Salt tolerance of glycinebetaine-deficient and -containing maize lines
1995
Saneoka, H. | Nagasaka, C. | Hahn, D.T. | Yang, W.J. | Premachandra, G.S. | Joly, R.J. | Rhodes, D.
Pairs of homozygous near-isogenic glycinebetaine-containing (Bet1/Bet1) and -deficient (bet1/bet1) F8 lines of Zea mays L. (maize) were tested for differences in salt (150 mM NaCl or 127.25 mM NaCl plus 22.5 mM CaCl2) tolerance. The Bet1/Bet1 lines exhibited less shoot growth inhibition (as measured by dry matter accumulation, leaf area expansion rate and/or, plant height extension rate) under salinized conditions in comparison to their near-isogenic bet1/bet1 sister lines. These growth differences were associated with maintenance of a significantly higher leaf relative water content, a higher rate of carbon assimilation, and a greater turgor in Bet1/Bet1 lines than in bet1/bet1 lines under salinized conditions. These results strongly suggest that a single gene conferring glycinebetaine accumulation (and/or a tightly linked locus) plays a key role in osmotic adjustment in maize.
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