Effect of halopriming on seed germination and seedling in okra under saline conditions

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Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations. The study shows a repressive effect of salt stress on germinalbparameters, physiological parameters, and the development of okra seedlings. Notwithstanding the inhibitory effect of salt stress on the germination of okra seeds and the development of its seedlings, it should be noted from our results that pretreatments with NaCl improve the development of seedlings compared to positive controls.The different positive responses obtained could be due to epigenetic phenomena, which play a determining role in the adaptation of plants to the environment, and based on these findings, other pathways, such as molecular and genetic, should be explored to understand better the expression genes activated during preprocessing or priming processes.

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