It is due to the lack of renewable fiber sources for industrial purposes that the need for finding available and alternative material has become imperative. Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.), a fast-growing industrial crop, would be a potential solution for valorizing salinized lands and/or soils irrigated with saline water. | Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Research Article Turk J Agric For (2018) 42: 322-333 © TÜBİTAK doi: Multivariate statistical analyses for studying kenaf germination, growth, and fiber production under salinity constraint 1 2, 3 4 Rekaya AYADI , Rayda BEN AYED * , Nejla LASSOUED , Hichem BEN SALEM , 5 1 6 Mohamed LARBI KHOUJA , Lamia HAMROUNI , Mohsen HANANA 1 Laboratory of Management and Valorization of Forest Resources, National Institute of Rural Engineering, Waters, and Forest Researches, Ariana, Tunisia 2 Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Screening Processes, Genomics and Bioinformatics Group, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia 3 Laboratory of Research Valorization of Unconventional Waters, National Institute of Rural Engineering, Waters, and Forest Researches, Ariana, Tunisia 4 Laboratory of Feed and Animal Productions, Tunisian National Institute of Agronomical Research, Ariana, Tunisia 5 Laboratory of Forest Ecology, National Institute of Rural Engineering, Waters, and Forest Researches, Ariana, Tunisia 6 Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Biotechnology Center of Borj-Cédria, Hammam Lif, Tunisia Received: Accepted/Published Online: Final Version: Abstract: It is due to the lack of renewable fiber sources for industrial purposes that the need for finding available and alternative material has become imperative. Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.), a fast-growing industrial crop, would be a potential solution for valorizing salinized lands and/or soils irrigated with saline water. With the aim of selecting and valorizing salt-tolerant species with high fiber yields and industrial values, we launched the assessment of the performance of kenaf culture (var. Guangdong 743-2) under salinity constraints. Germination and vegetative stages were considered in the present study to better evaluate the whole life cycle of the species. Several
