THE EFFECT OF ABSCISIC ACID AND FUSICOCCIN ON MALIC ACID CONCENTRATION IN PULVINI OF PHASEOLUS COCCINEUS L.

The objective of this work was to assess the regulatory effects of auxin-priming on gas exchange and hormonal homeostasis in spring wheat subjected to saline conditions. Seeds of MH-97 (salt-intolerant) and Inqlab-91 (salt-tolerant) cultivars were subjected to 11 priming treatments (three hormones x three concentrations + two controls) and evaluated under saline (15 dS m-1) and nonsaline (2.84 dS m-1) conditions. The priming treatments consisted of: 5.71, 8.56, and 11.42 × 10-4 mol L-1 indoleacetic acid; 4.92, 7.38, and 9.84 × 10-4 mol L-1 indolebutyric acid; 4.89, 7.34, and 9.79 × 10-4 mol L-1 tryptophan; and a control with hydroprimed seeds. A negative control with nonprimed seeds was also evaluated. All priming agents diminished the effects of salinity on endogenous abscisic acid concentration in the salt-intolerant cultivar. Grain yield was positively correlated with net CO2 assimilation rate and endogenous indoleacetic acid concentration, and it was negatively correlated with abscisic acid and free polyamine concentrations. In general, the priming treatment with tryptophan at 4.89 × 10-4 mol L-1 was the most effective in minimizing yield losses and reductions in net CO2 assimilation rate, under salt stress conditions. Hormonal homeostasis increases net CO2 assimilation rate and confers tolerance to salinity on spring wheat.

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Abscisic Acid Content and Osmotic Relations of Salt-Stressed Grapevine Leaves

Functional Plant Biology ◽

10.1071/pp9810443 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 443 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

WJS Downton ◽

BR Loveys

Keyword(s):

Abscisic Acid ◽

Acid Concentration ◽

Stomatal Resistance ◽

Vitis Vinifera L ◽

Phaseic Acid ◽

Ion Content ◽

Grapevine Leaves ◽

Abscisic Acid Content ◽

Osmotic Potentials ◽

Reducing Sugar Concentration

Changes in abscisic acid, phaseic acid, stomatal resistance, water potential, osmotic potential, turgor potential, proline, reducing sugars and ion content (Na+, K+, Cl-) in leaves from grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.) subjected to 0, 25, 50 or 100 mM NaCl (osmotic potentials of 0, - 0.1, - 0.2 and - 0.4 MPa, respectively) were monitored over a 3-week period. Abscisic acid concentration increased within 6 h for the 50 and 100 mM NaCl-treated vines. Proline did not accumulate until the next day for the 100 mM NaCl-treated plants and continued to accumulate for the duration of the experiment. Phaseic acid showed kinetics consistent with its being derived from abscisic acid. Stomatal resistance to water vapour exchange increased in the salt-treated plants over the course of the experiment despite a decline in abscisic acid concentration after the initial upsurge. Reducing sugar concentration showed an early upsurge, its contribution to osmotic readjustment being at least equal to that of accumulated Na+, K+ and Cl- the day after stress began. Potassium was preferentially accumulated over sodium into leaves during the first 8 days of the experiment and the sum of these two cations generally balanced accumulating chloride. Except for an initial loss of turgor in vines given 100 mM NaCl, turgor potential was maintained within 0.1 MPa of control plants for all of the treatments throughout the experiment.

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