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JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 167, Issue 2, Pages 88-94Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.07.006
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Antioxidant system; Dioscorea zingiberensis; High-temperature stress; Tetraploid
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Polyploidy is reported to show increased tolerance to environmental stress. In this work, tetraploid plants of Dioscorea zingiberensis were obtained by colchicine treatment of shoots propagated in vitro. The highest tetraploid induction rate was achieved by treatment with 0.15% colchicine for 24 h. Diploid and tetraploid plants were exposed to normal (28 degrees C) and high temperature (42 degrees C) for 5 d during which physiological indices were measured. Compared with diploid plants, relative electrolyte leakage and contents of malondialdehyde, superoxide anions and hydrogen peroxide were lower in tetraploids, while activities of antioxidant enzymes, such as superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase and glutathione reductase, were stimulated and antioxidants (ascorbic acid and glutathione) were maintained at high concentrations. These results indicate that tetraploid plants possess a stronger antioxidant defense system and increased heat tolerance. (C) 2009 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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