ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Exogenous Methyl Jasmonate Acclimate
Morpho-Physiological, Ionic and Gas Exchange
Attributes of Wheat Genotypes
(Triticum aestivum L.) under Salt Stress
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Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Department of Soil Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur,
63100, Pakistan
Submission date: 2022-06-15
Final revision date: 2022-08-01
Acceptance date: 2022-08-18
Online publication date: 2022-10-24
Publication date: 2022-12-21
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Iftikhar Ahmed
Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Department of Soil Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2023;32(1):1-14
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ABSTRACT
Salinity is a serious menace that has a significant influence on sustainability of agriculture and
threatens food security of the world. Methyl jasmonate appeared to be an important modulator with
different specific functions in plants and increase the resistance against different abiotic stresses.
A hydroponic study was performed with three salt (control, 100 mM and 200 mM NaCl) and two
methyl jasmonate concentrations (50 μM and 100 μM) applied in sole and integrate form. Methyl
jasmonate treated plants exhibits improved growth mass and antioxidant safeguard. The imposition of
salt in growth medium drastically reduced the plant growth, physiological, gas exchange, ionic and
biochemical attributes. Application of methyl jasmonate significantly alleviated the deleterious effects
of salinity by depicting the improvement in plant biomass, RWC, MSI, transpiration rate, photosynthetic
rate, stomatal conductance, internal CO2 concentration, chlorophyll contents, oxidative stress indicators,
activity of antioxidant enzymes (POD, CAT, APX and SOD) and K+ /Na+ ratio. The results also disclose
that response of wheat genotypes against methyl jasmonate application under saline condition show
a concentration effect and varietal diversity. Moreover, the application of 100μM methyl jasmonate under
low and elevated salt concentration shows prominent response towards wheat genotype Faislabad-2008
while least response was observed in wheat genotype Victoria.