Kinetin alleviates the influence of waterlogging and salinity on growth
and affects the production of plant growth regulators in Vigna sinensis
and Zea mays
Witchweed [Striga asiatica(L.) Kuntze] seeds conditioned for 3 weeks in either water or 0.01% (w/v) sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) had 83 to 95% germination after being treated withdl-strigol, kinetin, zeatin, or natural stimulants from corn (Zea maysL.) root exudates. None of these compounds, however, induced germination of seeds conditioned in 0.025 or 0.050% (w/v) NaOCl. Seeds conditioned in 0.075, 0.1, or 0.15% (w/v) NaOCl had 8, 56, and 76% germination, respectively, during the first week of conditioning and 10, 100, and 100% germination after 2 weeks of conditioning. Germination in these concentrations of NaOCl was termed “atypical”.
Plant growth regulators ameliorate or exacerbate abiotic, biotic and combined stress interaction effects on Zea mays kernel weight with inbred-specific patterns
