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JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 171, Issue 3-4, Pages 260-268Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.08.004
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Fluorescence microscopy; Mineral nutrition; Oxidative stress; Phenolic metabolism; Reactive oxygen species
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- OP Education for Competitiveness (European Social Fund and the state budget of the Czech Republic) [CZ.1.07/2.3.00/30.0017]
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Barley (Hortleum vulgare cv. Bojos) plants cultured in low nitrogen (N) containing Hoagland solution (20 mg/I) were exposed to N deficiency ( N) over 15 days. Plants revealed relatively high tolerance to total N deficit because shoot length was not altered and dry biomass was depleted by ca. 30% while root length increased by ca. 50% and dry biomass remained unaffected. Soluble proteins and free amino acids decreased more pronouncedly in the roots. Antioxidants (glutathione and ascorbic acid) decreased in the shoots but increased or were not affected in the roots. Ascorbate peroxidase and glutathione reductase activities were depleted in shoots and/or roots while guaiacol peroxidase activity was stimulated in the shoots. In accordance, fluorescence signal of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide was elevated in shoots but no extensive changes were observed in roots if +N and N treatments are compared. At the level of phenolic metabolites, slight increase in soluble phenols and some phenolic acids and strong elevation of flavonoid homoorientin was found in the shoots but not in the roots. Fluorescence microscopy in terms of detection of phenols is also discussed. We also briefly discussed accuracy of quantification of some parameters owing to discrepancies in the literature. It is concluded that N deficiency induces increase in shoot phenolics but also elevates symptoms of oxidative stress while increase in root antioxidants probably contributes to ROS homeostasis aimed to maintain root development. (C) 2013 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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