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The experiment was conducted to investigate the formation of oxidative stress and the development of anti-oxidative enzymes in two barley genotypes differing in anoxia tolerance. Waterlogging led to significant reduction in root and shoot weight, green leaf area and tillers per plant, but tolerant Xiumai 3 was much less reduced than sensitive Gerdner. Malondialdehyde (MDA) content, an indicator of membrane lipid peroxidation, significantly increased in Gerdner when the plants were subjected to waterlogging, but remained little changed in Xiumai 3. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity was increased with waterlogging treatment and the sensitive cultivar had higher activity than the tolerant one during the experimental duration. At early stage of waterlogging treatment, both peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT) activities significantly increased in Xuimai 3, while obviously decreased in Gerdner. Moreover, both cultivars showed substantial increase in both POD and CAT with the progress of waterlogging exposure. Glutathione reductase (GR) activity was increased in both tolerant- and sensitive cultivars under waterlogging. It may be assumed from the current results that SOD activity appears to be not a constraining factor limiting the scavenging of ROS, and it is the change of POD and CAT activity under waterlogging that determine the status of oxidative stress. The difference between genotypes in waterlogging tolerance could be distinguished from the changed patterns of these enzymatic activities.
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Zhang, G., Tanakamaru, K., Abe, J. et al. Influence of waterlogging on some anti-oxidative enzymatic activities of two barley genotypes differing in anoxia tolerance. Acta Physiol Plant 29, 171–176 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-006-0022-1
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