Evaluation of Drought Resistance of 29 Accessions of Elytrigria repens at Seed Germination Stage under PEG-6000 Stress
The drought-resistance evaluation of 29 accessions of Elytrigria repens at seed germination stage was studied by simulated drought stress with 20% PEG-6000 solution. The results showed that the germination rate, germination energy, germination index and vitality index of E. repens decreased, and the length of embryonic bud and embryonic root also decreased under PEG stress. Based on the relative germination energy, relative germination rate, relative vitality index, relative embryonic bud length, relative embryonic root length, germination drought-resistance index and germination stress index, with Membership function method, the drought-resistance sequence of 29 accessions of E. repens from high to low was E39 > E14 > E11 > E13 > E16 > E03 > E07 > E25 > E34 > E42 > E09 > E29 > E17 > E31 > E21 > E26 > E06 > E10 > E12 > E27 > E38 > E08 > E01 > E04 > E41 >E19 > E37 > E02 > E24.
Elytrigia repensSeedPEG stressDrought resistanceMembership function method