Abstract
Growth, shoot water relations and root hydraulic conductivity were studied in tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum cv. INCA9) subjected to different salt concentrations in the root medium. Two experiments were carried out at Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas (INCA), Cuba, during May and June 1995. In the first experiment, plants were grown for 13 days in a nutrient solution with 0 or 100 mM NaCl. In the second experiment, the hydraulic conductivity was measured on roots submerged in nine different concentrations of NaCl up to 200 mM. The effect of temperature treatments between 0 and 50 °C on root hydraulic conductivity was also examined. Shoot growth, leaf water potential, leaf stomatal conductance, leaf relative water content and root hydraulic conductivity values decreased more rapidly in the treated plants than in control plants. A strong correlation was found between the root hydraulic conductivity and leaf water parameters, indicating that water flow through the roots was the main factor controlling shoot water relations.
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