<em>In vitro</em> selection of sorghum (<em>Sorghum bicolor</em> (L) Moench) for polyethylene glycol (PEG) induced drought stress

Authors

  • Yohannes Tsago Madawalabu University
  • Mebeaselassie Andargie Haramaya University
  • Abuhay Takele Melkassa Agricultural Research Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2014.1.2.14

Keywords:

Callus induction, Moisture stress, Plant regeneration, Polyethylene glycol, Sorghum bicolor

Abstract

Drought is one of the main environmental factors affecting growth and yield of sorghum in arid and semi-arid areas of the world. In vitro selection of Sorghum bicolor for drought tolerance was undertaken by the use of somaclonal variation. The experiment was carried out with a collection of sixteen sorghum genotypes and tested in a completely randomized design. Data were recorded at five different PEG 6000 (polyethylene glycol) levels (0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0% (w/v) treatments)) on coleoptile length (CL), root length (RL), shoot dry weight (SDW), root dry weight (RDW), root number (RN) and statistically analyzed for significant differences. Significant differences were observed among the genotypes, treatments and their interactions for the evaluated plant traits suggesting a great amount of variability for drought tolerance in sorghum. In general, embryogenic callus induction and plantlet regeneration was found to be indirectly proportional to increased PEG concentrations. By taking into consideration all the measured traits, Mann Whitney rank sum test revealed that 76T1#23 and Teshale followed by Gambella-1107 and Melkam showed better drought stress tolerance while Chelenko appeared to be drought sensitive.

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Author Biographies

Yohannes Tsago, Madawalabu University

Department of biology, Madawalabu  University, P.O. Box  247, Bale-Robe

Mebeaselassie Andargie, Haramaya University

Department of Biology, Haramaya University, P.O. Box 217, Dire Dawa

Abuhay Takele, Melkassa Agricultural Research Center

Melkassa Agricultural Research Center, Nazreth

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05-04-2014

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Tsago Y, Andargie M, Takele A. <em>In vitro</em> selection of sorghum (<em>Sorghum bicolor</em> (L) Moench) for polyethylene glycol (PEG) induced drought stress. Plant Sci. Today [Internet]. 2014 Apr. 5 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];1(2):62-8. Available from: https://horizonepublishing.com/journals/index.php/PST/article/view/14

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