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Objective: Evaluate the effect of salinity due to NaCl on physiological variables of chickpea plants using native strains of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Glomus cubensis and Rhizoglomus irregulare during the preflowering stage. Design/methodology/approach: The research was carried out under controlled weather conditions using the chickpea variety N-29 as an experimental model. The treatments consisted on the combination of four salinity levels: 0, 25, 50 and 75 mM NaCl (variation source A) and AMF (variation source B) in three levels. In total there were 12 treatments with six repetitions, which were distributed in a completely randomized experimental design. The evaluated variables were number of green and dry leaves, dry biomass per organ (leaves, root and stem), net assimilation rate (NAR), relative growth rate (RGR) and leaf area ratio (LAR). Results: The green leaves, the NAR and the dry biomass from roots and leaves, were the variables with the greatest response in the 50 mM NaCl+R. irregulare treatment, with an average increase of 15% with respect to the rest of the treatments. Limitations/implications: A decrease on the evaluated variables was observed due to the salinity effect; however, chickpea plants subjected to NaCl 50 mM inoculated with R. irregulare were less affected by salt stress. Findings/conclusions. The R. irregulare strain was found to contribute more than the G. cubensis to the mitigation of the adverse effects from the salinity factor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to the importance of the correct selection of progenitors for an effective genetic improvement in highly productive wheat regions such as the state of Sonora, which contributes 50 % of the wheat in Mexico, we conducted a study of morphoagronomic variables of the crystalline wheat CIRNO C2008 variety. The objective was to determine the genetic stability index of the grain yield components in the Valle del Yaqui and Valle del Mayo, during the sowing seasons of 2007-2015. In addition, physiological and agronomic traits were evaluated in the 2015-16 cycle in an area established in CETT-910, as a representative site of the Valle del Yaqui, which were compared with the varietal descriptor and correlated with grain yield to contribute to its physioagronomic characterization. The experimental design was completely randomized and data were taken from different sites of the valleys mentioned in the state of Sonora. The highest grain yield was obtained in the Valle del Yaqui. The variables of plant height and spike length were the components of the yield with the highest index of genetic stability. The variety phenophases occurred properly without affecting the biological cycle. The grain yield in the CETT-910, in the 2015-2016 cycle, was higher than that obtained by the varietal descriptor as a result of good nutritional status and high photosynthesis. The results show that CIRNO C2008 maintains genetic stability of the yield components after eight years of being released for agricultural production in the Valle del Yaqui and Valle del Mayo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]