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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2008, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (12): 247-250.

Special Issue: 生物技术 园艺

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Effects of Nacl and pH Stress on Growth of Roots and Duds and cell division in Garlic

  

  • Received:2008-07-31 Revised:2008-10-17 Online:2008-12-05 Published:2008-12-05

Abstract: Abstract: Effect of different NaCl concentrations and pH values on garlic growth and cell division were studied in this paper. The results showed that 0.3% NaCl could stimulate growth of the garlic shoot and root in a certain degree, and suitable pH values for garlic growth were from 6.5 to7.5; Mitotic index for prophase or metaphase in root tip cells was a little higher under low concentration of NaCl than that of normal condition; Efect of different pH values on garlic growth and cell division was not obvious; Interaction of NaCl and pH could intensify the impediment for garlic growth and cell division; Over 0.7% NaCl could cause some abnormal behavior during the mitosis, such as chromosomal bridges, tri-pole spindle and chromosome disintegration. In addition, NaCl stress could significantly affect root cell elongation.