The Effect of Salt Stress and Selenium on Some Morphological and Flowering Traits of Petunia Plants ( Petunia hybrida L.)

Year : 2025 | Volume : 14 | Issue : 03 | Page : 29 37
    By

    Kawther Kadhem Abd-Alrudhe Hassan,

  1. Lecturer, Department of Biology, College of Education for Girls, University of Kufa, , Iraq

Abstract

This study carried out in one of the nurseries of Kufa city/Iraq during the winter season of 2024 to study the effect of salt stress caused by sodium chloride at concentrations (0, 25, 50) mmol and foliar spraying with selenium at concentrations (0, 10, 20) mg.L-1 and the effect of the study factors on some growth and flowering traits and the percentage of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium as well as the interaction between them. The results indicated a significant decrease caused by the 50 mmol salt concentration in plant height,  leaves number , leaf area, flowers number, and flower diameter ,while the concentration of 25 mmol of NaCl also had a significant effect on plant height, number of flowers and their diameters. Spraying plants with Se at concentrations of 10 and 20 mg/L-1 caused a significant increasing in plant growth traits , it plays a role in reducing the effect of salt stress on the studied plants. The combination (25 mmol NaCl + 20 mg.L-1 Se) caused the highest rates of growth traits studied. Foliar spraying with NaCl of 25 and 50 mmol cuased significant decline in the percentage of N, P, and K in the leaves at both concentrations. Spraying plants with Se at concentrations of 10 and 20 mg.L-1 resulted in significant increase in these percentages.

Keywords: Petunia plants, selenium, salts, nitrogen, sodium

[This article belongs to Research & Reviews : Journal of Botany ]

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Kawther Kadhem Abd-Alrudhe Hassan. The Effect of Salt Stress and Selenium on Some Morphological and Flowering Traits of Petunia Plants ( Petunia hybrida L.). Research & Reviews : Journal of Botany. 2025; 14(03):29-37.
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Kawther Kadhem Abd-Alrudhe Hassan. The Effect of Salt Stress and Selenium on Some Morphological and Flowering Traits of Petunia Plants ( Petunia hybrida L.). Research & Reviews : Journal of Botany. 2025; 14(03):29-37. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/rrjob/article=2025/view=212947


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Volume 14
Issue 03
Received 30/04/2025
Accepted 16/05/2025
Published 20/05/2025
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