Mahdi Jamaati Ardakani
The pistachio a member of the Anacardiaceae produces seeds that are widely consumed as food. Pistachio is a desert plant, and is highly tolerant of saline soil. Excessive soluble salts and minerals in the water and soil solution which leads to the accumulation of salts in the root zone of the plant can not absorb enough water from the soil solution. This study was carried out to evacuate the effect of salinity on germination and deployment of Pistachio vera var. Badami which have large cultivation area in the Iran. Three months after planting, the nutrient solutions were salinized with NaCl to levels of 20, 40, 80, 120 and 160 mmol/L. By increasing the salinity from this level Badami cultivar showed the highest germination percentage.
