| Summary: | Salinity is one of
the environmental stress factors that significantly limits the production of
food products by endangering world’ productive agriculture. Approximately 6% of
the surface area of the world is faced with problems of soil salinity. Turkey
has salinity and alkalinity problems in nearly 1.5 million hectares of its
lands. The halophyte plants have the potential for growth and development even
if the salty soil and salty irrigation water are used. For economic farming in
saline soil, the production of plants grown in salty areas will provide high
benefit to the producers and the economy of our country. Samphire is known as a halophyte plant
that can survive in high salinity conditions.
The main objective
of this study sand-perlite mixture ratio and the salt level is to determine the
impact on the growth and development of Sarcocornia.
On different rate sand-perlite (0%, 25, 50, 75, 100) and four different salts
(NaCl) level (0-200-400-600 mM) taken to experiment in the culture room. Fresh
weight, stem height, stem diameter, nods length, number of lateral branches and
root length were determined as a growth parameter in the plant. The data were
subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) using factorial randomized complete
plots designed with three replications. The research results revealed that
tolerated salinity up to 600 mM NaCl; but the optimum growth was at 200mM NaCl.
At 200 mM NaCl and 100% perlite growth medium, S. perennis plants were recorded the highest fresh weight
(g/plant), the highest stem height, highest stem diameter, the tallest node,
the highest number of lateral branches, and the tallest root. According to the data obtained, in the
samphire cultivation has appeared that seawater can be used as irrigation
water.
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