Biologia plantarum 54:315-320, 2010 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-010-0054-7

Effect of salicylic acid pretreatment on cadmium toxicity in wheat

H. R. Moussa1,*, S. M. El-Gamal2
1 Radioisotope Department, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
2 Agriculture Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Monofya University, Monofya, Egypt

Cadmium (100, 400 and 1000 μM CdCl2) treatments resulted in the inhibition of root dry biomass, root elongation and increased Cd accumulation in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) roots. Further, these treatments decreased relative water content, chlorophyll content, 14CO2-fixation, activities of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase and abscisic acid content while increased malondialdehyde, hydrogen peroxide and free proline contents. Chloroplast and root ultrastructure was also changed. Pretreatment of seeds with SA (500 μM) for 20 h resulted in amelioration of these effects.

Keywords: abscisic acid; chlorophyll; chloroplast; 14CO2-fixation; H2O2; PEPC; proline; RuBPC; Triticum aestivum
Subjects: abscisic acid (ABA); cadmium; chlorophyll a,b; chloroplast; 14CO2-fixation; growth and growth analysis; hydrogen peroxide; malondialdehyde; phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC); proline; relative water content (RWC); ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (RuBPC); salicylic acid; transmission electrom microscopy (TEM); Triticum aestivum; ultrastructure; wheat

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