Journal
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
Volume 288, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110410
Keywords
Gibberellin; Cadmium; Lettuce; NMT; Ion transporter gene
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- National Key Research and Develop-ment Program of China [2018YFD0800302, 2016YFD0800703]
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Gibberellin (GA) has been shown to have beneficial effects on plant resistance to abiotic stresses, including mitigating Cd stress in lettuce plants. GA treatment increased root length and surface area, reduced Cd uptake, and decreased Cd root-to-shoot translocation, ultimately alleviating Cd toxicity in lettuce leaves.
Gibberellin (GA) has been shown to exert numerous beneficial physiological functions in the resistance of plant to various abiotic stresses, however, the mechanism of GA for the mitigation of Cd stress in vegetables has not been well established. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of GA on the growth and Cd uptake in lettuce plants. Result showed that 10 mu mol/L GA treatment restored part of the root morphology and vigor of lettuce under Cd stress by increasing the total root length, surface area and total root tip number, which directly showed an increased biomass of lettuce. On the other hand, GA reduced Cd uptake by roots and Cd root-to-shoot translocation by down-regulated expression of IRT1, Nramp1, HMA2 and HMA4, which finally alleviated the toxic effects of Cd on lettuce leaves, as confirmed by Non-invasive micro-test Technique (NMT) results. Overall, these findings provide new insights into the mechanism of cadmium toxicity mitigation in vegetables by GA and provide a theoretical basis for the development of physiological blockers with gibberellin components.
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