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PLANTS-BASEL
Volume 12, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants12071525
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Hibiscus syriacus; salt stress; ionic imbalance; oxidative stress; organic osmolytes
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The effect of NaCl stress on hibiscus seedlings was investigated. It was found that hibiscus showed tolerance to salt stress, as evidenced by the increase in organic osmolytes, ion accumulation, and antioxidant enzyme activity.
Hibiscus (Hibiscus syriacus L.) is known as a horticultural plant of great ornamental and medicinal value. However, the effect of NaCl stress on hibiscus seedlings is unclear. Little is known about H. syriacus `Duede Brabaul' (DB) and H. syriacus `Blueberry Smoothie' (BS). Here, the effects of solutions with different concentrations of NaCl on the organic osmolytes, ion accumulation, and antioxidant enzyme activity of hibiscus seedling leaves were determined. The results showed that the Na+/K+ ratio was imbalanced with increasing NaCl concentration, especially in BS (range 34% to 121%), which was more sensitive than DB (range 32% to 187%) under NaCl concentrations of 50 to 200 mM. To cope with the osmotic stress, the content of organic osmolytes increased significantly. Additionally, NaCl stress caused a large increase in O-2(.-) and H2O2, and other reactive oxygen species (ROS), and antioxidant enzyme activity was significantly increased to remove excess ROS. The expression level of genes related to salt tolerance was significantly higher in DB than that in BS under different NaCl concentrations. Taken together, DB possessed a stronger tolerance to salt stress and the results suggest membrane stability, Na+/K+, H2O2, catalase and ascorbate peroxidase as salt tolerance biomarkers that can be used for gene transformation and breeding in future hibiscus research.
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