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Ameliorative role of salicylic acid and spermidine in the presence of excess salt in Lycopersicon esculentum

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Abstract

Salicylic acid (SA) and polyamines (PA) are widely used to overcome various abiotic stresses including salt (NaCl) stress in plants. In the present investigation, co-application efficacies of SA and PA on the salt stress (200 mM NaCl) were evaluated in Lycopersicon esculentum. After transplantation, at 10-d stage, seedlings were exposed to NaCl through soil and then allowed to grow till 30-d stage. At 31-d stage of growth, plants were sprayed with double distilled water (control) or spermidine (1.0 mM) and/or SA (10–5 M). The salt stress significantly reduced the growth, gas-exchange parameters, but increased antioxidant enzymes and proline content in the leaves. Moreover, the loss caused by salt stress was successfully restored by the following treatment of spermidine and SA.

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Abbreviations

C i :

intercellular CO2 concentration

CA:

carbonic anhydrase

CAT:

catalase

Chl:

chlorophyll

DAS:

days after sowing

DDW:

double distilled water

DM:

dry mass

FM:

fresh mass

g s :

stomatal conductance

LSD:

least significant difference

NR:

nitrate reductase

PA:

polyamines

POX:

peroxidase

P N :

net photosynthetic rate

ROS:

reactive oxygen species

SA:

salicylic acid

Spd:

spermidine

SOD:

superoxide dismutase

SPAD:

soil and plant analysis development

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  1. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Section, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India

    Q. Fariduddin, T. A. Khan, M. Yusuf & S. T. Aafaqee

  2. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt

    R. R. A. E. Khalil

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Acknowledgements: The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support provided by the Council of Science and Technology, Uttar Pradesh [Project No. CST/D-615], India.

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Fariduddin, Q., Khan, T.A., Yusuf, M. et al. Ameliorative role of salicylic acid and spermidine in the presence of excess salt in Lycopersicon esculentum. Photosynthetica 56, 750–762 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-017-0727-y

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