In Vitro Seed Culture as Simple and Rapid Method for Screening Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cultivars Tolerance to Water Stress

Hasanein S. Oleiwi* Muslim A. Abdulhussein** Maher H. Salman *

Authors

  • حسنين سليم عليوي
  • مسلم عبد علي عبد الحسين Dep. of Horticulture. Faculty of Agriculture. University of Kufa
  • ماهر حميد سلمان Dep. of Field Crops . Faculty of Agriculture. University of Qasim green

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59658/jkas.v4i1.77

Abstract

    This study was performed to study the Effects of in vitro water stress on some growth characters of  two rice( Amber33 and Mishkhab2) cultivars. A mature seeds of two rice cultivars( Amber 33 and Mishkhab2) were cultured on Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with with 3 different Polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG) concentrations (0, 1,2and 3%) for 14 and 21 days to study the effect of water stress on seedling length , root length , fresh weight and dry weight . Results showed that addition of PEG resulted in decreasing means of all studied characters with the increasing of PEG concentration in MS medium. A significant difference recorded between cultivars; Amber33 produced the highest seedling length, fresh and dry weight, root number and root length compared with Mishkhab2.

Keywords : Water stress, Rice, in vitro seed culture, PEG

*Part of M.Sc. thesis of the first author

Published

03/01/2017

How to Cite

سليم عليوي ح., عبد علي عبد الحسين م., & حميد سلمان م. (2017). In Vitro Seed Culture as Simple and Rapid Method for Screening Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cultivars Tolerance to Water Stress: Hasanein S. Oleiwi* Muslim A. Abdulhussein** Maher H. Salman *. Journal of Kerbala for Agricultural Sciences, 4(1), 27–39. https://doi.org/10.59658/jkas.v4i1.77