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JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 358-366Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-009-9104-9
Keywords
Salicylic acid; Hypoxia stress; M. robusta Rehd; Oxidative stress; Antioxidant enzymes; Antioxidants
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- Agriculture Ministry of China [2006-G28]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [20060390310]
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Salicylic acid (SA) as a signal molecule mediates many biotic and environmental stress-induced physiologic responses in plants. In this study we investigated the role of SA in regulating growth and oxidative stress in Malus robusta Rehd under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions. Hypoxia stress inhibited plant growth and dramatically reduced biomass. Addition of SA significantly alleviated the plant growth inhibition. The amounts of superoxide radicals (O-2 (-)) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) significantly increased in leaves of the plants exposed to hypoxia stress and resulted in oxidative stress, which was indicated by accumulated concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) and electrolyte leakage. Addition of SA significantly decreased the level of O-2 (-), electrolyte leakage, and lipid peroxidation and enhanced the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) under hypoxia stress. As important antioxidants, ascorbate (AsA) and glutathione (GSH) contents in the plant leaves were slightly increased by SA treatment compared to hypoxia stress treatment alone. It was concluded that SA could alleviate the detrimental effects of hypoxia stress on plant growth and of oxidative stress by enhancing the antioxidant defense system in leaves of M. robusta Rehd.
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