Foliar Spraying Alphatocopherol Enhances Salinity Stress Tolerance in Wheat Plant Triticum Aestivum L.

Abstract

Alphatocopherol is a vitamin and antioxidant compound that plays a crucial role in amelioration of biotic and abiotic stresses and protects plants from stress – induced cellular oxidation .The experiment was carried out in a green garden of the Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Sciences Ibn-AL-Haitham ,University of Baghdad during 2018 – 2019 to evaluate the potential effects of foliar application with (0 ,50 ,100 ,150 ,200 mg.L-1) alphatocopherol on growth, yield components and the activity of antioxidant system of wheat plant under sodium chloride stress(0 ,75 , 150 ,225mM.L-1) .Results indicated that sodium chloride caused reduction in shoot dry weight and some yield components (biological yield , no. spikelet .spike-1 and 1000 grain weight)and a significant increase in the endogenous proline acid and alphatocopherol concentration and raised catalase activity. Foliar spray of alphatocopherol improved salt stress tolerance in wheat plant by increasing all the parameters.

Keywords

• wheat plant, antioxidant defense, alphatocopherol, salinity tolerance