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Screening of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes for drought tolerance using polyethylene glycol

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Drought is one of the major and most detrimental abiotic stresses, and uncertainty in precipitation pattern further kindled the situation. Based upon the serious threat, we speculated that to reduce time to see required results, screening of different genotypes at a very early development stage can come up with the identification of potential genotypes and can be used for further breeding. Therefore, this study was conducted to screen ten wheat genotypes viz; V0-7096, V0-7076, V0-5082, V0-5066, Sehar-06, Inqlab-91, FSD-08, Lasani-08, Chakwal-50 and AARI-11 for drought resistance. Firstly, under laboratory conditions, these genotypes were subjected to drought stress in Petri plates by application of polyethylene glycol (PEG-6000) solution maintaining − 0.17, − 0.32, − 0.47 and –0.62 MPa osmotic potential. Following this, pot experiment in controlled glass house was conducted at 25%, 50% and 85% field capacity (FC) to further examine the response of wheat genotypes under drought stress. The present study concluded that at the osmotic potential of − 0.62 MPa, Chakwal-50 performed better and attained highest values of emergence index (EI) 27.16%, mean emergence time (MET) 6%, promptness index (PI) 6.50%, germination percentage (GP) 65%, germination stress tolerance index (GSI) 74.35%, plant height stress tolerance index (PHSI) 85.76%, root length stress tolerance index (RLSI) 124.90% and dry matter stress tolerance indices (DMSI) 90.39%, while Sehar-06 showed the lowest values in these traits and showed reduction of 22.0%, 4.20%, 4.33%, 30%, 50.12%, 47.71%, 71.23% and 26.90% respectively as compared to control. Remaining wheat genotypes were intermediate in tolerating drought stress. Overall research study concluded that under drought stress conditions, Chakwal-50 performed best than all other wheat genotypes and could be used for further investigation to develop drought-resistant wheat genotype for maximum production.

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The authors are grateful to HEC of Pakistan for financial support to this study. The authors extend their appreciation to RSP-2021/173 KSU, SA.

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  1. Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan

    Muhammad Adnan Bukhari

  2. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan 64200, Punjab, Pakistan

    Adnan Noor Shah & Mohammad Safdar Baloch

  3. Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, Hainan, China

    Shah Fahad

  4. Department of Agronomy, University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Haripur, 22620, Pakistan

    Shah Fahad

  5. Department of Agronomy, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

    Javaid Iqbal

  6. Department of Agronomy, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef Agriculture University Multan, Multan, Pakistan

    Fahim Nawaz

  7. Department of Horticulture, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

    Abdul Manan

  8. Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, 29050, KPK, Pakistan

    Mohammad Safdar Baloch

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Bukhari, M.A., Shah, A.N., Fahad, S. et al. Screening of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes for drought tolerance using polyethylene glycol. Arab J Geosci 14, 2808 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-09073-0

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