Seed Priming with Thiourea Enhances the Performance of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Varieties Under Salinity Stress
Bushra Irfan1, Muhammad Shahbaz1*, Asif Mukhtiar1, Muhammad Zubair Akram2, Muhammad Atif Bashir3, Sabina Asghar4, Abdul Ghaffar5 and Samreen Nazeer6*
1Department of Botany, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan; 2School of Agricultural, Forest, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, Potenza, 85100, Italy; 3Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan; 4Oil Seed Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan; 5Arid Zone Research Institute, Bhakkar, Punjab, Pakistan; 6Department of Food and Drug Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, 43121, Italy.
*Correspondence | Muhammad Shahbaz and Samreen Nazeer, Department of Botany, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan; Department of Food and Drug Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, 43121, Italy; Email: shahbazmuaf@uaf.edu.pk, samreen.nazeer@unipr.it
Figure 1:
Effect of thiourea seed priming on photosynthetic pigments of Sesame plant under salinity stress.
Figure 2:
Effect of thiourea seed priming on reactive oxygen species in sesame under salinity stress.
Figure 3:
Effect of thiourea seed priming on enzymatic antioxidant in sesame under salinity stress.
Figure 4:
Effect of thiourea seed priming on osmolytes and secondary metabolites in sesame under salinity stress.
Figure 5:
Effect of thiourea seed priming on gaseous exchange attributes in sesame under salinity stress.