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PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM
Volume 172, Issue 2, Pages 317-333Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13155
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- King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia [43-Bot-2, RSP-2020/116]
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The study demonstrates that external application of trehalose can significantly reduce relative membrane permeability and hydrogen peroxide accumulation, while also helping to improve plant growth, oxidative defense system, yield, and oil composition under water-limited conditions.
This study was carried out to assess the influence of trehalose, a non-reducing disaccharide involved in improving plant stress tolerance, on two cultivars (Hysun 33 and FH 598) of sunflower (Helianthus annuusL.) grown under control and drought stress conditions. At pre-flowering stage, varying concentrations (10, 20 and 30 mM) of trehalose were applied to the foliage. Drought stress significantly suppressed the plant growth, total soluble proteins, chlorophyll,achene yield per plant, oil percentage, organic contents, as well as oil palmitic and linoleic acids in both sunflower cultivars. External application of trehalose significantly reduced RMP (relative membrane permeability), and the accumulation of H2O2(hydrogen peroxide), while a considerable improvement was recorded in shoot fresh and shoot and root dry weights, total soluble proteins, glycinebetaine, AsA (ascorbic acid), total phenolics, achene yield per plant, oil contents, inorganic and organic contents, and the activities of catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) enzymes under water-limited regimes. The cultivar Hysun 33 was superior to the other cultivar in plant growth, RMP, glycinebetaine, proline, achene yield per plant, oil contents, and palmitic and linoleic acids. Overall, foliar-applied trehalose improved plant growth, oxidative defense system, yield and oil composition of sunflower under drought stress conditions.
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