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Short term waterlogging affected the growth of sorghum seedlings as indicated by a high mortality rate of the seedlings and a decrease in the shoot and root biomass, net assimilation rate (NAR), leaf area ratio (LAR), relative growth rate (RGR), total photosynthetic area and rate of photosynthesis. Plant resistance to the stress was exhibited by decreased stomatal index (SI), rate of transpiration and rate of respiration. When the stressed plants were exposed to normal conditions, the recovery of the seedlings was rapid and was enhanced by foliar application of kinetin at 5 mgl-1.
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Bhagwat, K.A., Gore, S.R. & Banerjee, G. Waterlogging injury in sorghum seedlings and their kinetin effected rapid recovery. Plant Growth Regul 4, 23–31 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00025346
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