Stress Tolerance Assay at the Seed Germination Stage for Tobacco

Stress tolerance of plants is a complex phenomenon that depends on the inter-related action of several morphological, physiological and biochemical parameters. Although stress affects normal physiological growth of a plant irrespective of its developmental stage, seed germination and seed setting are considered to be the most sensitive two. Therefore, to evaluate the stress tolerance potential of a particular plant species or variety, rate of seed germination in presence of stress is an important agronomic trait. This will provide a clear indication about the stress tolerance potential with minimum instrumentation facilities. The method is very simple, effective and highly reproducible that would provide quick and reliable results to the researchers.

Seed germination (种子萌发)

Stress tolerance (胁迫的耐受性)

Tobacco (烟草)

Simple (简单的)

Plant (植物)