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NaCl-Inhibited Chlorophyll Synthesis and Associated Changes in Ethylene Evolution and Antioxidative Enzyme Activities in Wheat

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Biologia Plantarum

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Effect of NaCl was studied on chlorophyll (Chl) synthesis and its intermediates (protoporphyrin IX, Mg-protoporphyrin IX, and protochlorophyllide), dry mass, ethylene evolution, and activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (APX) in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings at 24, 48, and 72 h after germination. A conspicuous decrease in Chl synthesis, associated with increase in ethylene evolution and SOD and APX activities, was noted as NaCl concentration was increased from 0 to 100 mM.

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Khan, N. NaCl-Inhibited Chlorophyll Synthesis and Associated Changes in Ethylene Evolution and Antioxidative Enzyme Activities in Wheat. Biologia Plantarum 47, 437–440 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BIOP.0000023890.01126.43

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