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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 94, Issue -, Pages 164-171Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.04.013
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Antioxidant system; Cadmium; Anatomy; Wheat; Indole-3-acetic acid; Salicylic acid
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The seedlings of wheat were grown in the presence of CdCl2 (500 or 1000 mu M Cd), were applied with 500 mu M of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) or 500 mu M salicylic acid (SA) as seed soaking and were sampled at 56 days after sowing. The plants exposed to Cd exhibited a substantial decline in growth, pigment content, relative water content (RWC) activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POX) and leaf structure. However, pretreatment with IAA or SA mitigated the stress generated by Cd and markedly improved the aforesaid parameters. The Cd increased proline content, electrolyte leakage and plant Cd content. However, the IAA or SA treatment attenuated the adverse effects of Cd on these attributes. The results showed that pretreatment with IAA or SA enhanced the antioxidant defense activities in Cd stressed wheat, thus alleviating Cd induced oxidative damage and enhancing Cd tolerance and leaf anatomy. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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