Effect of water stress simulated with PEG 6000 on tomato seed germination (Solanum section Lycopersicon)

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Marilyn Florido
Lourdes Bao
Regla M. Lara
Yaniel Castro
Rosa Acosta
Marta Álvarez

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In the current investigation, the drought stress tolerance was evaluated on seed germination of 27 tomato accessions. This study was carry out first on two tomato accessions contrasting (Ciapan 31-5 and Campbell-28) subjected to different polyethylenglycol (PEG 6000) treatments (0,25; 0,5; 0,75 and 1 MPa), including a control treatment with distilled water. The results showed that the percentage of germination decreased with the increase of the osmotic potential from -0,5 MPa. This potential was used to evaluate the sample of germplasm composed of 27 accessions. A different response was obtained in the behavior of the accessions against simulated water stress with PEG-6000, being the accessions Ciapan-31-5, Rilia, Mex-121 A, Rojo Veracruz, LA-2128 and LA-1255 those that presented higher percentages of germination in these conditions. These accessions can be used as progenitors to increase tolerance to water stress in this phase of the crop.

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Florido, M., Bao, L., Lara, R. M., Castro, Y., Acosta, R., & Álvarez, M. (2018). Effect of water stress simulated with PEG 6000 on tomato seed germination (Solanum section Lycopersicon). Cultivos Tropicales, 39(1), 87–92. Retrieved from https://ediciones.inca.edu.cu/index.php/ediciones/article/view/1429
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