Journal
BIOLOGIA
Volume 69, Issue 9, Pages 1164-1171Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-014-0411-7
Keywords
glutamate dehydrogenase; glutamine synthetase; salt; silicon; Zea mays L.
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- Slovak Research and Development Agency [APVV-0140-10]
- project VEGA [2/0022/13]
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The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different salt concentrations (50 and 200 mM NaCl) on growth, permeability properties (electrolyte leakage, cell viability) and activity of glutamine synthetase (GS) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) in roots of maize seedlings. Both salt concentrations significantly affected growth and permeability properties of maize seedling roots and this negative effect increased with concentration of salt and duration of experiments. On the other hand salinity induced only small changes in the activities of GS and GDH, usually small increase in the activity was observed. To characterise the possible protective effect of silicon (Si) on maize roots exposed to saline stress, different concentrations of Si were simultaneously applied to both, low (50 mM) and high (200 mM) salt concentrations. Possible protective effects of Si on studied parameters were analysed in time range of 3 days treatment with the most positive effect on salt-induced root growth inhibition at high salt concentration and electrolyte leakage. The results show significant increase in GDH activity under all the tested conditions, although the mechanisms underlying this increase have not been elucidated. The results indicate that silicon may ameliorate the salt-induced root growth inhibition and increase the plant vigour at stressful conditions.
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