Crop Science
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
 QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     


This Article
Right arrow Abstract Freely available
Right arrow Full Text Free
Right arrow Full Text (PDF) Free
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Related articles in Crop Science
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via ISI Web of Science (6)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Netondo, G. W.
Right arrow Articles by Beck, E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Netondo, G. W.
Right arrow Articles by Beck, E.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Netondo, G. W.
Right arrow Articles by Beck, E.
Related Collections
Right arrow Crop Physiology & Metabolism
Right arrow Sorghum

Sorghum and Salinity

I. Response of Growth, Water Relations, and Ion Accumulation to NaCl Salinity

Godfrey Wafula Netondoa, John Collins Onyangoa and Erwin Beck*,b

a Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Maseno University, P.O. Private Bag, Maseno, Kenya
b Department of Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth, Universitätstraße 30, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany



View larger version (24K):

[in a new window]
 
Fig. 1. Effects of increasing NaCl concentration in the irrigation medium on plant dry weight of sorghum varieties Serena and Seredo. Means of 4 replicates ±SD. [LSD (0.05) = 0.45.]

 


View larger version (45K):

[in a new window]
 
Fig. 2. Effects of increasing NaCl concentration in the irrigation medium on dry weight of leaf blades (A and B) and leaf sheaths (C and D) of sorghum varieties Serena and Seredo. Means of 4 replicates ±SD. Leaf 5 is the oldest and leaf 9 is the youngest. [LSD (0.05) = 0.08.]

 


View larger version (65K):

[in a new window]
 
Fig. 3. Effects of increasing NaCl concentration in the irrigation medium on concentration of sodium ions of roots (A), stems (B), leaf blades (C and D), and leaf sheaths (E and F) of sorghum varieties Serena and Seredo. Means of 4 replicates ±SD. [LSD (0.05) = 161.3 (A), 184.4 (B), 16.9 (C and D), and 32.2 (E and F)].

 


View larger version (45K):

[in a new window]
 
Fig. 4. Effects of increasing NaCl concentration in the irrigation medium on concentration of potassium ions of roots (A), stems (B), and leaf sheaths (C and D) of the sorghum varieties Serena and Seredo. Means of 4 replicates ±SD. [LSD (0.05) = 12.5 (A), 11.6 (B), and 303.3 (C and D)].

 


View larger version (65K):

[in a new window]
 
Fig. 5. Effects of increasing NaCl concentration in the irrigation medium on concentration of calcium ions of roots (A), stems (B), leaf blades (C and D), and leaf sheaths (E and F) of sorghum varieties Serena and Seredo. Means of 4 replicates ±SD. [LSD (0.05) = 19.9 (A), 10.8 (B), 55.4 (C and D), and 17.0 (E and F)].

 


View larger version (67K):

[in a new window]
 
Fig. 6. Effects of increasing NaCl concentration in the irrigation medium on concentration of magnesium ions of roots (A), stems (B), leaf blades (C and D), and leaf sheaths (E and F) of sorghum varieties Serena and Seredo. Means of 4 replicates ±SD. [LSD (0.05) = 21.5 (A), 29.1 (B), 51.5 (C and D), and 50.6 (E and F)].

 





HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
The SCI Journals Agronomy Journal Vadose Zone Journal
Journal of Plant Registrations Soil Science Society of America Journal
Journal of Natural Resources
and Life Sciences Education
Journal of
Environmental Quality
Copyright © 2004 by the Crop Science Society of America.