Salt stress induced changes in germination, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant activities in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) seedlings
Mahmoudi Hela1*#, Nasri Nawel1#, Tarchoune Imen1, Zargouni Hanen1, Ben salah Imen2, Ben Massoud Raouia1, Baatour Olfa1, Kaddour Rym1, Ben Nasri Ayachi Mouhiba1, Hannoufa Abdelali3, Mokhtar Lachaâl1 and Zeineb Ouerghi1
# Both authors contributed equally.
1Unité de Physiologie et Biochimie de la Tolérance au Sel des Plantes, Département des Sciences Biologiques,
FST, Campus Universitaire, 2092 Tunis, Tunisie.
2Laboratoire d’Adaptation des Plantes aux Stress Abiotiques, CBBC, BP901, 2050 Hammam-Lif,Tunisia.
3Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,
1391 Sandford Street, London, Ontario, Canada, N5V 4T3.
Email: mahmoudihela@yahoo