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- Title
Foliar-applied salicylic acid alleviates heat and high light stress induced photoinhibition in wheat ( Triticum aestivum) during the grain filling stage by modulating the psbA gene transcription and antioxidant defense.
- Authors
Wang, Yuexia; Zhang, Huanling; Hou, Pengfei; Su, Xiaoyu; Zhao, Pengfei; Zhao, Huijie; Liu, Shuchun
- Abstract
In this study, we investigated the effects of foliar applied salicylic acid (SA) on protecting wheat ( Triticum aestivum) from heat and high light stress during the grain filling stage. Specifically, the Photosystem II (PSII) photochemistry of wheat flag leaves under the treatment of SA was studied as indicators for stress response. Our results indicated that under stress, SA-supplemented wheat plants maintained higher chlorophyll content, photochemical activity of PSII, and net photosynthetic rate in comparison to non-SA treated plants, and, in addition, the SA-supplemented plants recovered more rapidly from photoinhibition when the stress was removed. SA-treated plants inhibited the decrease of the psbA gene transcription that is caused by stress and then recovered to the original control level after the stress was removed. In addition, foliar supplementation of SA could maintain or elevate the activities of antioxidative enzymes, including superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase, and catalase, which are known to provide protection against oxidative stress for wheat crops. Taken together, our results suggest that foliar application of SA can protect the PSII complex from photo-damage through enhanced transcription of the psbA gene (encoding D1 protein), as well as through mitigating photo-oxidation enabled by a high level of anti-oxidative enzyme activities, which allows for faster functional recovery of PSII from heat and high light stress.
- Publication
Plant Growth Regulation, 2014, Vol 73, Issue 3, p289
- ISSN
0167-6903
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10725-014-9889-9