Photosynthetica, 2020 (vol. 58), SPECIAL ISSUE

Photosynthetica 2020, 58(2):540-548 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2020.007

Special issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser – Improving tolerance in seedlings of some Polish varieties of Dactylis glomerata to water deficit by application of simulated drought during seed germination

B. BORAWSKA-JARMUŁOWICZ1, G. MASTALERCZUK1, P. DĄBROWSKI2, H.M. KALAJI3, K. WYTRĄŻEK1
1 Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
2 Department of Environmental Improvement, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
3 Institute of Technology and Life Sciences (ITP), Falenty, Al. Hrabska 3, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland

Effects of drought stress on the physiological and morphological parameters of Dactylis glomerata varieties were studied. Seeds were germinated under simulated drought during 21 d and then subjected either to drought or optimal soil moisture conditions for 12 d. After this period all plants were optimally watered. Plants derived from seeds germinated under drought showed higher or similar photosynthetic efficiency as compared to those germinated under optimum moisture not only under stress but also after regeneration period. Application of drought during the seed germination improved nitrogen balance index (NBI) and chlorophyll content (Chl) in plants after regeneration, whereas flavonoids content (Flv) was similar to plants derived from the seeds germinated under optimum moisture. Water deficit during seed germination can positively affect the maintenance of the quantum efficiency of PSII of plants under drought stress. NBI, Chl, and Flv indices can be used to assess the response of Dactylis glomerata to drought during the initial growth of plants.

Keywords: chlorophyll a fluorescence; cocksfoot; drought stress; tillering phase.

Received: September 19, 2019; Revised: December 16, 2019; Accepted: January 16, 2020; Prepublished online: March 22, 2020; Published: April 7, 2020Show citation

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BORAWSKA-JARMUŁOWICZ, B., MASTALERCZUK, G., DĄBROWSKI, P., KALAJI, H.M., & WYTRĄŻEK, K. (2020). Special issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser – Improving tolerance in seedlings of some Polish varieties of Dactylis glomerata to water deficit by application of simulated drought during seed germination. Photosynthetica, 58(SPECIAL ISSUE), 540-548. doi: 10.32615/ps.2020.007.
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