Journal
FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 47, Issue 11, Pages 998-1006Publisher
CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/FP19375
Keywords
ascorbate peroxidase; drought; glutathione reductase; Triticum durum; Triticum aestivum
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- Science Development Foundation under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan [EIF-KETPL-2-2015-1(25)-56/35/3]
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The ascorbate-glutathione (AsA-GSH) cycle is a major pathway of H(2)O(2)scavenging in plants. The effect of diurnal variations in hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content, the intensity of lipid peroxidation (malondialdehyde, MDA), photosynthesis, antioxidants and antioxidative enzyme activities involved in AsA-GSH metabolism has been studied comparatively in leaves of durum (Triticum durumDesf.) and bread (Triticum aestivumL.) wheat genotypes exposed to soil drought. Drought stress caused an increase in the content of H2O2, MDA, alterations in the activities of AsA-GSH cycle enzymes and quantitative changes in AsA and GSH content during the day. PSII efficiency was significantly lower in the control and drought exposed leaves at the highest temperature in the afternoon. The ascorbate peroxidase activity was found to increase and ascorbic acid amount decreased with increasing temperature during the day. Further, the glutathione amount and glutathione reductase activity increased at the expense of the regeneration of the oxidised form of glutathione. Our results revealed that wheat can tolerate drought stress by enhancing the antioxidant enzyme activities and alteration of the concentration of ascorbate and glutathione.
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