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- Title
Peroxidase activity and operation of photo-protective component of NPQ play key roles in drought tolerance of mung bean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilcziek].
- Authors
Bano, Hussan; Athar, Habib-ur-Rehman; Zafar, Zafar Ullah; Ogbaga, Chukwuma C.; Ashraf, Muhammad
- Abstract
Developing drought-tolerant cultivars is mainly restricted due to poor knowledge of the mechanism behind drought tolerance. In the present work, available germplasm of Vigna radiata (mung bean) was screened for drought tolerance using multiple agronomic and physiological parameters and used to selected one drought-tolerant (NM-13-1) and one drought-sensitive (NM-54) cultivar for further studies. Plant water status and PSII activity were found to be potential physiological discriminating traits. Changes in PSII and PSI activity, accumulation of proline, oxidative damage, and antioxidants were further assessed in selected drought-sensitive and droughttolerant cultivars. Drought stress reduced PSII efficiency and electron transport in both mung bean cultivars. Drought increased NPQ and Y(NPQ), a greater increase in NPQ and Y(NPQ) was found in the drought-tolerant cv NM-13-1, indicating that the drought-tolerant cultivar managed over-excitation of PSII by safe heat dissipation via photo-protective component of NPQ. A decrease in PSI efficiency with an increase in donor end limitation of PSI in both mung bean cultivars further confirmed that the electron transport through PSII became down-regulated. However, the droughtsensitive cv. NM-54 had poor ability to manage over-excitation of PSII through buildup of Y(NPQ) thereby causing greater oxidative stress. Mung bean cultivars counteracted oxidative stress by accumulation of proline and increasing POD activities. Drought-tolerant cv. NM-13-1 had higher proline accumulation and antioxidant potential than in the drought-sensitive cultivar. Overall, drought tolerance in the mung bean cultivars can be related to plant water status, PSII activity, Y(NPQ), and POD activity, which can be effectively used for selecting mung bean cultivars for drought tolerance.
- Subjects
MUNG bean; DROUGHT tolerance; PLANT-water relationships; PEROXIDASE; ELECTRON transport; AQUATIC plants
- Publication
Physiologia Plantarum, 2021, Vol 172, Issue 2, p603
- ISSN
0031-9317
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ppl.13337