Amelioration of the physio-biochemical responses to salinity stress and computing the primary germination index components in cauliflower on seed priming

The significant horticultural crop, cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis) is vulnerable to the excessive salt concentration in the soil, which contributes to its scaled-down growth and productivity, among other indices. The current study examines the efficacy of hydropriming, halopriming,...

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Published in:Heliyon 2023-03, Vol.9 (3), p.e14403-e14403, Article e14403
Main Authors: Gour, Tripti, Sharma, Anukriti, Lal, Ratan, Heikrujam, Monika, Gupta, Anshul, Agarwal, Lokesh Kumar, Chetri, Siva P.K., Kumar, Rajesh, Sharma, Kuldeep
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Language:English
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Brassica oleraceaL. var. botrytis
Germination emergence
Priming agents
Salt stress responses
Seed priming
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Summary:The significant horticultural crop, cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis) is vulnerable to the excessive salt concentration in the soil, which contributes to its scaled-down growth and productivity, among other indices. The current study examines the efficacy of hydropriming, halopriming, and osmopriming on the physio-biochemical attributes and tolerance to salinity (100 mM NaCl) in cauliflower under controlled conditions. The results showed that the salinity (100 mM NaCl) has significant deleterious impacts on cauliflower seed germination, seedling growth, and photosynthetic attributes, and provoked the production of reactive oxygen species. In contrast, different priming approaches proved beneficial in mitigating the negative effects of salinity and boosted the germination, vigor indices, seedling growth, and physio-biochemical attributes like photosynthetic pigments, protein, and proline content while suppressing oxidative damage and MDA content in cauliflower seedlings in treatment- and dose-dependent manner. PCA revealed 61% (PC1) and 15% (PC2) of the total variance with substantial positive relationships and high loading conditions on all germination attributes on PC1 with greater PC1 scores for PEG treatments showing the increased germination indices in PEG-treated seeds among all the priming treatments tested. All 13 distinct priming treatments tried clustered into three groups as per Ward's approach of systematic categorization, clustering the third group showing relatively poor germination performances. Most germination traits exhibited statistically significant associations at the p 
ISSN:2405-8440
2405-8440
DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14403