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Halopriming: Sustainable Approach for Abiotic Stress Management in Crops

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Abstract

Halopriming is a salt-based, pre-sowing approach that harmonies metabolic processes required for improving seed quality, enhanced emergence rate and healthy seedling vigour by controlling temperature and seed moisture content in the early stages of germination while preventing the seed from transitioning to complete germination. An aerated aqueous solution of different inorganic salts, viz., KNO3, KH2PO4, KCl, NaCl, CaCl2, Ca(NO3)2, CaSO4, CuSO4, Mg(NO3)2, ZnSO4, etc. alone or in combination is applied to the seeds followed by redrying to their actual weight before sowing into seedbeds to achieve halopriming. Halopriming of seeds prevent seed degradation, breaks dormancy and induces systemic resistance to different abiotic stresses in the seedlings of various crops with amended physiological attributes, improved functional biochemistry and metabolic processes with subcellular changes despite some of its major limitations in terms of prolonged storage of imbibed (pre-soaked) seeds. On priming of the seeds, accumulation of osmolytes, and upregulation of antioxidant enzymes and signaling cascades are achieved in the seeds that persist even after germination in the seedlings as well. The technique has been proved beneficial for improved crop establishment and greater uniformity, increased plant performances with higher agricultural productivity and further for sustainable agricultural practices under the regime of abiotic environmental stresses to meet sustainable future food demand. The current study, therefore, is a compilation of literature to explore different dimensions of a simple, cost-effective, eco-friendly and potent halopriming technique, which could help to integrate seed germination, agricultural production and yield attributes in the pertaining changing climatic conditions.

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Abbreviations

%:

Percent

°C:

Degree celsius

APX:

Ascorbate peroxidase

AQP:

Aquaporins

Ca(NO3)2:

Calcium nitrate

Ca++:

Calcium ion

CaCl2:

Calcium chloride

CaSO4:

Calcium sulphate

CAT:

Catalase

Cl−:

Chloride ion

CuSO4:

Copper sulphate

GPOX:

Guaiacol peroxidase

GR:

Glutathione reductase

H2O2:

Hydrogen peroxide

K+:

Potassium ion

KCl:

Potassium chloride

KH2PO4:

Potassium dihydrogen phosphate

KNO3:

Potassium nitrate

LEA:

Late embryogenesis abundant

Mg(NO3)2:

Magnesium nitrate

Na+:

Sodium ion

NaCl:

Sodium chloride

POD:

Peroxidase

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

SOD:

Superoxide dismutase

ZnSO4:

Zinc nitrate

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Gour, T. et al. (2022). Halopriming: Sustainable Approach for Abiotic Stress Management in Crops. In: Roy, S., Mathur, P., Chakraborty, A.P., Saha, S.P. (eds) Plant Stress: Challenges and Management in the New Decade. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95365-2_9

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