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<title><b>Studies on the adaptive morphological seedling traits of Benisuif-5 durum wheat genotype in response to drought and salinity stresses</b></title>
<authors>E. Ismail, A. M. Abdallah, A. A. Saleh, A. A. Mohamed, A. K. Shereen, M. A. E.  Haitham</authors>
<keywords>Wheat, drought, NaCl, traits, performance</keywords>
<pages>109-115</pages>
<issue_number>7(4) 2023</issue_number>
<issue_period>October  2023</issue_period>
<abstract>The present study was conducted to assess performance of Benisuif-5 durum wheat genotype to drought and NaCl stresses. Two factors with four regimes of each one had been applied, the first factor was drought regime with control and the second factor was NaCl regime. Seedling length, root numbers, seedling fresh weight, seedling dry weight, tissue water content (TWC), tolerance index and its reduction percentages were investigated under each factor. Benisuif-5 durum wheat responded well with mean values of studied traits were significantly decreased, which confirms by heatmap double dendogram cluster analysis. Hence, outcome of the research can be used in breeding programs because of depicting preliminary selection for the drought and salinity effects.</abstract>
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