Antioxidant responses of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) seedlings to prolonged salt-induced stress
2015
Kavas, Musa (Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun (Turkey). Department of Agricultural Biotechnology) | Akça, Oya Ercan (Harran University, Sanlıurfa (Turkey). Department of Biology) | Akçay, Ufuk Celikkol (Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta (Turkey). Department of Agricultural Biotechnology) | Peksel, Begüm (Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey). Department of Biological Sciences) | Eroğlu, Seçkin (Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey). Department of Biological Sciences) | Öktem, Hüseyin Avni (Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey). Department of Biological Sciences) | Yücel, Meral (Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey). Department of Biological Sciences)
In this study, the effects of long-term NaCl treatment were investigated in two cultivars of peanut designated as drought-resistant and drought-sensitive. Growth parameters, changes in the concentrations of MDA, H2O2 and proline, and the activities of antioxidant enzymes were determined under salinity stress. Growth parameters indicated the superiority of cv. Florispan to cv. Gazipaşa under milder salinity stress treatment. However, comparative analysis of the two cultivars showed that MDA, H2O2, ion leakage levels and photosystem II activities were not significantly different, except for the proline activity, which increased only in Florispan leaf tissues under 100 mM salt treatment. Among the processes that govern the tolerance in peanut tissues, proline level and the activity of glutathione reductase (GR) appeared to be only components that play an important part in salt stress protection.
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