Photosynthetica 2014, 52(2):288-300 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-014-0033-x

The potential of leaf chlorophyll content to screen bread-wheat genotypes in saline condition

A. Kiani-Pouya1,*, F. Rasouli1
1 Department of Salinity Research, Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Fars, Iran

Physiological traits, which are positively associated with yield under salt-stress conditions, can be useful selection criteria in screening for salt tolerance. We examined whether chlorophyll (Chl) content can be used as screening criterion in wheat. Our study involved 5 wheat genotypes under both saline and nonsaline field conditions as well as in a sand-culture experiment. Salt stress reduced significantly biomass, grain yield, total Chl and both Chl a and b in all genotypes. In the sand-culture experiment, Chl accumulation was higher in PF70354/BOW, Ghods, and H499.71A/JUP genotypes at nonsaline control, moderate, and high salt concentrations, respectively. In the field experiment, genotype H499.71A/JUP belonged to those with the highest Chl density. The SPAD (Soil Plant Analysis Development) meter readings were linearly related to Chl content both in the sand-culture and in the field experiment. However, salt stress affected the calibration of SPAD meter. Therefore, separate Chl-SPAD equations were suggested for saline and nonsaline conditions. The correlation coefficients between the grain yield and SPAD were positive and significant both in the sand culture and in the field experiment. These findings suggested that SPAD readings could be used as a tool for rapid assessment of relative Chl content in wheat genotypes. It could be used for the indirect selection of high-yielding genotypes of wheat under saline condition in sand-culture and field experiments.

Additional key words: biomass; NaCl; SPAD; Triticum aestivum L.

Received: September 2, 2013; Accepted: February 10, 2014; Published: June 1, 2014  Show citation

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Kiani-Pouya, A., & Rasouli, F. (2014). The potential of leaf chlorophyll content to screen bread-wheat genotypes in saline condition. Photosynthetica, 52(2), 288-300. doi: 10.1007/s11099-014-0033-x
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