Abstract:
Salinity is the major environment factor limiting plant growth and productivity. Effect of
high salinity on plants can be observed at the whole plant level as the death of plants and
or decrease in productivity. The objectives of the study were to investigate the effect of
different concentrations of NaCl on growth and chlorophyll content of Homalomena sp.
cultures. The species were treated with 0, 25, 50 and 100 mM NaCl for 28 days in
Murashige and Skoog (MS) solid medium. Results indicated that NaCl treatments did not
significantly (p> 0.05) affected the growth parameter and chlorophyll content of
Homalomena sp. cultures except stem height and chlorophyll content in cultures treated
under 100 mM NaCl.
