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PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 174, Issue 2, Pages 221-226Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2007.11.007
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crassulacean acid metabolism; oxidative stress; stomatal conductance
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Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is one of the most stable reactive oxygen species (ROS), which is produced in plants in various metabolic processes and its level can increase as a result of many stress factors. It was found that a NaCl-induced shift from C-3 to CAM in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. leaves was accompanied with a significant increase in H2O2 concentration (as calculated on a chlorophyll basis). Moreover, the highest accumulation of H2O2 in leaves and leaf veins appeared before the maximal nocturnal malate accumulation was detected on day 6 and 9 of NaCl-treatment, indicating that salinity itself is responsible for an increase in H2O2 production. Several symptoms of functional CAM, i.e. strong increase in NADP-ME activity, and diel malate oscillations, appeared after 9-12 days of salt-treatment. The obtained results suggest that accumulation of H2O2 in leaves and leaf veins is due to salinity itself, and appears before functional CAM, but H2O2 as a trigger involved in C-3-CAM transition seems to be an important factor. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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