Author(s): Hegazy S Hegazy and Abdulmonim Abdulhafez
Article publication date: 2004-06-01
Vol. 22 No. 2 (yearly), pp. 81-85.
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Keywords
Tomato plants, shoot tips, Lycopersicon esculentum, C. V. Carpy, NaCl.
Abstract
Tomato plants and shoot tips from Lycopersicon esculentum (C. V. Carpy), which is a moderately salt-tolerant plant, were grown on Hoagland's solution and MS (Murashige and Skoog, 1962) media respectively. containing various concentrations of NaCl. It was found that the shoot tips behaved in a similar fashion to the whole plant under salinity. A moderate level of salinity did not affect the growth of tomato plants and shoot tips. However, a high level of NaCl in the culture medium had a damaging effect. Plants and shoot tips accumulated Na and Cl and less K.