The effects of irrigation water or soil salinity on physiological aspects of pea (Pisum sativum cv.Meteor) plants
were contrived. Ten weeks old pea plants were treated with NaCl at 0, 40, 90 and 140 mM in nutrient solution.
Plants were grown in controlled environment and harvested at each 3 days interval for decisiveness of
physiological parameters. Photosynthetic rate, relative water content, stomatal conductance and chlorophyll
contents reduced by increasing the NaCl concentration while CO2 concentration and free proline content
intensified. By experiment it was adumbrated that high salinity level along with prolonged accentuate duration is
more drastic to pea plants physiology. Results also exhibited that pea plants could indulge 40 and 90 mM NaCl
but are sensitive to 140 mM.
M. Adnan Shahid, M.A. Pervez, R.M. Balal, N. Azhar, J. Shahzad, Ubaidullah. (2008) Physiological responses of pea (Pisum sativum cv. Meteor) to irrigation salinity, , Volume-45, Issue-3.
