TY - JOUR T1 - The Effect of Irrigation Water Salinity Levels on Seed Germination and Dry Matter Weight of Eight-Leave Seedlings of Different Rapeseed Cultivars TT - بررسی تأثیر سطوح مختلف شوری آب آبیاری بر جوانه‌زنی و وزن نهال 8 برگی ارقام مختلف کلزا JF - JSTNAR JO - JSTNAR VL - 10 IS - 4 UR - http://jstnar.iut.ac.ir/article-1-602-en.html Y1 - 2007 SP - 1 EP - 13 KW - Rapeseed KW - Irrigation water salinity KW - Relative yield reduction index KW - Salt sensitivity index KW - SALT model. N2 - In this paper, the effect of irrigation water salinity levels on seed germination, dry matter weight of seedlings at eight-leave stage, and the salt tolerance of 8 rapeseed cultivars was investigated. Relative yield reduction in saline and non saline conditions, salt sensitivity index and Van Genuchten-Hoffman methods were used to determine the salt tolerance of the cultivars. Results showed that the effect of different salt levels, cultivars and their interactions on germination and dry matter weight of seedlings was significant at 0.01(the higher the salt level, the lower the germination and dry matter). Also, using the Van Genuchten-Hoffman method, the irrigation water salinity corresponding to 10%, 25%, 50% and 90% reducts in germination and dry matter of seedlings were determined. Statistical analysis showed that a single cultivar gives different responses to salinity during growth stages and it may be tolerant in one stage, but sensitive to salinity in another growth stage. In this research, ACSN1, Falcon, and Shirali in germination stage and ACSN1, Falcon, and Cobra in seedling growth stage were salt tolerant. The three cultivars Oyerka, Global, and Ceres and the next three Shirali, Global, and Oyerka were sensitive to salinity in germination and seedling growth stages, respectively. Finally, the ACSN1 and Falcon cultivars were introduced as salt tolerant, and Oyerka and Global were considered as salt sensitive. M3 ER -