Effect of Defoliation on the Growth Productivity and Chemical Composition of Some Range Plants under Saline Conditions
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Date
2005
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Department of Botany
Abstract
In eicw of th. growing tred of brineina thc salinc laod into usc tbroush
culrivarion ofsaliniiy ind defoliation tolcont Dlants, a study ofthc.ffccls ofstlintry
md defoliaio! on the gen€81 g!o*,th of lhEe 8ra$es, aorrriocl,loa Penw (L.) A
Com^,Dichanthiu anulattn F6sk 8d Pu,idtn ontjdotal. R.E ot tanily
P6@c ,nd onc lolb htr'a rariw Ii,r. of f.nily F.breoc was caricd ont in
Lrbontory N wcll.s in ficld ar Bothy Dcpannent, Unive6ily ofP$h{wtr'
Ccllitcd scc& oCrorrro.tl,a pcrtura, Dicha hiun ahnulaturn
^
d Puni.u'n
o'fi1,,a./., oblaincd from NARC Isldabad sd ?akistan FoGl l$!it!te, P6hawor,
wce test€d at o (conuol), 5, 10, dd 15 dsm ' of Nacl $lutions, for Semiration dd
seedling Brcwth in t[c Ph]toe@loe] tjb. of rhe Dcpartmcnl of Botany, Univc6ily
oflesbrwar. Ccrminrfio. perc$rag. d@rcased in Bothrioclloa pertusa,
Dich4nntiuna,n uun nd Paticun ann.lotalc with in @rsing silinity lcvcle ancr
96 houB incubation !r 250C- A de.6c in lcngths of plunulcs and radicals of all lhc
thm g6es wes .ccodcd in e.ch nlal,ncnt. Both &esh weiglc dd dry veigh$ of
dr sccdlnrSs d.crcased enh incicasing silnlity lcvels. Mohlurc contcn$ also
dccrcacdwilhinfcnsingsalinitylcvcl,Inl'i.iard,irathegcminatio.%,ddicaland
plunrlcgruw$ddslicnlltdsindlLri undq ln. s.lnrc andiLios, Tlc cffers wctu noru
sdw in 15 lsntr. wlrN by tbc qtuction wrs 5 li|n$ in gcmin io\ I I tiocs in