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Salt tolerance of two aquatic macrophytes, Pistia stratiotes and Salvinia molesta

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Biologia Plantarum

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The physiological responses to NaCl salinity were investigated in two floating aquatic macrophytes, Pistia stratiotes L. and Salvinia molesta L. With the increasing NaCl concentration a decrease in chlorophyll and carotenoid contents was recorded in Salvinia as compared to Pistia. Also a greater increase in H2O2 accumulation and lipid peroxidation was observed in the shoot and root tissues of Salvinia as compared to Pistia. The superoxide dismutase, glutathione reductase, catalase and guaiacol peroxidase activities, and ascorbate and glutathione contents increased in Salvinia and Pistia shoot and root tissues in response to NaCl.

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Abbreviations

APX:

ascorbate peroxidase

CAT:

catalase

DHAR:

dehydroascorbate reductase

GPX:

guaiacol peroxidase

GR:

glutathione reductase

SOD:

superoxide dismutase

TBARS:

thiobarbituric acid reactive substance

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  1. Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Assam (Central) University, 788011, Silchar, India

    R. K. Upadhyay

  2. Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, 7100 046, Kurashiki, Japan

    S. K. Panda

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Upadhyay, R.K., Panda, S.K. Salt tolerance of two aquatic macrophytes, Pistia stratiotes and Salvinia molesta . Biol Plant 49, 157–159 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10535-005-7159-4

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