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ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
Volume 78, Issue -, Pages 84-90Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.12.025
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ATP-sulfurylase; Ethylene; Nitrate reductase; Photosynthesis
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In this study, we have shown that application of ethephon (an ethylene source) resulted in increased activity of nitrate reductase (NR, EC 1.6.6.1) and ATP-sulfurylase (ATPS, EC 2.7.7.4), which accounted for enhanced nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) assimilation, resulting in increased photosynthetic responses in two mustard (Brassica juncea L) cultivars that differ in photosynthetic capacity. These results were further substantiated by the effects of 100 mu M norbornadiene (NBD; an ethylene action inhibitor) treatment. The application of NBD to ethephon-treated plants reduced ethylene sensitivity of plants and inhibited ethylene action by binding to the ethylene receptors, suppressing ethylene-induced N and S assimilation and photosynthetic responses in both the cultivars. Ethylene could be potentially used to increase available N and S resources, photosynthetic-NUE and -SUE and photosynthesis of mustard. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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