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Lubyanova AR, Allagulova CR, Lastochkina OV. The Effects of Seed Pretreatment with Endophytic Bacteria Bacillus subtilis on the Water Balance of Spring and Winter Wheat Seedlings under Short-Time Water Deficit. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2684. [PMID: 37514298 PMCID: PMC10383602 DOI: 10.3390/plants12142684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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We investigated the effect of pre-sowing seed treatment with endophytic Bacillus subtilis 10-4 (B. subtilis) on spring and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.; cultivars Ekada-70 (Ek) and Scepter (Sc), respectively) growth and tolerance under 1-24 h of drought stress, modulated by 12% polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG). The results showed that drought decreased transpiration intensity (TI), root relative water content (RWC), osmotic potential (Ψπ) of cell sap, and induced proline accumulation and electrolyte leakage (EL) in both wheat cultivars. It was revealed that Sc was more responsive to PEG and B. subtilis treatments than Ek. Under drought, Ek did not significantly change root length, shoot height, or dry biomass. The pretreatment of wheat plants with B. subtilis performed significantly better under drought conditions through the enhanced TI, RWC, and Ψπ of the cell sap in comparison with the plants treated with 12% PEG alone. B. subtilis also reduced stress-caused EL, especially in the Sc cultivar. Under water deficit wheat seedlings, pretreated with B. subtilis, have a higher proline accumulation in comparison to untreated stressed plants. Taken together, our results demonstrate the crucial role of endophytic B. subtilis in ameliorating the adverse effects of water stress on the water balance of both winter and spring wheat cultivars.
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- Alsu R Lubyanova
- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics-Subdivision of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect Oktyabrya 71, 450054 Ufa, Russia
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics-Subdivision of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect Oktyabrya 71, 450054 Ufa, Russia
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics-Subdivision of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect Oktyabrya 71, 450054 Ufa, Russia
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Singh S, Dubey NK, Tripathi DK, Gupta R, Singh VP. Nitric oxide and hydrogen peroxide mediated regulation of chromium (VI) toxicity in wheat seedlings involves alterations in antioxidants and high affinity sulfate transporter. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 332:111697. [PMID: 37023859 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Chromium contamination of the soil is a major scientific concern with reference to crop productivity and human health. In recent years, several approaches are being employed in managing metal toxicity in crop plants. Here, we have investigated about potential and probable crosstalk of nitric oxide (NO) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in mitigating hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] toxicity in wheat seedlings. Cr(VI) toxicity reduced the fresh mass and overall growth due to accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and decreased efficiency of AsA-GSH cycle and downregulation of high affinity sulfate transporter. However, exogenous treatment of NO and H2O2 significantly alleviated Cr toxicity. Application of NO and ROS scavengers reversed stress mitigating effects of NO and H2O2, respectively suggesting that endogenous NO and H2O2 are necessary for rendering Cr toxicity tolerance. Furthermore, NO rescued negative effect of diphenylene iodonium (DPI, NADPH oxidase inhibitor) and H2O2 reversed the negative effect of c-PTIO suggesting that they exhibit independent signalling in mitigating Cr stress. Altogether, data indicated that NO and H2O2 rendered mitigation of Cr stress by up-regulating enzymes (activity and relative gene expression) and metabolites of AsA-GSH cycle, high affinity sulfate transporter (relative gene expression) and glutathione biosynthesis which collectively controlled occurrence of oxidative stress.
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- Samiksha Singh
- Centre of Advanced Studies in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
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- Centre of Advanced Studies in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India.
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- Crop Nanobiology and Molecular Stress Physiology Lab Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Sector-125, Noida 201313, India
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- College of General Education, Kookmin University, Seoul 02707, South Korea
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- Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, C.M.P. Degree College, A Constituent Post Graduate College of University of Allahabad, Prayagraj 211002, India.
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Involvement of Nitric Oxide in Methyl Jasmonate-Mediated Regulation of Water Metabolism in Wheat Plants under Drought Stress. STRESSES 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/stresses2040033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Drought is a serious challenge that causes significant crop loss worldwide. The developmental processes of plants are regulated by phytohormones and signaling molecules that crosstalk together in signaling cascades. We suppose that nitric oxide (NO) is a secondary messenger of the JAs signaling pathway, as 10−7 M methyl jasmonate (MeJA) pretreatment regulates NO accumulation in wheat plants under drought stress, modulated by 12% polyethylene glycol (PEG), and in control plants. This study aimed to compare 2 × 10−4 M nitric oxide donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and MeJA pretreatments in regulating growth and water balance parameters at the vulnerable initial first-leaf stage of wheat growth. The application of 12% PEG decreased transpiration intensity twofold, relative water content (RWC) by 7–9%, and osmotic potential of cell sap by 33–40% compared with those of control plants. Under drought, MeJA- and SNP-pretreated plants decreased transpiration intensity by 20–25%, RWC by 3–4%, and osmotic potential of cell sap by 16–21% compared with those of control plants, and enhanced the proline content by 25–55% compared with MeJA- and SNP-untreated plants. Our results suggest that pretreatment with MeJA as well as SNP could mitigate drought stress in wheat plants. Similarities in MeJA- and SNP-induced shifts in plant water balance suggested that NO is a mediator of MeJA-induced regulation of wheat water content during water deficit.
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do Carmo GC, Iastrenski LF, Debiasi TV, da Silva RC, Gomes DG, Pelegrino MT, Bianchini E, Stolf-Moreira R, Pimenta JA, Seabra AB, Oliveira HC. Nanoencapsulation improves the protective effects of a nitric oxide donor on drought-stressed Heliocarpus popayanensis seedlings. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 225:112713. [PMID: 34478983 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Despite the important role played by nitric oxide (NO) in plants subjected to abiotic stress, NO donors application to induce drought tolerance in neotropical tree seedlings has not yet been tested. It is also worth investigating whether NO bioactivity in drought-stressed seedlings could be potentiated by NO donors nanoencapsulation. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the effects of chitosan nanoparticles (NPs) containing S-nitroso-mercaptosuccinic acid (S-nitroso-MSA) on drought-stressed seedlings of neotropical tree species Heliocarpus popayanensis Kunth in comparison to free NO donor and NPs loaded with non-nitrosated MSA. Nanoencapsulation slowed down NO release from S-nitroso-MSA, and nanoencapsulated S-nitroso-MSA yielded 2- and 1.6-fold higher S-nitrosothiol levels in H. popayanensis roots and leaves, respectively, than the free NO donor. S-nitroso-MSA has prevented drought-induced CO2 assimilation inhibition, regardless of nanoencapsulation, but the nanoencapsulated NO donor has induced earlier ameliorative effect. Both NO and MSA have decreased oxidative stress in H. popayanensis roots, but this effect was not associated with antioxidant enzyme induction, with higher seedling biomass, or with proline and glycine betaine accumulation. Nanoencapsulated S-nitroso-MSA was the only formulation capable of increasing leaf relative water content in drought-stressed plants (from 32.3% to 60.5%). In addition, it induced root hair formation (increase by 36.6% in comparison to well-hydrated plants). Overall, results have evidenced that nanoencapsulation was capable of improving the protective effect of S-nitroso-MSA on H. popayanensis seedlings subjected to drought stress, a fact that highlighted the potential application of NO-releasing NPs to obtain drought-tolerant tree seedlings for reforestation programs.
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- Giovanna Camargo do Carmo
- Department of Animal and Plant Biology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, CEP 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Plant Biology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, CEP 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Plant Biology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, CEP 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Plant Biology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, CEP 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Plant Biology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, CEP 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Center for Natural and Human Sciences, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), Av. dos Estados 5001, CEP 09210-580, Santo André, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Plant Biology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, CEP 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Plant Biology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, CEP 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Plant Biology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, CEP 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Center for Natural and Human Sciences, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), Av. dos Estados 5001, CEP 09210-580, Santo André, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Plant Biology, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, CEP 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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Almeida GM, Costa AC, Batista PF, Junqueira VB, Rodrigues AA, Santos ECD, Vieira DA, de Oliveira MM, Silva AA. Can light intensity modulate the physiological, anatomical, and reproductive responses of soybean plants to water deficit? PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2021; 172:1301-1320. [PMID: 33554371 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Little is known about the role of light intensity in modulating plant responses to stress due to water deficit (WD). Thus, the objective of this study was to determine the WD and contrasting irradiance effects on the physiology, anatomy, and grain yield of soybean plants. The experimental design was a randomized block in a growth chamber and a 2 × 2 factorial treatment arrangement: 90% (well-watered, WW) and 40% (WD) of soil field capacities (FC); and 750 (medium irradiance, MI) and 1500 (higher irradiance, HI) μmol (photons) m-2 s-1 irradiance. The WD caused a lower photosynthetic rate - as well as observed in the light curve and in the relative parameters, such as apparent quantum efficiency -, less investment in shoot biomass and pollen grain germination, resulting in lower grain yield. However, there was an increase in non-photochemical energy dissipation, a higher concentration of total soluble sugars, proline, and malondialdehyde. The WD + MI-soybean plants developed thicker spongy parenchyma (related to higher mesophilic conductance of CO2 ). In the WW + HI condition the palisade parenchyma was thicker, conferring maintenance of photosynthetic efficiency. In addition, there was an increase in the activity of superoxide dismutase, catalase, peroxidase, and ascorbate peroxidase antioxidant enzymes in leaves due to HI, regardless of FC. This induced higher energy expenditure, reflected in the reduction of the number of leaf and branches, leaf area, dry mass of leaves and stem in the WW + HI. Interestingly, these strategies of osmotic adjustment, photoprotection, and antioxidant defenses act together in the WD + HI.
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- Gabriel Martins Almeida
- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia e Produtividade Vegetal, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia e Produtividade Vegetal, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia e Produtividade Vegetal, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia e Produtividade Vegetal, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Sementes, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia e Produtividade Vegetal, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia e Produtividade Vegetal, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia e Produtividade Vegetal, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia e Produtividade Vegetal, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil
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Lau SE, Hamdan MF, Pua TL, Saidi NB, Tan BC. Plant Nitric Oxide Signaling under Drought Stress. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:360. [PMID: 33668545 PMCID: PMC7917642 DOI: 10.3390/plants10020360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Water deficit caused by drought is a significant threat to crop growth and production. Nitric oxide (NO), a water- and lipid-soluble free radical, plays an important role in cytoprotection. Apart from a few studies supporting the role of NO in drought responses, little is known about this pivotal molecular amendment in the regulation of abiotic stress signaling. In this review, we highlight the knowledge gaps in NO roles under drought stress and the technical challenges underlying NO detection and measurements, and we provide recommendations regarding potential avenues for future investigation. The modulation of NO production to alleviate abiotic stress disturbances in higher plants highlights the potential of genetic manipulation to influence NO metabolism as a tool with which plant fitness can be improved under adverse growth conditions.
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- Su-Ee Lau
- Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia; (S.-E.L.); (T.-L.P.)
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia;
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China;
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- Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia; (S.-E.L.); (T.-L.P.)
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia;
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- Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia; (S.-E.L.); (T.-L.P.)
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Majeed S, Nawaz F, Naeem M, Ashraf MY, Ejaz S, Ahmad KS, Tauseef S, Farid G, Khalid I, Mehmood K. Nitric oxide regulates water status and associated enzymatic pathways to inhibit nutrients imbalance in maize (Zea mays L.) under drought stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2020; 155:147-160. [PMID: 32758996 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a key signaling molecule that instigates significant changes in plant metabolic processes and promotes tolerance against various environmental stresses including drought. In this study, we focused on NO-mediated physiological mechanisms and enzymatic activities that influence the nutrient concentrations and yield in maize under drought stress. The drought-tolerant (NK-8711) and sensitive (P-1574) maize hybrids were sown in lysimeter tanks and two levels of water stress (well-watered at100% field capacity and drought stress at 60% field capacity) were applied at three-leaves stage of maize. Foliar treatment of sodium nitroprusside (SNP), the donor of NO was applied at the cob development stage. The results showed that the foliar spray of NO regulated water relations by increasing proline content and improved drought tolerance in water stressed maize plants. In addition, it stimulated the activity of antioxidative enzymes which reduced the production of free radicals and lipid peroxidation. The activities of nitrate assimilation enzymes were considerably increased by NO spray which, in turn, increased nutrient accumulation and yield in maize under water deficit conditions. These results acknowledge the importance of NO as a stress-signaling molecule that positively regulates defense mechanisms in maize to withstand water-limited conditions.
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- Sadia Majeed
- Department of Agronomy, University College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan; Institut für Kulturpflanzenwissenschaften (340 h), Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Department of Agronomy, University College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Poonch, Rawalakot, 12350, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Jhang road, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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Kushwaha BK, Ali HM, Siddiqui MH, Singh VP. Nitric oxide-mediated regulation of sub-cellular chromium distribution, ascorbate–glutathione cycle and glutathione biosynthesis in tomato roots under chromium (VI) toxicity. J Biotechnol 2020; 318:68-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2020.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Kaya C, Ashraf M, Alyemeni MN, Ahmad P. The role of nitrate reductase in brassinosteroid-induced endogenous nitric oxide generation to improve cadmium stress tolerance of pepper plants by upregulating the ascorbate-glutathione cycle. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 196:110483. [PMID: 32247238 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A study was performed to assess if nitrate reductase (NR) participated in brassinosteroid (BR)-induced cadmium (Cd) stress tolerance primarily by accelerating the ascorbate-glutathione (AsA-GSH) cycle. Prior to initiating Cd stress (CdS), the pepper plants were sprayed with 0.5 μM 24-epibrassinolide (EBR) every other day for 10 days. Thereafter the seedlings were subjected to control or CdS (0.1 mM CdCl2) for four weeks. Cadmium stress decreased the plant growth related attributes, water relations as well as the activities of monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDHAR) and dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR), but enhanced proline content, leaf Cd2+ content, oxidative stress-related traits, activities of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and glutathione reductase (GR), and the activities of antioxidant defence system-related enzymes as well as NR activity and endogenous nitric oxide content. EBR reduced leaf Cd2+ content and oxidative stress-related parameters, enhanced plant growth, regulated water relations, and led to further increases in proline content, AsA-GSH cycle-related enzymes' activities, antioxidant defence system-related enzymes as well as NR activity and endogenous nitric oxide content. The EBR and the inhibitor of NR (tungstate) reversed the positive effects of EBR by reducing NO content, showing that NR could be a potential contributor of EBR-induced generation of NO which plays an effective role in tolerance to CdS in pepper plants by accelerating the AsA-GSH cycle and antioxidant enzymes.
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- Cengiz Kaya
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Department, Agriculture Faculty, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Botany, S.P. College Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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Singh S, Kumar V, Kapoor D, Kumar S, Singh S, Dhanjal DS, Datta S, Samuel J, Dey P, Wang S, Prasad R, Singh J. Revealing on hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide signals co-ordination for plant growth under stress conditions. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2020; 168:301-317. [PMID: 31264712 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In the recent times, plants are facing certain types of environmental stresses, which give rise to formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as hydroxyl radicals, hydrogen peroxides, superoxide anions and so on. These are required by the plants at low concentrations for signal transduction and at high concentrations, they repress plant root growth. Apart from the ROS activities, hydrogen sulfide (H2 S) and nitric oxide (NO) have major contributions in regulating growth and developmental processes in plants, as they also play key roles as signaling molecules and act as chief plant immune defense mechanisms against various biotic as well as abiotic stresses. H2 S and NO are the two pivotal gaseous messengers involved in growth, germination and improved tolerance in plants under stressed and non-stress conditions. H2 S and NO mediate cell signaling in plants as a response to several abiotic stresses like temperature, heavy metal exposure, water and salinity. They alter gene expression levels to induce the synthesis of antioxidant enzymes, osmolytes and also trigger their interactions with each other. However, research has been limited to only cross adaptations and signal transductions. Understanding the change and mechanism of H2 S and NO mediated cell signaling will broaden our knowledge on the various biochemical changes that occur in plant cells related to different stresses. A clear understanding of these molecules in various environmental stresses would help to confer biotechnological applications to protect plants against abiotic stresses and to improve crop productivity.
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- Simranjeet Singh
- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, India
- Punjab Biotechnology Incubators, Mohali, 160059, India
- Regional Advanced Water Testing Laboratory, Mohali, 160059, India
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- Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Gwalior, 474009, India
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- Department of Botany, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, India
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- Punjab Biotechnology Incubators, Mohali, 160059, India
- Regional Advanced Water Testing Laboratory, Mohali, 160059, India
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- Regional Advanced Water Testing Laboratory, Mohali, 160059, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, India
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- Department of Zoology, Doaba College, Jalandhar, 144005, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, India
- Waste Valorization Research Lab, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, 641114, India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, India
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Batista PF, Müller C, Merchant A, Fuentes D, Silva-Filho RDO, da Silva FB, Costa AC. Biochemical and physiological impacts of zinc sulphate, potassium phosphite and hydrogen sulphide in mitigating stress conditions in soybean. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2020; 168:456-472. [PMID: 31600428 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Soybean is the most widely grown oilseed in the world. It is an important source of protein and oil which are derived from its seeds. Drought stress is a major constraint to soybean yields. Finding alternative methods to mitigate the water stress for soybean is useful to maintain adequate crop yields. The aim of this study was to evaluate the morpho-physiological, biochemical and metabolic changes in soybean plants in two ontogenetic stages, under exposure to water deficit and treatment with zinc sulphate (ZS), potassium phosphite (PP) or hydrogen sulphide (HS). We carried out two independent experiments in the V4 and R1 development stages consisting of the following treatments: well-watered control (WW, 100% maximum water holding capacity, MWHC), water deficit (WD, 50% MWHC), PP + WW, PP + WD, HS + WW, HS + WD, ZS + WW and ZS + WD. The experimental design consisted of randomized blocks with eight treatments with five replicates. Morphological, physiological and metabolic analyses were performed 8 days after the start of the treatments for both experiments. We identified two tolerance mechanisms acting in response to compound application during water stress: the first involved the upregulation of antioxidant enzyme activity and the second involved the accumulation of soluble sugars, free amino acids and proline to facilitate osmotic adjustment. Both mechanisms are related to the maintenance of the photosynthetic parameters and cell membrane integrity. This report suggests the potential agricultural use of these compounds to mitigate drought effects in soybean plants.
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- Priscila Ferreira Batista
- Ecophysiology and Plant Productivity Laboratory, Goiano Federal Institute of Science and Technology - Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil
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- Ecophysiology and Plant Productivity Laboratory, Goiano Federal Institute of Science and Technology - Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil
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- Centre for Carbon Water and Food, The University of Sydney, Camden, Australia
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- Centre for Carbon Water and Food, The University of Sydney, Camden, Australia
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- Ecophysiology and Plant Productivity Laboratory, Goiano Federal Institute of Science and Technology - Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil
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- Stressed Plant Studies Laboratory, The University of São Paulo, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Ecophysiology and Plant Productivity Laboratory, Goiano Federal Institute of Science and Technology - Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil
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Rigui AP, Carvalho V, Wendt Dos Santos AL, Morvan-Bertrand A, Prud'homme MP, Machado de Carvalho MA, Gaspar M. Fructan and antioxidant metabolisms in plants of Lolium perenne under drought are modulated by exogenous nitric oxide. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2019; 145:205-215. [PMID: 31707248 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Drought is a major environmental factor that can trigger oxidative stress and affect plant growth and productivity. Previous studies have shown that exogenous nitric oxide (NO) can minimize oxidative stress-related damage through the modulation of antioxidant enzyme activity. Fructan accumulation also has an important role in drought tolerance, since these carbohydrates participate in osmoregulation, membrane protection and oxidant scavenging. Currently, there are few studies investigating NO-regulated fructan metabolism in response to abiotic stresses. In the present study, we sought to determine if treating plants of Lolium perenne with S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), a NO donor, improved drought tolerance. Two-month-old plants received water (control), GSNO and reduced glutathione (GSH) as foliar spray treatments and were then maintained under drought or well-watered conditions for 23 days. At the end of drought period, we evaluated growth, pigment content and antioxidant and fructan metabolisms. None of these conditions influenced dry mass accumulation, but the leaves of plants treated with GSNO exhibited a slight increase in pigment content under drought. GSNO treatment also induced 1-SST activity, which was associated with a 3-fold increase in fructan content. GSNO-treated plants presented higher GR activity and, consequently, increased GSH levels. L. perenne cv. AberAvon was relatively tolerant to the water stress condition employed herein, maintaining ROS homeostasis and mitigating oxidative stress, possibly due to fructan, ascorbate and glutathione pools.
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- Athos Poli Rigui
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo, Brazil; Núcleo de Pesquisa em Fisiologia e Bioquímica, Instituto de Botânica, CEP, 04301-902, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente, Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo, Brazil; Núcleo de Pesquisa em Plantas Ornamentais, Instituto de Botânica, CEP, 04301-902, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Ecophysiologie Végétale Agronomie et Nutritions N.C.S. Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, INRA, EVA, 14000, Caen, France
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- Ecophysiologie Végétale Agronomie et Nutritions N.C.S. Normandie Univ, UNICAEN, INRA, EVA, 14000, Caen, France
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- Núcleo de Pesquisa em Fisiologia e Bioquímica, Instituto de Botânica, CEP, 04301-902, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Begara-Morales JC, Chaki M, Valderrama R, Mata-Pérez C, Padilla MN, Barroso JB. The function of S-nitrosothiols during abiotic stress in plants. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:4429-4439. [PMID: 31111892 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is an active redox molecule involved in the control of a wide range of functions integral to plant biology. For instance, NO is implicated in seed germination, floral development, senescence, stomatal closure, and plant responses to stress. NO usually mediates signaling events via interactions with different biomolecules, for example the modulation of protein functioning through post-translational modifications (NO-PTMs). S-nitrosation is a reversible redox NO-PTM that consists of the addition of NO to a specific thiol group of a cysteine residue, leading to formation of S-nitrosothiols (SNOs). SNOs are more stable than NO and therefore they can extend and spread the in vivo NO signaling. The development of robust and reliable detection methods has allowed the identification of hundreds of S-nitrosated proteins involved in a wide range of physiological and stress-related processes in plants. For example, SNOs have a physiological function in plant development, hormone metabolism, nutrient uptake, and photosynthesis, among many other processes. The role of S-nitrosation as a regulator of plant responses to salinity and drought stress through the modulation of specific protein targets has also been well established. However, there are many S-nitrosated proteins that have been identified under different abiotic stresses for which the specific roles have not yet been identified. In this review, we examine current knowledge of the specific role of SNOs in the signaling events that lead to plant responses to abiotic stress, with a particular focus on examples where their functions have been well characterized at the molecular level.
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- Group of Biochemistry and Cell Signaling in Nitric Oxide, Department of Experimental Biology, Center for Advanced Studies in Olive Grove and Olive Oils, Faculty of Experimental Sciences, Campus Universitario 'Las Lagunillas' s/n, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Group of Biochemistry and Cell Signaling in Nitric Oxide, Department of Experimental Biology, Center for Advanced Studies in Olive Grove and Olive Oils, Faculty of Experimental Sciences, Campus Universitario 'Las Lagunillas' s/n, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Group of Biochemistry and Cell Signaling in Nitric Oxide, Department of Experimental Biology, Center for Advanced Studies in Olive Grove and Olive Oils, Faculty of Experimental Sciences, Campus Universitario 'Las Lagunillas' s/n, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Group of Biochemistry and Cell Signaling in Nitric Oxide, Department of Experimental Biology, Center for Advanced Studies in Olive Grove and Olive Oils, Faculty of Experimental Sciences, Campus Universitario 'Las Lagunillas' s/n, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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Nitric Oxide Increases the Physiological and Biochemical Stability of Soybean Plants under High Temperature. AGRONOMY-BASEL 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9080412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Thermal stress reduces plant growth and development, resulting in considerable economic losses in crops such as soybeans. Nitric oxide (NO) in plants is associated with tolerance to various abiotic stresses. Nevertheless, there are few studies of the range of observed effects of NO in modulating physiological and metabolic functions in soybean plants under high temperature. In the present study, we investigated the effects of sodium nitroprusside (SNP, NO donor), on anatomical, physiological, biochemical, and metabolic processes of soybean plants exposed to high temperature. Soybean plants were grown in soil: sand (2:1) substrate in acclimatized growth chambers. At developmental V3 stage, plants were exposed to two temperatures (25 °C and 40 °C) and SNP (0 and 100 μM), in a randomized block experimental design, with five replicates. After six days, we quantified NO concentration, leaf anatomy, gas exchange, chlorophyll a fluorescence, photosynthetic pigments, lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzyme activity, and metabolite profiles. Higher NO concentration in soybean plants exposed to high temperature and SNP showed increased effective quantum yields of photosystem II (PSII) and photochemical dissipation, thereby maintaining the photosynthetic rate. Under high temperature, NO also promoted greater activity of ascorbate peroxidase and peroxidase activity, avoiding lipid peroxidation of cell membranes, in addition to regulating amino acid and organic compound levels. These results suggest that NO prevented damage caused by high temperature in soybean plants, illustrating the potential to mitigate thermal stress in cultivated plants.
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Laxa M, Liebthal M, Telman W, Chibani K, Dietz KJ. The Role of the Plant Antioxidant System in Drought Tolerance. Antioxidants (Basel) 2019; 8:E94. [PMID: 30965652 PMCID: PMC6523806 DOI: 10.3390/antiox8040094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Water deficiency compromises plant performance and yield in many habitats and in agriculture. In addition to survival of the acute drought stress period which depends on plant-genotype-specific characteristics, stress intensity and duration, also the speed and efficiency of recovery determine plant performance. Drought-induced deregulation of metabolism enhances generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) which in turn affect the redox regulatory state of the cell. Strong correlative and analytical evidence assigns a major role in drought tolerance to the redox regulatory and antioxidant system. This review compiles current knowledge on the response and function of superoxide, hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide under drought stress in various species and drought stress regimes. The meta-analysis of reported changes in transcript and protein amounts, and activities of components of the antioxidant and redox network support the tentative conclusion that drought tolerance is more tightly linked to up-regulated ascorbate-dependent antioxidant activity than to the response of the thiol-redox regulatory network. The significance of the antioxidant system in surviving severe phases of dehydration is further supported by the strong antioxidant system usually encountered in resurrection plants.
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- Miriam Laxa
- Department of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615 Bielefeld, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615 Bielefeld, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615 Bielefeld, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615 Bielefeld, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615 Bielefeld, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany.
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