Responses of Some Advanced Durum Wheat (Triticum turgidum var. durum L.) Genotypes to Salt Stress at Germination Stage

In this study six salt concentrations (0, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 mM) were used to determine the effects of salinity on germination stage of 10 advanced durum wheat lines and cultivar (st. cv. Gediz-75) in the plant physiology laboratory of the Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Uludag. The experiment was carried out as Randomized Plots Design with two factors and three replications. In the research, germination percentage, shoot lenght and root lenght, dry weights of shoot and root and salt tolerance index were examined. According to the results of research; Among the advanced durum wheat lines examined, line M-1 and Gediz-75 has been found to be tolerant to salt stress for its appearance in terms of properties such as shoot length, root length, shoot and root weight and salt tolerance in the germination period compared to others genotype