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Changes in growth, photosynthetic pigments and antioxidant system of Hordeum vulgare plant grown under salinity stress via signal molecules application

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During two successive winter seasons (2018/2019 and 2019/2020) at the greenhouse of the National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt, a pot experiment was conducted to compare the physiological effect of arginine (l-arg) at 10, 20 and 30 mM and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) at 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75 mM on barley plants grown under salinity stress conditions. The results show that salinity stress (4 g NaCl/L) significantly decreased growth parameters, photosynthetic pigments, indole acetic acid (IAA), and nitrate reductase (NR) accompanied by significant increases in hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), malodialdehyde (MDA), lipoxygenase enzyme activity (LOX), activity of enzymatic antioxidant system {superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POX), ascorbate peroxidase (ASP), glutathione reductase (GR)}, non- enzymatic antioxidant system (phenolic compound, glutathione, tocopherol), DPPH% and compatible solutes (proline, soluble protein and total soluble sugar) of barley plants. All applied treatments alleviated the harmful effect of salinity stress on growth of barely plant irrigated with saline solution by increasing photosynthetic pigments, IAA, NR, enzymatic antioxidant system, non- enzymatic antioxidant system and compatible solutes accompanied by significant decreases in H2O2, MDA, activity of LOX. It is worthy to mention that the intense effect was due to sodium nitroprusside at 0.50 mM in barley plant either irrigated with tap water or saline solution. Sodium nitroprusside at 0.50 mM significantly increased total photosynthetic pigments by 41%, IAA by 127%, NR by 22.18 %, SOD by 70.78%, CAT by 32.39%, POX by 46.45%, ASP by 25.25%, GR by 85.25 %, proline content by 43.98%, soluble protein by 39.80% and total soluble sugar by 34.19% respectively.

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Abbreviations

SNP:

Sodium nitroprusside

NO:

Nitric oxide

IAA:

Indole acetic acid

NR:

Nitrate reductase

H2O2 :

Hydrogen peroxide

MDA:

Malodiatdehyde

LOX:

Lipoxygenase enzyme activity

SOD:

Superoxide dismutase

CAT:

Catalase

POX:

Peroxidase

ASP:

Ascorbate peroxidase

GR:

Glutathione reductase

Pas:

Polyamines

LSD:

Least significant differences

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Sadak, M.S., Dawood, M.G. & El-Awadi, M.ES. Changes in growth, photosynthetic pigments and antioxidant system of Hordeum vulgare plant grown under salinity stress via signal molecules application. Vegetos (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42535-024-00879-3

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