The potential of using pre-stress NaCl or CaCl2 applications to confer a cross-tolerance to a water deficit was evaluated in periwinkle.The plants initially received five applications of NaCl (0, 30 and 50 mM), or CaCl2 (15 and 25 mM) via irrigation, and then they were cultivated under different water deficit regimes (80, 50 and 20% available water

Tariku Sisay,1 Tesfaye Tolessa2 1Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Mizan Tepi University, Mizan, Ethiopia; 2Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Tariku SisayDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Mi