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Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is an important grain cereal which is commonly consumed all over the world and it is a staple food in Pakistan. Crop yields are significantly reduced, making crop production unprofitable without soil amendments. Soil salinity is considered the main problem which is adversely affecting the physiological and metabolic processes and reduces growth and production of crops. Increase concentration of anti-oxidants for increase crop salt tolerance can be acquired by external application of certain growth regulators. Ascorbic acid is an effective anti-oxidant against salt stress. The application of ascorbic acid is found to be efficient in ameliorating salt stress in wheat. Therefore, a pot experiment using Completely Randomized Design (CRD) under factorial arrangement was performed at Agronomic Research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, to assess ascorbic acid efficiency to reduce the salt stress effects in wheat. Four levels of ascorbic acid including (Control, 100, 150, 200 mg/ Liter) was tested against three levels of salt stress i.e., control, 6 dSm-1 and 12 dSm-1. Yield parameters were recorded at the time of harvesting. The maximum plant height cm (42), no. of tillers (m-2) (413), no. of spikelets/ spike (14.54), no. of grains/ spike (32.03), 1000-grains weight (32.03), grain yield t ha-1 (6.75), biological yield t ha-1 (12.81) and harvesting Index % (48.235) was recorded at 0 dSm-1 salinity level where 150 mg/ Liter ascorbic acid was applied in separate and interaction. At 5% level of probability, standard statistical techniques were used to analyze the collected data for comparing the difference between treatments means LSD.
Keywords:
Wheat, Salt stress, Ascorbic acid, Yield.
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"Interactive effect of ascorbic acid and salt stress on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) ", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no.413 - 417, September-2023, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2309055.pdf
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