Biochemical and molecular changes in buckwheat leaves during exposure to salt stress
2011
Jovanović, Ž.S., Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade (Serbia) | Maksimović, V.R., Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade (Serbia) | Radović, S.R., Faculty of Biology, Belgrade (Serbia)
In spite of the great nutritive and pharmacological potentials of buckwheat, data about the abiotic stress tolerance of this plant species are very limited. The aim of this work was to analyze the biochemical and molecular response of buckwheat plants in the middle vegetative phase against short- and long-term salt stress. Changes in relative water content, level of lipid peroxidation, content and localization of H2O2 as well as changes in antioxidative enzyme activity and expression of ubiquitin and dehydrins, were investigated. Reasons for observed buckwheat salt stress sensitivity as well as possibilities for enhancing stress tolerance are discussed.
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