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The Method of ABA Application Affects Salt Stress Responses in Resistant and Sensitive Potato Lines

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The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) has been proposed to act as a mediator in plant responses to a range of stresses, including salt stress. Most studies of ABA response apply ABA as a single dose. This may not resemble the prolonged increasing endogenous ABA levels that can occur in association with slowly increasing salinity stresses in nature or field situations. Salt stress response based on method of ABA application was examined in four potato genotypes of varying salt stress resistance: the sensitive ABA-deficient mutant and its normal sibling, a resistant genotype line 9506, and commercial cultivar ‘Norland’ of moderate resistance. ABA was applied by root drench at 0, 50, 75, or 100 μM concentrations through a single dose, or by slowly increasing multiple ABA doses in a sand-based growing system under greenhouse conditions. Salt tolerance was then evaluated after 2 weeks of exposure to 150–180 mM NaCl stress. The method of ABA application had a marked effect on the responses to salt stress. Plant responses to the method of ABA application were differentiated according to (1) growth rate, (2) root water content, and (3) apparent shoot growth response. Under a single dose, growth rate increased in all genotypes under salt stress, whereas slowly increasing multiple ABA applications generally maintained stable growth rates except in the ABA-deficient mutant where there was an upward growth trend. Percent root water content was elevated only under slowly increasing multiple ABA doses in two genotypes, whereas none of the single-dose treatments induced any change. The single ABA dose enhanced vertical growth, whereas the slowly increasing multiple ABA dose applications enhanced lateral shoot growth. Because exogenous application is still an artificial system, endogenous ABA was supplied through grafting of ABA-deficient mutant scions onto rootstocks with known elevated ABA levels. Multiple exogenous ABA applications as low as 50 μM elicited similar shoot water content responses as grafting treatments without ABA application in the mutant genotype but had no effect on the ABA normal sibling. Shoot dry weight was significantly increased through grafting over all exogenous ABA treatments. Our study further indicates that the method of ABA application regime in itself can alter plant responses under salt stress and that certain application regimes may reflect responses to elevated endogenous levels of ABA.

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This study was funded by Iranian Agricultural Research Organization and Natural Resources and University of Saskatchewan. The greenhouse assistance by Tom Ward and John Peters and secretarial help by Mary Lee, Sharon Steven, and Carolyn Ouellet are appreciated. Finally, the original donation of potato tubers by Heilke de Jong is greatly appreciated.

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Etehadnia, M., Waterer, D.R. & Tanino, K.K. The Method of ABA Application Affects Salt Stress Responses in Resistant and Sensitive Potato Lines. J Plant Growth Regul 27, 331–341 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-008-9060-9

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