Effect of Sodium Chloride on Germination of Dodder (Cuscuta trifolii Bab) and Clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) Seeds

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Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University, Egypt

Abstract

Different concentrates of sodium chloride(100,
200, 300,400 and 500 mM)
were applied against the seeds of dodder(Cuscuta trifolii Bab), at the
faculty of agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University during the years of
2014 and 2015. Different morphological and biochemical characters were
assessed. The effects of different concentrates of NaCl on seed germination and
protein of Cuscuta trifolii Bab and Trifolium alexandrinum seeds
cleared that Trifolium alexandrinum is more tolerant to salinity than Cuscuta
trifolii Bab. So, NaCl can be used as a pre emergency agent to control the
seeds of Cuscuta trifolii Bab to avoid the harmful herbicides that
affect the environment and contaminate the foliage. At the Same time it will be
more safe in animal feeding.

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