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Tian S, Liang S, Qiao K, Wang F, Zhang Y, Chai T. Co-expression of multiple heavy metal transporters changes the translocation, accumulation, and potential oxidative stress of Cd and Zn in rice (Oryza sativa). J Hazard Mater 2019; 380:120853. [PMID: 31279944 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The OsHMA2, OsLCT1 and OsZIP3 transporters were all involved in zinc (Zn) and cadmium (Cd) transport. So far, only a few researches studied on the co-regulation effect of three transporters related to Zn and Cd transport. The present study showed that rice co-expressing OsLCT1-OsHMA2-OsZIP3 (LHZ) had longer roots and shoots than wild-type (WT) rice after Zn and Cd treatments. The chlorophyll content was significantly higher, and the proline, malondialdehyde and H2O2 contents were significantly lower in co-transgenic lines than in WT under Cd and Zn stress. LHZ in the seedlings of transgenic rice decreased the root-to-shoot translocation of Cd after Cd and Zn treatments. At the filling stage, LHZ line reduced Cd accumulation in grain after Cd treatment. Moreover, LHZ line increased the translocation of Zn to grain and reduced the accumulation of Cd after Zn treatment. These results suggested that LHZ co-expression could effectively decrease the translocation and accumulation of Cd to grains, alleviated the oxidative stress of Cd and Zn, and finally enhanced the quality and safety of rice grains.
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- Siqi Tian
- College of Life Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Rihan HZ, Al-Issawi M, Fuller MP. An analysis of the development of cauliflower seed as a model to improve the molecular mechanism of abiotic stress tolerance in cauliflower artificial seeds. Plant Physiol Biochem 2017; 116:91-105. [PMID: 28551420 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 05/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The development stages of conventional cauliflower seeds were studied and the accumulation of dehydrin proteins through the maturation stages was investigated with the aim of identifying methods to improve the viability of artificial seeds of cauliflower. While carbohydrate, ash and lipids increased throughout the development of cauliflower traditional seeds, proteins increased with the development of seed and reached the maximum level after 75 days of pollination, however, the level of protein started to decrease after that. A significant increase in the accumulation of small size dehydrin proteins (12, 17, 26 KDa) was observed during the development of cauliflower seeds. Several experiments were conducted in order to increase the accumulation of important dehydrin proteins in cauliflower microshoots (artificial seeds). Mannitol and ABA (Absisic acid) increased the accumulation of dehydrins in cauliflower microshoots while cold acclimation did not have a significant impact on the accumulation of these proteins. Molybdenum treatments had a negative impact on dehydrin accumulation. Dehydrins have an important role in the drought tolerance of seeds and, therefore, the current research helps to improve the accumulation of these proteins in cauliflower artificial seeds. This in turns improves the quality of these artificial seeds. The current results suggest that dehydrins do not play an important role in cold tolerance of cauliflower artificial seeds. This study could have an important role in improving the understanding of the molecular mechanism of abiotic stress tolerance in plants.
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- Hail Z Rihan
- School of Biological and Marine Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Plymouth University, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK.
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- School of Biological and Marine Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Plymouth University, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK.
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Valadez-Bustos MG, Aguado-Santacruz GA, Tiessen-Favier A, Robledo-Paz A, Muñoz-Orozco A, Rascón-Cruz Q, Santacruz-Varela A. A reliable method for spectrophotometric determination of glycine betaine in cell suspension and other systems. Anal Biochem 2016; 498:47-52. [PMID: 26774956 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Revised: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Glycine betaine is a quaternary ammonium compound that accumulates in a large variety of species in response to different types of stress. Glycine betaine counteracts adverse effects caused by abiotic factors, preventing the denaturation and inactivation of proteins. Thus, its determination is important, particularly for scientists focused on relating structural, biochemical, physiological, and/or molecular responses to plant water status. In the current work, we optimized the periodide technique for the determination of glycine betaine levels. This modification permitted large numbers of samples taken from a chlorophyllic cell line of the grass Bouteloua gracilis to be analyzed. Growth kinetics were assessed using the chlorophyllic suspension to determine glycine betaine levels in control (no stress) cells and cells osmotically stressed with 14 or 21% polyethylene glycol 8000. After glycine extraction, different wavelengths and reading times were evaluated in a spectrophotometer to determine the optimal quantification conditions for this osmolyte. Optimal results were obtained when readings were taken at a wavelength of 290 nm at 48 h after dissolving glycine betaine crystals in dichloroethane. We expect this modification to provide a simple, rapid, reliable, and cheap method for glycine betaine determination in plant samples and cell suspension cultures.
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- Laboratorio de Metabolómica y Fisiología Molecular, Cinvestav Unidad Irapuato, C.P. 36821, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, C.P. 56230, Montecillo, Estado de México, Mexico
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- Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, C.P. 56230, Montecillo, Estado de México, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, C.P. 31170, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
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- Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, C.P. 56230, Montecillo, Estado de México, Mexico.
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Rao S, FTZ J. In vitro selection and characterization of polyethylene glycol (PEG) tolerant callus lines and regeneration of plantlets from the selected callus lines in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.). Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2013; 19:261-268. [PMID: 24431494 PMCID: PMC3656189 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-013-0162-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A system for in vitro selection of drought tolerant callus lines in sugarcane was developed. High molecular weight PEG was used as selective agent. Selected callus line grew better than non-selected callus when grown on different concentrations of PEG. The activity of antioxidant enzymes like CAT, POX, APX and SOD were high in selected callus than in non-selected callus. Osmolytes like proline and ascorbic acid were at higher levels in selected callus than in non-selected callus, however at higher concentrations (20-30 %) of PEG, levels of proline and ascorbic acid decreased. The frequency of organogenesis and number of plantlets decreased in selected callus than in non-selected callus. The results can be used for in vitro screening and manipulations of sugarcane for improvement of drought tolerance.
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- Srinath Rao
- Department of Botany, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, India
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- Department of Botany, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, India
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Zebarjadi A, Ghasempour H, Soheilikhah Z. Effects of drought stress on biochemical and physiological parameters in callus cultures of Carthamus tinctorius varieties. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1556/aagr.58.2010.4.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The aim of the work was to evaluate the callus induction response and in vitro drought tolerance of eight genotypes of safflower. The experiment was laid out as a completely randomized design in a factorial arrangement with three replications. To evaluate the drought tolerance of the genotypes, growing calli were exposed to drought stress after two subcultures by adding different concentrations of mannitol to the culture medium for one month. Under stress conditions, the genotypes were compared in terms of proline content, cell viability, relative growth rate, ion content (Na+ and K+), relative water content and index of tolerance. Drought affected all the measured biochemical and physiological factors and there were significant differences between the tested genotypes. The proline content increased in drought-stressed calli, and mannitol, as a stress agent, stimulated the synthesis of proline in all the genotypes, especially at the highest concentration (505 mM), whereas the ion contents, cell viability, RWC, RGR and index of tolerance exhibited a significant decrease. This suggested that these biochemical and physiological traits could be used to predict the drought tolerance of safflower genotypes. The results indicated that the cultivars Isfahan and LRV-51-51 were more drought-tolerant under in vitro conditions than the other genotypes.
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Blum A. Sorghum Physiology. In: Nguyen H, Blum A, editors. Physiology and Biotechnology Integration for Plant Breeding. CRC Press; 2004. [DOI: 10.1201/9780203022030.ch4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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In the parent Nostoc muscorum an active proline oxidase enzyme is required to assimilate exogenous proline as a fixed nitrogen source. Cyanobacterial mutants, resistant to growth inhibitory action of proline analogue L-azetidine-2-carboxylate (Ac-R), were deficient in proline oxidase activity, and were over-accumulators of proline. Proline over-accumulation, resulting either from mutational acquisition of the Ac-R phenotype, or from salinity-induced uptake of exogenous proline, confirmed enhanced salinity/osmotic tolerance in the mutant strain. The nitrogenase activity and photosynthetic O 2 evolution of the parent were sensitive to both salinity as well as osmotic stresses than of Ac-R mutant strain. In addition, the mutation to Ac-resistant phenotype showed no alteration in salinity inducible potassium transport system in the cyanobacterium.
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- Santosh Bhargava
- Department of Botany, Swami Vivekanand Government College, Raisen 464 551, India.
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Garcia AB, Engler J, Iyer S, Gerats T, Van Montagu M, Caplan AB. Effects of Osmoprotectants upon NaCl Stress in Rice. Plant Physiol 1997; 115:159-169. [PMID: 12223797 PMCID: PMC158471 DOI: 10.1104/pp.115.1.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plants accumulate a number of osmoprotective substances in response to NaCl stress, one of them being proline (Pro). While characterizing some of the changes in solute accumulation in NaCl-stressed rice (Oryza sativa L.), we identified several other potential osmoprotectants. One such substance, trehalose, begins to accumulate in small amounts in roots after 3 d. We performed a series of experiments to compare the effects of Pro and trehalose on ion accumulation to determine whether the two chemicals protect the same physiological processes. We found that Pro either has no effect or, in some cases, exasperates the effect of NaCl on growth inhibition, chlorophyll loss, and induction of a highly sensitive marker for plant stress, the osmotically regulated salT gene. By contrast, low to moderate concentrations of trehalose reduce Na+ accumulation, salT expression, and growth inhibition. Somewhat higher concentrations (10 mM) prevent NaCl-induced loss of chlorophyll in blades, preserve root integrity, and enhance growth. The results of this study indicate that during osmotic stress trehalose or carbohydrates might be more important for rice than Pro.
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- A. B. Garcia
- Laboratorium voor Genetica, Departement Genetica, Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Universiteit Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium (A.B.G., J.d.A.E., T.G., M.V.M., A.B.C.)
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Zaid A, Hughes H. Water loss and polyethylene glycol-mediated acclimatization of in vitro-grown seedlings of 5 cultivars of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) plantlets. Plant Cell Rep 1995; 14:385-388. [PMID: 24185338 DOI: 10.1007/bf00238602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/1993] [Revised: 09/12/1994] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Plantlets derived from shoot-tips of seedlings from five cultivars of date palm, Phoenix dactylifera L., were subjected to polyethylene glycol in liquid medium. Comparisons of water loss of detached leaves among in vitro-grown, polyethylene glycol-treated and greenhouse-grown plants showed significant differences with treatment for all cultivars studied. For each treatment, significant differences were also found among cultivars. The common result was that the percent of moisture loss of non-treated in vitro-grown plantlets was almost twice that of greenhouse-grown plants. Polyethylene glycol-treated plantlets showed a water loss of approximately 27%, similar to that of greenhouse plants as compared to an average of 40% in control plants. This demonstrates the possibility of using polyethylene glycol as an osmoticum for in vitro acclimatization of plantlets prior to transfer to soil.
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- A Zaid
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Semlalia, P.O. Box S15, Marrackech, Morocco
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Changes in sugar content during water stress and recovery were examined in leaves of two varieties of durum wheat (Triticutn durum). The drought-resistant Mohamed Ben Bachir (MBB) from Algeria and the drought-sensitive European variety Capdur differed in the time and type of sugar increase during water stress. Glucose accumulated at a rate closely corresponding with decreasing water potential but more rapidly and to a higher concentration in MBB than in Capdur. Sucrose content correlated less well than that of monosaccharides with changes in water potential. Glucose and, to a lesser extent, fructose appeared to play an important role during water stress and to be more sensitive indicators of the degree of stress and of potential tolerance than proline which increased later and to the same extent in both varieties. After rewatering, the amounts of accumulated solutes in leaves of both types fell quickly to normal, coincident with relatively rapid growth.
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- A Kameli
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, P. O. Box 601, Sheffield S10 2UQ, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, P. O. Box 601, Sheffield S10 2UQ, UK
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Claes B, Dekeyser R, Villarroel R, Van den Bulcke M, Bauw G, Van Montagu M, Caplan A. Characterization of a rice gene showing organ-specific expression in response to salt stress and drought. Plant Cell 1990; 2:19-27. [PMID: 2152105 PMCID: PMC159860 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.2.1.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Protein changes induced by salinity stress were investigated in the roots of the salt-sensitive rice cultivar Taichung native 1. We found eight proteins to be induced and obtained partial sequences of one with a molecular mass of 15 kilodaltons and an isoelectric point of 5.5. Using an oligonucleotide probe based on this information, a cDNA clone, salT, was selected and found to contain an open reading frame coding for a protein of 145 amino acid residues. salT mRNA accumulates very rapidly in sheaths and roots from mature plants and seedlings upon treatment with Murashige and Skoog salts (1%), air drying, abscisic acid (20 microM), polyethylene glycol (5%), sodium chloride (1%), and potassium chloride (1%). Generally, no induction was seen in the leaf lamina even when the stress should affect all parts of the plant uniformly. The organ-specific response of salT is correlatable with the pattern of Na+ accumulation during salt stress.
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- B Claes
- Laboratorium voor Genetica, Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Belgium
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Caplan A, Claes B, Dekeyser R, Van Montagu M. Salinity and Drought Stress in Rice. In: Sangwan RS, Sangwan-norreel BS, editors. The Impact of Biotechnology on Agriculture. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 1990. pp. 391-402. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-0587-0_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Chandler SF, Thorpe TA. Characterization of Growth, Water Relations, and Proline Accumulation in Sodium Sulfate Tolerant Callus of Brassica napus L. cv Westar (Canola). Plant Physiol 1987; 84:106-11. [PMID: 16665381 PMCID: PMC1056536 DOI: 10.1104/pp.84.1.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Unselected and sodium sulfate tolerant callus cultures of Brassica napus L. cv Westar were grown on media supplemented with mannitol, NaCl, or Na(2)SO(4). In all cases, growth of tolerant callus, measured on a fresh weight or dry weight basis, was greater than that of unselected callus, which was also subject to necrosis on high levels of salt. Tissue water potential became more negative in both unselected and tolerant callus grown in the presence of mannitol or Na(2)SO(4). Water potentials in unselected callus were more negative than those of the tolerant tissues; but over a range of Na(2)SO(4) concentrations both cultures displayed osmotic adjustment, maintaining relatively constant turgor. Proline accumulation in both unselected and tolerant callus was low (15 to 20 micromoles per gram dry weight) in the absence of stress, but increased on media supplemented with mannitol, NaCl, or Na(2)SO(4). Increases in proline concentration were approximately linear in tolerant callus, reaching a maximum of 130 to 175 micromoles per gram dry weight. In unselected callus, concentrations were higher, reaching 390 to 520 micromoles per gram dry weight. Proline accumulation was correlated with inhibition of growth, and there was a negative correlation between proline concentration and culture age for tolerant callus.
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- S F Chandler
- Plant Physiology Research Group, Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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Embryogenic callus of maize (Zea mays L.) inbreds B37wx, H99, H99(3)H95, Mo17, and Pa91 accumulated proline to levels 2.1 to 2.5 times that of control callus when subjected to mannitol-induced water stress, cool temperatures (19 degrees C) and abscisic acid (ABA). A combination of 0.53 molar mannitol plus 0.1 millimolar ABA induced a proline accumulation to about 4.5 times that of control callus, equivalent to approximately 0.18 millimoles proline per gram fresh weight of callus. Proline accumulation was directly related to the level of mannitol in the medium. Levels of ABA greater than 1.0 micromolar were required in the medium to induce proline accumulation comparable to that induced by mannitol. Mannitol and ABA levels that induced maximum accumulation of proline also inhibited callus growth and increased tolerance to cold. Proline (12 millimolar) added to the culture media also increased the tolerance of callus to 4 degrees C. The increased cold tolerance induced by the combination of mannitol and ABA has permitted the storage of the maize inbreds A632, A634Ht, B37wx, C103DTrf, Fr27rhm, H99, Pa91, Va35, and W117Ht at 4 degrees C for 90 days which is more than double the typical survival time of callus. These studies show that proline and conditions which induce proline accumulation increase the cold tolerance of regenerable maize callus.
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- D R Duncan
- Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Two cultivars of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) were grown in solution with up to 100 millimolar NaCl. Leaf solute potential was -1.1 to -1.2 megapascals in both cultivars without NaCl. At 100 millimolar NaCl leaf solute potential was -3.1 to -3.5 megapascals in Bragg and -1.7 megapascals in Ransom. The decrease in solute potential was essentially proportional to the concentration of NaCl. In both salt susceptible Bragg and salt semitolerant Ransom, leaf proline was no more than 0.4 micromole per gram fresh weight at or below 20 millimolar NaCl. At 40 and 60 millimolar NaCl, Bragg leaf proline levels were near 1.2 and 1.9 micromoles per gram fresh weight, respectively. Proline did not exceed 0.5 micromole per gram fresh weight in Ransom even at 100 millimolar NaCl. Proline accumulated in Bragg only after stress was severe enough to induce injury; therefore proline accumulation is not a sensitive indicator of salt stress in soybean plants.
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- A E Moftah
- Department of Botany, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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Ma H, Gu M, Liang GH. Plant regeneration from cultured immature embryos of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Theor Appl Genet 1987; 73:389-394. [PMID: 24241000 DOI: 10.1007/bf00262506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/1986] [Accepted: 08/25/1986] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Immature embryos of 20 sorghum genotypes were cultured on MS 5 medium containing MS mineral salts supplemented with 2,4-D, zeatin, glycine, niacinamide, Ca-pantothenate, L-asparagine, and vitamins. For regeneration, calli were transferred onto the same medium with the exception that IAA was substituted for 2,4-D. In general, immature embryos obtained 9-12 days after pollination resulted in the best redifferentiation. Ability of calli to regenerate varied among genotypes; cultivars C401-1 and C625 had the highest redifferentiation frequencies. Ability to redifferentiate was heritable and acted as a dominant trait. At least two gene pairs were involved. Regenerated R0 plants were planted in a greenhouse and their selfed (R1 and R2) progenies were planted in the field and examined for morphological and cytological variations. The majority of the phenotypic variations noted in R0 were not transmitted to later generations. However, variants for plant height, degree of fertility, and midrib color persisted in R1 and R2 generations. A variation in tallness was attributable to one dominant mutant gene. Short stature and male sterility variants appeared to be consequences of recessive mutant genes controlling those traits. Minor variations in peroxidase banding patterns were found among R0 plants.
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- H Ma
- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, 66506, Manhattan, KS, USA
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Newton RJ, Bhaskaran S, Puryear JD, Smith RH. Physiological Changes in Cultured Sorghum Cells in Response to Induced Water Stress : II. Soluble Carbohydrates and Organic Acids. Plant Physiol 1986; 81:626-9. [PMID: 16664867 PMCID: PMC1075388 DOI: 10.1104/pp.81.2.626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Eight cultivars Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench were grown as callus cultures under induced, prolonged water stress (8 weeks), with polyethylene glycol in the medium. Concentrations of soluble carbohydrates and organic acids in callus were measured at the end of the growth period to determine differences in response to prolonged water stress. Sucrose, glucose, fructose, and malate were the predominant solutes detected in all callus at all water potentials. All cultivars had high levels of solutes in the absence of water stress and low levels in the presence of prolonged water stress. However, at low water potentials, low levels of solutes were observed in drought-tolerant cultivar callus and high solute levels were observed in drought-susceptible cultivar callus. Estimated sucrose concentrations were significantly higher in water-stressed, susceptible cultivar callus. Large solute concentrations in susceptible cultivar callus were attributed to osmotic adjustment and/or reduced growth during water stress.
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- R J Newton
- Department of Forest Science, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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Breeding for salt tolerance in crop plants is envisaged as one way to combat a worldwide problem of increasing soil salinity in agricultural land. Tissue culture techniques may prove valuable as a means of achieving this goal. In this review, reports of the selection and characterization of plant cell cultures tolerant to excess salt are assessed, in the context of variability from tissue culture and the significance of cellular physiological adaptation to salinity. The examples of plant regeneration from salt grown cell cultures are also outlined, with emphasis on correlation to the effect of salt on cell cultures, genetic variability for salt tolerance in vitro, and the value of regenerates in the development of salt tolerant plants.
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- S F Chandler
- Plant Physiology Research Group, Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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