_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: jnazorji@hezekiah.edu.ng; Asian Plant Research Journal 4(1): 35-42, 2020; Article no.APRJ.56688 ISSN: 2581-9992 Germination and Biochemical Parameters of the Triticum aestivum Varieties (Pirsabak and Ata Habib) in Response to NaCl Stress Mian Fazli Basit 1 , J. N. Azorji 2* , M. O. Nwachukwu 3 , Wisal 1 , Tabassum Yaseen 1 , Fayaz Asad 1 , Fazli Rahim 1 , Farkhanda Bibi 4 and C. M. Igbokwe 2 1 Department of Botany, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, Pakistan. 2 Department of Biological Sciences, Hezekiah University, Umudi, Imo State, Nigeria. 3 Department of Biology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. 4 Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan Garden Campus KP, Pakistan. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Authors MFB, JNA and MON designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors Wisal, TY and FA managed the analyses of the study. Authors FR, FB and CMI managed the literature searches. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/APRJ/2020/v4i130078 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Suleyman Avci, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey. (2) Dr. Shri Kant Tripathi, Mizoram University, India. Reviewers: (1) Boutheina Douh, University of Sousse, Tunisia. (2) Moataz Eliw Mostafa, Al-Azhar University, Egypt. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/56688 Received 04 March 2020 Accepted 10 May 2020 Published 18 May 2020 ABSTRACT Abiotic stress is an important ecological problem limiting crop growth and productivity of other important substances like Carbohydrates, protein, and Chlorophyll ‘a’ and ‘b’ contents in plants. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of various concentrations of NaCl, 20ppm, 40ppm, 60ppm, 80ppm, 100ppm and non-saline concentration on two varieties, Ata Habib and Pirsabak of Triticum aestivum. Effects of NaCl were observed on Biochemicals contents (Carbohydrates, protein, Chlorophyll a and b) and germination percentage, seedling shoot length, seedling root length, seedling fresh and dry biomass, root numbering and leaf numbering. The result showed that germination and seedling growth reduced with the increasing concentration of NaCl while total carbohydrates and chl ‘a’ and ‘b’ increased with increasing salt application on both Original Research Article