Dihydroquercetin protects barley seeds against mold and increases seedling adaptive potential under soil flooding |
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Authors: | Tamara I Balakhnina Anatoly B Gavrilov Teresa M W?odarczyk Aneta Borkowska Magdalena Nosalewicz Irina R Fomina |
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Institution: | Tamara I. Balakhnina, Anatoly B. Gavrilov, Teresa M. W?odarczyk, Aneta Borkowska, Magdalena Nosalewicz and Irina R. Fomina |
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Abstract: | Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seeds were soaked in aqueous 10−4 M dihydroquercetin (DHQ) to examine its influence on seed germination and further growth of seedlings under optimal soil
watering and flooding conditions. The adaptive potential of the plants was estimated by the content of thiobarbituric acid
reactive substances (TBARs) and the activity of ascorbate peroxidase (AsP). High-grade seeds were germinated evenly under
(−DHQ)- and (+DHQ)-treatments. Low-grade seeds soaked in DHQ, showed no mold and twofold germination rate in comparison with
the same seeds soaked in water. The seedlings grown from the similarly germinated seeds did not differ from each other in
the shoot growth, independent of the DHQ-pretreatment. The root growth was higher in DHQ-pretreated plants. Soil flooding
suppressed the shoot and root growth rates in non-pretreated and DHQ-pretreated plants, however TBARs content was lower in
the roots and leaves of (+DHQ)-seedlings as compared to the (−DHQ)-ones. The activity of AsP increased more significantly
in the (+DHQ)-plants. The ratio between TBARs content and the AsP activity was lower in the leaves of (+DHQ)-plants both under
optimal soil conditions and flooding. Thus, the treatment of low-grade barley seeds with DHQ protects the seeds against mold
and increases adaptive potential of the seedlings. |
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Keywords: | Ascorbate peroxidase Dihydroquercetin Flooding Growth Hordeum vulgare Lipid peroxidation |
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