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Exposure of the freshwater green alga Scenedesmus incrassatulus Bohl, strain R-83 to salt stress (175 mM NaCl) resulted in a reduction of its growth and 14CO2 fixation and in an increase of accumulation of free proline and malondialdehyde (MDA). The accumulation of proline in the light was higher than in dark. NaCl significantly inhibited the Fe-induced release of organic chelators from the cells. Exogenously supplied 10−4M methyl jasmonate (JA-Me) did not considerably change the 14CO2 fixation, but increased proline and MDA accumulation in the cells and moderately inhibited the release of chelators from cells. JA-Me supplied simultaneously with NaCl helps the algae to counteract the salt stress.
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Fedina, I., Benderliev, K. Response of Scenedesmus Incrassatulus to Salt Stress as Affected by Methyl Jasmonate. Biologia Plantarum 43, 625–627 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002816502941
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