TY  - JOUR
TI  - Salinity and Drought Treatment Assays in Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.)
AU  - Niu, Xiaoping 
AU  - Chen, Meixia 
AU  - Tao, Aifen 
AU  - Qi, Jianmin 
VL  - 6
IS  - 17
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016/09/05
SP  - e1918
C1  - Bio-protocol 2016;6:e1918
DO  - 10.21769/BioProtoc.1918
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.1918
AB  - Salinity and drought are the two main factors that cause fiber yield and quality losses in kenaf. It is reported that salinity and drought can affect more than 10% of arable land and cause a global decline in the average yields of major crops by more than 50%. Therefore, understanding plant tolerance of drought and salinity is of fundamental importance and has become the focus of intensive research. This protocol describes a simple and reproducible protocol to imitate natural salinity and drought stress under soil conditions. Even though the water-culture method is most frequently used for salinity and drought treatments, the soil-culture method in this study was more applicable to studying natural stress conditions.
KW  - Salinity
KW  - Drought
KW  - Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.)
JF  - Bio-protocol
SN  - 2331-8325
PB  - Bio-protocol LLC.
BIO101  - False