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Ameliorative effect of exogenously applied glycinebetaine (GB) on growth, photosynthetic and antioxidant capacities of two potential cereals wheat (cv. S-24) and maize (cv. Golden) grown under salt stress was assessed in two different independent experiments. Plants of maize were grown at 0 or 10 dS/m NaCl, while those of wheat were subjected to 2.17 or 14.67 dS/m NaCl salinity. Different levels of GB, i.e., 0 (unsprayed), 50 and 100 mM (in 0.10% Tween-20 solution) were applied as a foliar spray to both wheat and maize plants at the vegetative growth stage. Salt stress reduced the growth and yield of both maize and wheat plants. However, salt-induced reduction in growth and yield of both maize and wheat was ameliorated by exogenous application of GB, but this enhancement effect was more in wheat than that in maize. Furthermore, this GB-induced growth and yield enhancement was positively associated with increased endogenous GB, photosynthetic capacity, and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. Although exogenous application of GB improved photosynthetic capacity of both maize and wheat by increasing stomatal conductance, and thus favoring higher CO2 fixation rate, this effect seemed to be partial in maize. In addition, the GB-induced reduction in transpiration rate in wheat compared with that in maize was found to be an additional factor that might have contributed to a better growth and yield of wheat under salt stress. The activity of only SOD was enhanced by GB application in both maize and wheat under saline conditions. Thus, it is likely that both applied GB and intrinsic SOD scavenged reactive oxygen species in these potential cereals under saline conditions. In view of all these findings, it can be concluded that the adverse effects of salt stress on cereals such as maize and wheat can be alleviated by the exogenous application of GB, which in turn enhances photosynthetic capacity and modulates activities of antioxidant enzymes. Furthermore, effectiveness of GB application on regulation of photosynthetic and antioxidant capacities was found to be species specific.
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Ashraf, M., Nawaz, K., Athar, HuR., Raza, S. (2008). Growth enhancement in two potential cereal crops, maize and wheat, by exogenous applicationation of glycinebetaine. In: Abdelly, C., Öztürk, M., Ashraf, M., Grignon, C. (eds) Biosaline Agriculture and High Salinity Tolerance. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8554-5_2
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