Physiological and Fluorescence Reaction of Four Rice Genotypes to Exogenous Application of IAA and Kinetin under Drought Stress

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  • Mostafa SALEHIFAR Ph.D. in Crop physiology (IR)
  • Babak RABIEI Professor, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran (IR)
  • Mansour AFSHAR MOHAMMADIAN Associate of Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran (IR)
  • Jafar ASGHARI Professor, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran (IR)

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https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb9310091

Abstract

To assess the effects of IAA and Kinetin plant growth regulators in order to improve the drought tolerance in rice seedlings (Oryza sativa L.), a factorial experiment was carried out based on complete randomized design with three replications. The experimental factors included different rice genotypes [‘Gharib’, ‘Khazar’, ‘Sepidrood’ and ‘IR83750 -131-1’ (‘IR83750’ )], drought stress from 1 to 4 code of the Vergara coding system and control (normal irrigation) and growth regulators in three levels (IAA and Kinetin through foliar spraying and non-application as control). The results indicated, under normal irrigation condition together with IAA application, ‘IR83750’ rice had the highest number of tillers and leaf greenness, with mean of 18.27 and 49.46, respectively. The highest amount of leaf relative water content) 95.11 percent) was related to ‘Sepidrood’. Under drought stress condition, the highest electrolyte leakage (36.59 percent) was observed in ‘Gharib’. In drought condition, the highest leaf drying score was related to ‘Gharib’ in both years, but the highest score of leaf rolling index (9) was observed in ‘Gharib’ and ‘Khazar’. The present findings showed that drought stress had harmful effects in all examined genotypes and the impact in susceptible genotypes (‘Gharib’ and ‘Khazar’) was more than ‘IR83750’ and ‘Sepidrood’. Application of growth regulators (IAA and Kin) improved conditions for the growth of all genotypes. Therefore, using the tolerant genotypes along with growth regulators can improve the rice growth traits.

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2017-09-30

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SALEHIFAR, M., RABIEI, B., AFSHAR MOHAMMADIAN, M., & ASGHARI, J. (2017). Physiological and Fluorescence Reaction of Four Rice Genotypes to Exogenous Application of IAA and Kinetin under Drought Stress. Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 9(3), 378–385. https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb9310091

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DOI: 10.15835/nsb9310091