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Implication of ABA and proline on cell membrane injury of water deficit stressed barley seedlings

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The aim of this work was to examine the ability of ABA and proline to counteract the deleterious effect of water deficit stress on cell membrane injuries.

Six-day-old seedlings of two barley genotypes (cv. Aramir, line R567) were treated with ABA (2·10−4 M) or proline (0.1 M) for 24 h, and then subjected to osmotic stress for 24h, by immersing their roots in polyethylene glycol (PEG 6000) solution of osmotic potential of −1.0 MPa and −1.5 MPa or by submerging the leaf pieces in PEG solution of osmotic potential of −1.6 MPa.

Pretreatment of plants with ABA and proline caused an increase of free proline level in the leaves. Plants treated with ABA exhibited a lower membrane injury index under water stress conditions than those untreated even when no effect of this hormone on RWC in the leaves of stressed plants was observed. Pretreatment of plants with proline prevented to some extent membrane damage in leaves of the stressed seedlings, but only in the case when stress was imposed to roots. Improvement in water status of leaves was also observed in seedlings pretreatment with proline. The protective effect of both ABA and proline was more pronounced in line R567 that exhibited higher membrane injury under water deficit stress conditions.

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Abbreviations

ABA:

abscisic acid

PEG:

polyethylene glycol

RWC:

relative water content

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Bandurska, H. Implication of ABA and proline on cell membrane injury of water deficit stressed barley seedlings. Acta Physiol Plant 20, 375–381 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-998-0023-3

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