The invention belongs to the technical field of commercial
crop cultivation. The method comprises the following steps: S1, weighing
nano zinc oxide particles; s2, adding water for preparation, and ultrasonically dispersing the nanoparticles; s3, selecting castor seeds, soaking the castor seeds in the nano-
zinc oxide suspension, and performing seed
initiation treatment by oscillation and shading; s4, putting the soaked seeds into a
nylon mesh bag, and
drying at
room temperature until the initial
water content of the seeds is reached; and S5,
sowing the castor seeds subjected to
initiation treatment, and carrying
out stress treatment with salt of different concentrations. In order to solve the problems that the
germination rate of castor-oil plants is low and seedlings are difficult to grow in the northeast
saline areas, the method provided by the invention performs
initiation treatment on castor-oil
plant seeds by using a nano-
zinc oxide suspension, so that the salt tolerance of the castor-oil plants under salt stress is remarkably improved, and the
germination of the seeds under salt stress and the growth of the germinated seedlings are promoted. The initiator disclosed by the invention is low in price, environment-friendly and
pollution-free, the initiation process is simple to operate, and the initiator has important significance on large-scale popularization, cultivation and planting of castor-oil plants in soil salinized areas, and provides a basis for application of nano-
zinc oxide in economic crops, especially castor-oil plants, and improvement of the salt tolerance of the castor-oil plants.