Nitric oxide treatment alleviates drought stress in wheat seedlings
2006
Tian, X. | Lei, Y.
The effects of sodium nitroprusside (SNP; nitric oxide donor) treatment on drought stress induced by PEG for different periods of time in wheat seedlings were investigated. Our results suggested that treatment for 2, 4 and 6 d with 15% PEG could be termed as mild, moderate and severe stress, respectively. Drought stress induced accumulation of hydrogen peroxide and resulted in lipid peroxidation. On the other hand, activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase and L-phenylalanine ammonia lyase increased under mild stress and then decreased when the stress became severe (6 d). As the effect of SNP treatment, 0.2 mM enhanced wheat seedlings growth and kept high relative water content and alleviated the oxidative damage. However, 2 mM SNP aggravated the stress as a result of uncontrolled generation of reactive oxygen species and ineffectiveness of antioxidant systems.
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