biostudies-literatureLong JCentral Guided Local Science and Technology Development Funds ProjectNational Natural Science Foundation of China17810https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11294584biostudies-literatureUnknown14(1)Elymus nutans Griseb. (E. nutans), a pioneer plant for the restoration of high quality pasture and vegetation, is widely used to establish artificial grasslands and ecologically restore arid and salinized soils. To investigate the effects of drought stress and salt stress on the physiology and endogenous hormones of E. nutans seedlings, this experiment configured the same environmental water potential (0 (CK), - 0.04, - 0.14, - 0.29, - 0.49, - 0.73, and - 1.02 MPa) of PEG-6000 and NaCl stress to investigate the effects of drought stress and salt stress, respectively, on E. nutans seedlings under the same environmental water potential. The results showed that although the physiological indices and endogenous hormones of the E. nutans seedlings responded differently to drought stress and salScientific reportsResponse of Elymus nutans Griseb. seedling physiology and endogenous hormones to drought and salt stress.PMC11294584U21A20240U20A2050ZYYD2023000147Qiao WBaosai HLong JMiao YLiu DWang YfalseResponse of Elymus nutans Griseb. seedling physiology and endogenous hormones to drought and salt stress.Elymus nutans Griseb. (E. nutans), a pioneer plant for the restoration of high quality pasture and vegetation, is widely used to establish artificial grasslands and ecologically restore arid and salinized soils. To investigate the effects of drought stress and salt stress on the physiology and endogenous hormones of E. nutans seedlings, this experiment configured the same environmental water potential (0 (CK), - 0.04, - 0.14, - 0.29, - 0.49, - 0.73, and - 1.02 MPa) of PEG-6000 and NaCl stress to investigate the effects of drought stress and salt stress, respectively, on E. nutans seedlings under the same environmental water potential. The results showed that although the physiological indices and endogenous hormones of the E. nutans seedlings responded differently to drought stress and sal2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Aug2025-04-19T20:46:23.355Z2025-02-19T02:27:08.274ZS-EPMC112945843909016310.1038/s41598-024-68894-7