Effect of pre-treatment with ethanolamine on the response of Helianthus annuus L. to salt stress |
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Authors: | Marcelo J Kogan Gisela Kristoff María P Benavides María L Tomaro |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mycorrhizal Symbioses, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Z?mek 1, 252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic;(2) Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Technick? 5, 166 28 Prague, Dejvice, Czech Republic;(3) Department of Mycorrhizal Symbioses, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Lesn? 322, 252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | The accumulation of compatible solutes is one of the strategies that plants have developed to tolerate salt stress. Proline and betaine are the main metabolites that accumulate in various species of higher plants in response to salt stress. In Helianthus annuus L., pre-treatment of seeds with ethanolamine led to enhanced seedling tolerance to conditions of saline stress during germination, as evidenced by the greater growth of pretreated seedlings (EAS group) versus untreated seedlings (S group), evaluated through such parameters as length, water and chlorophyll content. During the germination period, a considerable increase was observed in proline levels (up to 300%) in seedlings subjected to saline stress, whereas in the EAS group, the proline increment was much smaller (20%). Starting from the fourth day of germination, betaine levels in seedlings pretreated with ethanolamine and then with water (EAW group) and in EAS showed a significant increase versus C (control) and S seedlings, possibly because such a precursor promotes betaine biosynthesis. This could be responsible for the enhanced growth observed in EAS versus S seedlings, as well as for preventing the decrease in chlorophyll content in the EAS group. The accumulation of betaine seems to correlate with the greater tolerance of these seedlings against stress induced by sodium chloride. |
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Keywords: | betaine ethanolamine growth Helianthus annuus L salt stress |
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