Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 22, Issue 23, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms222312676
Keywords
exogenous; GABA; antioxidant enzymes; stomata; ABA; drought stress
Funding
- Major Science and Technology Project of Shaanxi Province [2020zdzx03-01-01]
- Basic Research Plan of Natural Science of Shaanxi Province [2021JM-103]
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The study demonstrates that exogenous GABA treatment has a mitigation effect on apple seedlings under drought stress, increasing leaf water content, reducing leaf lipid peroxidation, enhancing photosynthesis, decreasing stomatal conductance, and improving antioxidant capacity.
Drought seriously affects the yield and quality of apples. gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) plays an important role in the responses of plants to various stresses. However, the role and possible mechanism of GABA in the drought response of apple seedlings remain unknown. To explore the effect of GABA on apple seedlings under drought stress, seedlings of Malus hupehensis were treated with seven concentrations of GABA, and the response of seedlings under 15-day drought stress was observed. The results showed that 0.5 mM GABA was the most effective at relieving drought stress. Treatment with GABA reduced the relative electrical conductivity and MDA content of leaves induced by drought stress and significantly increased the relative water content of leaves. Exogenous GABA significantly decreased the stomatal conductance and intercellular carbon dioxide concentration and transpiration rate, and it significantly increased the photosynthetic rate under drought. GABA also reduced the accumulation of superoxide anions and hydrogen peroxide in leaf tissues under drought and increased the activities of POD, SOD, and CAT and the content of GABA. Exogenous treatment with GABA acted through the accumulation of abscisic acid (ABA) in the leaves to significantly decrease stomatal conductance and increase the stomatal closure rate, and the levels of expression of ABA-related genes PYL4, ABI1, ABI2, HAB1, ABF3, and OST1 changed in response to drought. Taken together, exogenous GABA can enhance the drought tolerance of apple seedlings.
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