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The seeds of two barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars (a drought resistant cv. Tokak-137/57 and a drought sensitive cv. Erginel-90) were imbibed either in distilled water (control) or in a solution containing 40 mg dm−3 paclobutrazol (PBZ) and air dried. Seeds were germinated and grown in a glasshouse for 21 d and seedlings were subjected to salt stress by treating them with 100 and 200 mM NaCl for 12 d. The height of shoots was significantly decreased and root length was increased in PBZ-treated plants prior and after NaCl stress for 12 d leading to an increase in root to shoot ratio. Leaf chlorophyll and carotenoid contents in PBZ treated plants were increased in controls and especially in plants subjected to salt stress. PBZ induced increase in superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities was higher in cv. Tokak-157/37, than in cv. Erginel-90. However, an increase in SOD activity was not accompanied by an increase in peroxidase activity.
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Özmen, A., Özdemír, F. & Türkan, I. Effects of Paclobutrazol on Response of Two Barley Cultivars to Salt Stress. Biologia Plantarum 46, 263–268 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022862929881
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