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Response of Wheat Seedlings to Combined Effect of Drought and Salinity

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Stress Responses in Plants

Abstract

In field conditions the plants are most commonly subjected to simultaneous effects of multiple stresses. The mechanisms of plant tolerance to salinity and drought are physiologically connected and overlapping, but some aspects of physiology and metabolism may differ when in the experiment salt and water stress is used separately or both stresses are used simultaneously. Physiological and biochemical reactions of the plants under combined effect of the drought and salinity are unique, which cannot be directly extrapolated from respective responses to each of these stresses individually. Drought and salinity reduce individually the availability of water for plants. However, the presence of salt in the soil inhibits the rate of the development of drought, enabling the plant to survive in unfavorable period of short-term drought without violation of basic physiological functions. At increased NaCl concentration in the soil during the combined stress, basic physiological and biochemical functions of the plants remain constant until a critical threshold, after which the plants’ productivity decreases dramatically. This article shows the features of the combined stress and its difference from the drought and salinity individually.

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Abbreviations

CAT:

Catalase

DAE:

Days after emergence

DAT:

Days after treatment

DW:

Dry weight

MDA:

Malondialdehyde

PEG:

Polyethylene glycol

POD:

Peroxidase

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

RWCL :

Relative water content of leaves

RWCS :

Relative water content of soil

SOD:

Superoxide dismutase

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Ivanov, A.A. (2015). Response of Wheat Seedlings to Combined Effect of Drought and Salinity. In: Tripathi, B., Müller, M. (eds) Stress Responses in Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13368-3_7

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