TY  - BOOK
AU  - Animele,Isaac Ehiwarior
AU  - Erayman,Mustafa
TI  - EFFECTS OF NANOPARTICLES SEED PRIMING ON GERMINATION CHARACTERISTICS OF LEEK UNDER SALT STRESS
PY  - 2023///
KW  -  Germination
KW  - Dissertations, Academic
KW  - Nanoparticles
KW  - Leek
KW  - Salinity
N1  - Thesis (MSc) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Plant Sciences and Technologies Department; Includes bibliography (sheets 38-41)
N2  - ABSTRACT 
This study was to understand the effects of nanoparticles seed priming on germination 
characteristics of leek under salt stress. Seeds of two leek cultivars (cv. Yaprak and cv. 
Porro) were primed at different concentrations (0, 10, 20, 40, 80 mg L-1
) of zinc oxide 
and hexagonal boron nitride nanoparticles in the dark at 20±2° C and the primed seeds 
were exposed to salinity stress (200mM of NaCl) along with control treatment with 
distilled water. The results revealed that germination potentials of the two cultivars 
were different depending on the treatments with NPs, their concentrations and salt 
stress. Yaprak was observed to have better germination characteristics than cv. Porro 
under the same treatments. Both cultivars performed better under high concentrations 
of the nanoparticles when compared to the control. The germination potentials of both 
cultivars under salinity stress were greatly reduced. 
Keywords: Concentrations, Germination, Leek, Nanoparticles, Salinity
ER  -