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Why and how putrescine modulates thermotolerance in wheat?

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Title Why and how putrescine modulates thermotolerance in wheat?
 
Creator Asthir, Bavita
Kumar, Rashpal
Bains, Navtej Singh
 
Subject Antioxidant defence
High-temperature
Membrane stability parameters
Putrescine
<em>Triticum aestivum</em> L.
 
Description 404-412
Effects of putrescine (Put) and high temperature (HT) on the responses of wheat (<em>Triticum aestivum</em> L.) seedlings or developing grains were studied in six wheat cultivars (PBW 343, C 273, C 306, PBW 550, PBW 621 and HD 2967) raised in the laboratory (25°C or 32°C) in Petri dishes for seven days or in the field under normal (November) and late (December) planting conditions. High temperature significantly reduced root/shoot lengths and dry weights of all the six cultivars, whereas Put ameliorated this effect by increasing these attributes. C 306 and C 273 showed higher root/shoot lengths and dry weights over PBW 550, PBW 621. High temperature significantly increased the activities of ascorbate peroxidase, guaiacol peroxidase, superoxide dismutase and catalase in correspondence with an increase in membrane injury index (MII) and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARs) and H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> contents. Application of Put under HT further elevated activities of these enzymes whereas MII and contents of TBARs, H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> were reduced. In fact, Put treated seedlings performed better in terms of antioxidant response under HT than seedlings in absence. Various morpho-physiological parameters like plant height, peduncle length, 1000 grain weight and the number of grains per year were decreased in the late sown crop. However, Put application under HT stress increased these parameters. Overall, it appears that upregulation of the antioxidant system by Put in wheat cultivars contributes to the better protection and membrane integrity in the root, shoot and grains against HT through reduced MII and TBARs contents.
 
Date 2018-11-29T05:39:40Z
2018-11-29T05:39:40Z
2018-12
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-0959 (Online); 0301-1208 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/45454
 
Language en_US
 
Rights <img src='http://nopr.niscair.res.in/image/cc-license-sml.png'> <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in' target='_blank'>CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India</a>
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJBB Vol.55(6) [December 2018]