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Low doses of ultraviolet-B or ultraviolet-C radiation affect phytohormones in young pea plants

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Biologia Plantarum

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Pea (Pisum sativum L., cv. Scinado) seedlings were exposed to low doses of ultraviolet-B (UV-B; 4.4 and 13.3 kJ m−2 d−1) or UV-C (0.1 and 0.3 kJ m−2 d−1) radiation for 14 d. Aminocyclopropane carboxylic acid (ACC), indoleacetic acid (IAA) and abscisic acid (ABA) contents were quantified by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The accumulation of ACC upon irradiation was dose-dependent. ABA content was reduced and IAA content increased upon UV-C treatment whereas the UV-B doses used did not cause significant changes in ABA and IAA contents.

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Abbreviations

ABA:

abscisic acid

ACC:

aminocyclopropane carboxylic acid

B1:

4.4 kJ m−2 d−1 UV-B

B2:

13.3 kJ m−2 d−1 UV-B

C1:

0.1 kJ m−2 d−1 UV-C

C2:

0.3 kJ m−2 d−1 UV-C

IAA:

indoleacetic acid

PAR:

photosynthetically active radiation

PFBBr:

pentafluorobenzyl bromide

UV:

ultraviolet radiation

UV-BBE:

biologically effective dose of UV-B radiation

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  1. Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 21, BG-1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Z. Katerova & V. Alexieva

  2. Centre of Food Biology, Po box 120, BG-1592, Sofia, Bulgaria

    S. Ivanov

  3. Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Antwerp, Belgium

    E. Prinsen, H. Van Onckelen & A. Azmi

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Katerova, Z., Ivanov, S., Prinsen, E. et al. Low doses of ultraviolet-B or ultraviolet-C radiation affect phytohormones in young pea plants. Biol Plant 53, 365–368 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10535-009-0068-1

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