Wheat is the most important widely cultivated crops in the world. Its yield is greatly influenced by both biotic and abiotic stresses. Therefore, an evaluation of different species belonging to Triticum and Aegilops species for seedling traits was attempted. All the traits i.e. &nbsp;root length, shoot length and coleoptile length showed high heritability in broad sense and root length showed significantly positive correlation with coleoptile length under both moisture non- stress (E1) and moisture stress (E2) &nbsp;environments. All the traits showed a decreasing trend under moisture stress conditions in all the species and the reduction for all the traits were more pronounced in wild species than the cultivated species.

Assessment of some seedling traits associated with drought tolerance in Triticum and Aegilops species of wheat

<div style="text-align: justify;">Sorghum landraces collected from Dhadgaon and Akkalkua block of Nandurbar district were studied to assess the diversity among these landraces. &nbsp;An experiment was conducted at village level in-situ conservation center during kharif season of 2016 and 2017. Morphological characterization of 13 landraces of sorghum was undertaken for 25 characters as per DUS guidelines. Traits such as anthocyanin coloured coleoptiles (53.85 %), white coloured leaf midrib (38.46 %), yellow colouration on stigma (84.62 %), grayed orange coloured dry anther (53.85 %), yellow white colour of glumes (30.77 %), semi-compact density of panicle (53.85 %) symmetrical type ear (69.2 %) grayed orange coloured seeds (53.85 %) were dominant in studied landraces. The results of present study showed that panicle branch length was most diverse trait (22.93 %), followed by 1000 grain wt. (17.23 %) and stem diameter (19.71 %) whereas leaf width showed the lowest variation (6.16 %) among studied lines. Analysis of variance showed that all the characters were highly significant among the landraces.</div>

Morphological characterization of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] landraces using DUS descriptor

<div>Background: The cool-season grain legume chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) crop is sensitive to salt stress. Especially, NaCl salt inhibits both the rate and extent of seed germination and plant establishment. 
 
Methods: The 20 Desi chickpea genotypes were investigated under different levels of NaCl salt stress (0, 4, 6, 8, and 10 dS/m) at the seedling stage with three replications during Rabi 2020-21. Observations were recorded at 15 and 30 DAS (Days after sowing) for seedling growth, vigor, and physiological performance. 
 
Result: The seedling length (cm), fresh weight (g), and relative water content (RWC%) exhibited decreasing trends and reversibly increasing trends by the relative stress injury (RSI%) with increasing NaCl salinity levels. The values of the length of coleoptile and radicle (cm) at control to 10 dS/m ranged from 15.9-8.6 cm and 29.6-18.3 cm, respectively at 15 DAS and from 20.5-12.8 cm and 30.3-18.3 cm, respectively at 30 DAS. The chickpea genotypes identified as the source of salinity tolerance were HC5, HC3, HC1, H12-22, H14-14, and H03-56 as they maintained higher growth, water status, and fewer membrane injuries at the seedling stage, recognized as screening tools under salt stress which could be used to enhance/develop a new salt-tolerant variety in chickpea breeding programme.</div>

Assessment of some seedling traits associated with drought tolerance in Triticum and Aegilops species of wheat

Morphological characterization of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] landraces using DUS descriptor

Appraisal of Salt Sensitivity among Elite Genotypes of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) At Seedling Stage