Abstract
Salt stress is one of the most critical factors hindering the growth and development of plants. Paclobutrazol (PBZ) is widely used to minimize this problem in agriculture because it can induce salt stress tolerance in plants. This study investigated the effects of PBZ on salt tolerance of seedlings from two Chinese bayberry cultivars (i.e., Wangdao and Shenhong). Plants were treated with three salt concentrations (0, 0.2, and 0.4 % NaCl) and two PBZ concentrations (0 and 2.0 μmol L–1). Application of PBZ increased a relative water content, proline content, chlorophyll (a+b) content, and antioxidant enzyme activities in both cultivars, resulting in a better acclimation to salt stress and an increase in dry matter production. We concluded that PBZ ameliorated the negative effects of salt stress in Chinese bayberry seedlings.
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Abbreviations
- CAT:
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catalase
- Chl:
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chlorophyll
- DM:
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dry mass
- FM:
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fresh mass
- MDA:
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malondialdehyde
- PBZ:
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paclobutrazol
- REC:
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relative electrolyte conductivity
- ROS:
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reactive oxygen species
- RWC:
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relative water content
- SOD:
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superoxide dismutase
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This work was funded by the Fruit Innovation Team Project of Zhejiang Province (2009R50033-7) and the Major Project of National Spark Plan of China (2012GA700001). We thank LetPub (www.letpub.com) for its linguistic assistance during preparation of this manuscript.
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Hu, Y., Yu, W., Liu, T. et al. Effects of paclobutrazol on cultivars of Chinese bayberry (Myrica rubra) under salinity stress. Photosynthetica 55, 443–453 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-016-0658-z
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