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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 112, Issue -, Pages 686-694Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.06.042
Keywords
Salt stress; Coffea arabica; Cell wall; Polysaccharide; Lignin
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- CNPq
- CAPES
- Fundacao Araucaria-PRONEX
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Coffea arabica is the most important agricultural commodity in the world, and salinity is a major threat to its sustainable irrigation. Coffee leaf polysaccharides from plants subjected to salt stress were extracted and the leaves visualized through optical and electron microscopy. Alterations were detected in the monosaccharide composition of the pectin and hemicelluloses, with increases in uronic acid in all fractions. Changes in the polysaccharides were confirmed by HPSEC and FTIR. Moreover, the monolignol content was increased in the final residue, which suggests increased lignin content. The cytoplasm was altered, and the chloroplasts appeared irregular in shape. The arrangement of the stroma lamellae was disordered, and no starch granules were present. It was concluded that leaves of C. arabica under salt stress showed alterations in cell wall polysaccharides, increased monolignol content and structural damage to the cells of the mesophyll. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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