پديد آورندگان :
محمديان، الناز دانشگاه آزاد اسلامي واحد علوم تحقيقات , كيانمهر، هرمز دانشگاه فردوسي مشهد - دانشكده علوم , عطايي سماق، حجت دانشگاه شاهد تهران - دانشكده كشاورزي , آزاد نفس مهجور، ندا دانشگاه آزاد اسلامي واحد اسلام شهر , صفري، فاطمه دانشگاه آزاد اسلامي واحد اسلام شهر , صفرزاده، آرزو دانشگاه آزاد اسلامي واحد اسلام شهر
كليدواژه :
پراكسيداز , سوپر اكسيد ديسموتاز , شاخص بنيه بذر , كاتالاز , كلروفيل كل
چكيده لاتين :
Extended abstract
Introduction: Stevia is a perennial short day plant, belonging to the Asteraceae family. It is also called
sugar leaf. Poor germination of this plant serves as a barrier for its planation on a large scale, which
contributes to its scarcity and expensivenss as a medicinal herb. In many plants, seed germination is sensitive
to salinity, which determines the survival of the plants in saline soils. High levels of soil salinity can
significantly reduce germination and seedling growth due to the effects of high osmotic potential and ion
toxicity. Jasmonates represent new plant growth regulators that play an important role in increasing the
resistance of plants to environmental stresses, including salinity stress. Therefore, this experiment was
conducted to study the effect of pre-treatment of seed with methyl jasmonate on germination indices and
biochemical traits of stevia, as a medicinal herb, under salinity stress.
Materials and Methods: They study was conducted, adopting a completely randomized design with
three replications in the year 2016 in the Professor Hassabi’s Laboratory of Plant Biology, Islamic Azad
University, Islamshahr Branch. The factors were pre-treatment of methyl jasmonate in 5 levels (0, 2.5, 5, 10
and 15 μM) and salinity stress at 4 levels (0, 3, 6 and 9 dS m-1). At the end of the experiment, germination
traits percentage and germination rate, mean germination time, germination value, seedling length, seedling
index, total chlorophyll, proline, activity of the enzyme catalase, peroxidase and superoxide dismutase were
measured.
Results: The results of the study showed that effects of salinity stress, methyl jasmonate and interaction
between salinity and methyl jasmonate were significant on the germination percentage and germination rate,
mean germination time, germination value, seedling index, total chlorophyll, proline and catalase enzyme
activity. Seed priming with 5 μM methyl jasmonate at salinity level with electrical conductivity of zero ds/m,
had the highest germination percentage and rate, germination value, seed vigor index, and total chlorophyll
content. Increases in salt stress and methyl jasmonate increased the activity of catalase enzyme. Salinity
reduced germination index and seedling stoichiation and increased activity of peroxidase and superoxide
dismutase enzymes. However, seed priming with methyl jasmonate improved seed germination through
germination percentage, germination rate and seed vigor index and moderated the effects of salt stress.
Conclusions: Given the results of this study, it could be said that methyl jasmonate, as a potent inhibitor,
can reduce the negative effects of salinity and by increasing germination indices such as germination
percentage and germination rate, it can be effective in improving the growth of Stevia. Of course, further
research can produce more definitive results.