of the tested rootstocks' morphological and biochemical characteristics, stomata behavior, and element accumulation were measured. As a result, adding NaCl from 25 to 150 mM to MS media caused a reduction in All morphogenetic parameters were measured and compared to the control, including shoot number, shoot length, leaf number, and survival percentage. Photosynthesis pigment, RWC, K, and Ca ions were decreased by increasing NaCl from 100 to 150 mM. On the contrary, proline, Cl, and Na were increased. Cleopatra mandarin and Trifoliate orange are more tolerant to salt stress than Volkamariana lemon and sour orange citrus.

DOI

10.21608/ajar.2024.238727.1276

Keywords

citrus, rootstocks, Tissue, culture

Authors

First Name

Gamal

Last Name

Abdrabboh

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

agri.dean@azhar.edu.eg

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First Name

Hosny

Last Name

Shehata

MiddleName

Fathy

Affiliation

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

hosny_fathy86@azhar.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Amer

Last Name

Abd

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

fathyhosny25@yahoo.com

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Volume

48

Article Issue

3

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46331

Issue Date

2023-10-01

Receive Date

2023-09-24

Publish Date

2023-10-01

Page Start

34

Page End

50

Print ISSN

1110-1563

Online ISSN

2786-0051

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https://ajar.journals.ekb.eg/article_340576.html

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340,576

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Original Article

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929

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Journal

Publication Title

Al-Azhar Journal of Agricultural Research

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https://ajar.journals.ekb.eg/

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In vitro screening for salt stress tolerance of certain citrus rootstocks through the exposure of their roots

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Created At

24 Dec 2024