The impact of PEG-induced drought stress on seed germination and seedling growth of different bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes

• Shahzadi Mahpara ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: szrikhan@gmail.com (AZ); smahpara@gudgk.edu.pk (SM); marek.zivcak@uniag.sk (MZ); tkz@upm.edu.my (ATKZ)

  Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

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• Aleena Zainab ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: szrikhan@gmail.com (AZ); smahpara@gudgk.edu.pk (SM); marek.zivcak@uniag.sk (MZ); tkz@upm.edu.my (ATKZ)

  Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7375-9443

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• Rehmat Ullah,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Soil and Water Testing Laboratory for Research, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan

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• Salma Kausar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Senior Scientist (Agri Chemistry), Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Lodhran, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Bilal,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Soil and Water Testing Laboratory for Research, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Imran Latif,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Scientific Officer, Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Narowal, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Arif,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Scientific Officer (Lab), Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Layyah, Pakistan

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• Imran Akhtar,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Senior Scientist (Ento), Regional Agriculture Research Institute, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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• Abdulrahman Al-Hashimi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Mohamed S. Elshikh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Marek Zivcak ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: szrikhan@gmail.com (AZ); smahpara@gudgk.edu.pk (SM); marek.zivcak@uniag.sk (MZ); tkz@upm.edu.my (ATKZ)

  Affiliation Department of Plant Physiology, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8165-3369

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• Ali Tan Kee Zuan

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: szrikhan@gmail.com (AZ); smahpara@gudgk.edu.pk (SM); marek.zivcak@uniag.sk (MZ); tkz@upm.edu.my (ATKZ)

  Affiliation Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0473-4303

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