Examining the effect of drought stress on above and ground parts of some durum wheat cultivars at different development stages

This study was carried out in ？anl？urfa, 2013-2014 growing season by applying two different irrigation methods (using normal and drought stressed in pots) and the aim of the study was to examine the time changes on above and ground parts of drought resistant related characters in 10 different durum wheat cultivars at two different development stages (based on Zadoks scale of 30 and 39th periods). In the study, the following results were obtained: seedling height ranged from 48.4 -59.7 cm, root length from 27.1 -30.4 cm, above biomass weight from 50.6-79.2 g , above biomass dry weight from 11.8-28.6 g, root weight from 17.1-40.0 g, root dry weight from 7.4-12.9 g and root/seedling ratio from 0.5-0.9 %. All of the characters examined in this study were statistically significant (P<0.01)