Effects of drought stress on growth and physiological characteristics of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.)

Drought is the major abiotic stress which causes major losses to agriculture production. This study was conducted to determine the effect of drought stress on the growth and physiological characteristics of Hibiscus sabdariffa. The drought stress treatments were 33, 67 and 100% of the field capacity...

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Main Authors: Narejo, Mehar-un-Nisa, Megat Wahab, Puteri Edaroyati, Hassan, Siti Aishah, Che Mohd Zain, Che Radziah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Society of Plant Physiology 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54088/1/Effects%20of%20drought%20stress%20on%20growth%20and%20physiological%20characteristics%20of%20roselle%20.pdf
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author Narejo, Mehar-un-Nisa
Megat Wahab, Puteri Edaroyati
Hassan, Siti Aishah
Che Mohd Zain, Che Radziah
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Megat Wahab, Puteri Edaroyati
Hassan, Siti Aishah
Che Mohd Zain, Che Radziah
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description Drought is the major abiotic stress which causes major losses to agriculture production. This study was conducted to determine the effect of drought stress on the growth and physiological characteristics of Hibiscus sabdariffa. The drought stress treatments were 33, 67 and 100% of the field capacity. Each treatment was replicated five times in a randomized complete block design. According to the results, drought stress had significant effects on the growth and physiological traits of H. sabdariffa. As the drought stress increased, the plant height, leaf area, specific leaf area, fresh and dry weight of shoot and root, photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, intercellular CO2 concentration and the transpiration rate decreased. The root-shoot ratio was significantly increased in stressed plants. The changes in number of branches per plant and chlorophyll content were, however, not significant. These findings suggested that H. sabdariffa might be able to tolerate drought stress by increasing the root-shoot ratio and stability of chlorophyll content.
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spelling upm.eprints-540882020-02-05T04:31:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54088/ Effects of drought stress on growth and physiological characteristics of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) Narejo, Mehar-un-Nisa Megat Wahab, Puteri Edaroyati Hassan, Siti Aishah Che Mohd Zain, Che Radziah Drought is the major abiotic stress which causes major losses to agriculture production. This study was conducted to determine the effect of drought stress on the growth and physiological characteristics of Hibiscus sabdariffa. The drought stress treatments were 33, 67 and 100% of the field capacity. Each treatment was replicated five times in a randomized complete block design. According to the results, drought stress had significant effects on the growth and physiological traits of H. sabdariffa. As the drought stress increased, the plant height, leaf area, specific leaf area, fresh and dry weight of shoot and root, photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, intercellular CO2 concentration and the transpiration rate decreased. The root-shoot ratio was significantly increased in stressed plants. The changes in number of branches per plant and chlorophyll content were, however, not significant. These findings suggested that H. sabdariffa might be able to tolerate drought stress by increasing the root-shoot ratio and stability of chlorophyll content. Malaysian Society of Plant Physiology 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54088/1/Effects%20of%20drought%20stress%20on%20growth%20and%20physiological%20characteristics%20of%20roselle%20.pdf Narejo, Mehar-un-Nisa and Megat Wahab, Puteri Edaroyati and Hassan, Siti Aishah and Che Mohd Zain, Che Radziah (2016) Effects of drought stress on growth and physiological characteristics of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.). Journal of Tropical Plant Physiology, 8 (1). pp. 44-51. ISSN 1985-0484 https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20173151169
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title_short Effects of drought stress on growth and physiological characteristics of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.)
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