Photosynthetica, 2017 (vol. 55), issue 2

Photosynthetica 2017, 55(2):231-239 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-016-0224-8

Tolerance of Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. seedlings to NaCl salinity

A. Bidalia1,*, M. Hanief1, K. S. Rao1
1 Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Increase in salinity is predicted to affect plant growth and survival in most arid and semiarid regions worldwide. Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. is an important medicinal tree species distributed throughout the semiarid regions of India; however, it is facing a threat of its extinction in its natural habitat. We examined the effects of increasing NaCl salinity on two-month-old M. parvifolia seedlings grown in an environment-controlled chamber and exposed to soils of different electrical conductivity (EC) caused by NaCl [0-5 (control), 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, and 20-25 dS m-1)] for 85 days. Seedlings transferred to soil of EC >15 dS m-1 did not survive beyond 1 week. Increase in the Na+ concentration negatively correlated with their height and positively correlated with their water-use efficiency (WUE). However, leaf area, net photosynthetic rate (P N), stomatal conductance, and transpiration rate showed varying correlations and an overall decrease in these parameters compared with the control. At EC of 10-15 dS m-1, the seedling height was reduced by 37% and P N was lowered by 50% compared with those of the control. An increase in the Na+/K+ ratio was observed with increasing salinity. The maximum quantum efficiency of PSII significantly decreased with increasing salinity compared with the control. Our results suggest that the increase in salinity reduced the overall performance of the M. parvifolia seedlings. However, the maintenance of WUE and maximum quantum efficiency of PSII might help M. parvifolia to tolerate NaCl salinity of 15 dS m-1.

Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence; gas exchange; growth analysis; Kadam; long-term salinity; water-use efficiency

Received: May 8, 2015; Accepted: March 8, 2016; Published: June 1, 2017Show citation

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Bidalia, A., Hanief, M., & Rao, K.S. (2017). Tolerance of Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. seedlings to NaCl salinity. Photosynthetica, 55(2), 231-239. doi: 10.1007/s11099-016-0224-8.
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