Peroxidase activity, soluble proteins and chlorophyll content in spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) needles affected by cement dust

Acta Botanica Croatica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 227-235

  Cesar, Vera ^a   Lepeduš, Hrvoje ^a  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cement dust; Chlorophyll; Peroxidase activity; Picea abies; Proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037859765     PISSN: 03650588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. 3 and potassium deficiency on Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.): seasonal changes in photosynthesis and non-structural carbohydrate content. Plant Cell Environ. 18, 1345-1357.
2. BRADFORD, M. M., 1976: A rapid and sensitive method for the quantification of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein dye binding. Anal. Biochem. 72, 248-254.
3. 2+ activation of wheat peroxidase: A possible physiological mechanism of control. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 333, 59-65.
4. DRAZKIEWICZ, M., 1994: Chlorophyllase: occurrence, functions, mechanism of action, effects of external and internal factors. Photosynthetica 30, 321-331.
5. DRAZKIEWICZ, M., KRUPA, Z., 1991: The participation of chlorophyllase in chlorophyll metabolism. Acta Soc. Bot. Poloniae 60, 139-154.
6. FARMER, A. M., 1992. The effects of dust on vegetation - a review. Environ. Pollut. 79, 63-75.
7. FEDER, N., O'BRIEN, T. P., 1968: Plant microtechnique: Some principles and new methods. Am. J. Bot. 55, 123-142.
8. FINK, S., 1999: Pathological and regenerative plant anatomy. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, Stuttgart.
9. FINK, S., 1993. Microscopic criteria for the diagnosis of abiotic injuries to conifer needles. In: Huettl / Mueller - Dombios (eds.), Forest decline in the Atlantic and Pacific region, 175-188. Springer Verlag, Berlin - Heidelberg.
10. FINK, S., 1989. Pathological anatomy of conifer needles subjected to gaseous air pollutants or mineral deficiencies. Aquilo Ser. Bot. 27, 1-6.
11. GIERTYCH, M. J., KAROLEWSKI, P., TEMMERMAN, L. O. DE, 1999: Foliage age and pollution alter content of phenolic compounds and chemical elements in Pinus nigra needles. Wat. Air Soil Pollut. 110, 363-377.
12. HERBINGER, K., TAUSZ, M., GRILL, D., 1999: Are winter adaptive changes in glutathione and chlorophyll contents in spruce needles triggered by low temperatures or short days? Phyton 39, 171-174.
13. HUFF, A., 1982: Peroxidase-catalysed oxidation of chlorophyll by hydrogen peroxide. Phytochemistry 21, 261-265.
14. JOHNSON-FLANAGAN, A. M., SPENCER, M. S., 1996: Chlorophyllase and peroxidase activity during degreening of maturing canola (Brassica juncea) seed. Physiol. Plant. 97, 353-359.
15. JOHNSON-FLANAGAN, A. M., MCLACHLAN, G.,1990: Peroxidase - mediated chlorophyll bleaching in degreening canola (Brassica napus) seeds and its inhibition by sublethal freezing. Physiol. Plant. 80, 453-459.
16. 2 on the concentrations of carbohydrates and secondary compounds in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) seedlings. New Phytol. 130, 231-238.
17. KELLER, TH., 1974: The use of peroxidase activity for monitoring and mapping air pollution areas. Eur. J. For. Path. 4, 11-19.
18. KRÄUTLER, B., MATILE, P., 1999: Solving the riddle of chlorophyll breakdown. Acc. Chem. Res. 32, 35-43.
19. KUZNIAK, E., URBANEK, H., 2000: The involvement of hydrogen peroxide in plant responses to stresses. Acta Physiol. Plant. 22, 195-203.
20. LICHTENTHALER, H. K., 1987. Chlorophylls and carotenoids: pigments of photosynthetic biomembranes. Meth. Enzymol. 148, 350-382.
21. MANDRE, M., TUULMETS, L., 1997. Pigment changes in Norway spruce induced by dust pollution. Wat. Air Soil Pollut. 94, 247-258.
22. MATILE, P., SCHELLENBERG, M., VICENTINI, F., 1997: Localization of chlorophyllase in the chloroplast envelope. Planta 201, 96-99.
23. MIKKELSEN, T. N., DODELL, B., LÜTZ, C., 1995. Changes in pigment concentration and composition in Norway spruce induced by long-term exposure to low levels of ozone. Environ. Pollut. 87, 197-205.
24. O'BRIEN, T. P., MCCULLY, M. E., 1981: The study of plant structure. Principles and selected methods. Termacarphi Pty. Ltd., Melbourne.
25. PENEL, C., 1986: The role of calcium in the control of peroxidase activity. In: GREPPIN, H., PENEL, C., GASPAR, Th. (eds.), Molecular and physiological aspects of plant peroxidases, 155-164. University of Geneva.
26. 3 and K deficiency on Norway spruce (Picea abies): nutrient supply, content and leaching. New Phytol. 134, 267-278.
27. PUECH, L., MEHNE - JAKOBS, B., 1997: Histology of magnesium - deficient Norway spruce needles influenced by nitrogen source. Tree Physiol. 17, 301-310.
28. POLLE, A., MÖSSNANG, M., SCHÖNBORN, SLADKOVIC, R. A., VON RENNENBERG, H., 1992: Field studies on Norway spruce treese at high altitudes. I. Mineral, pigment and soluble protein contents of needles as affected by climate and pollution. New. Phytol. 121, 89-99.
29. ROITTO, M., AHONEN-JONNARTH, U., LAMPPU, J., HUTTUNEN, S., 1999: Apoplastic and total peroxidase activites in Scots pine needles at subarctic polluted sites. Eur. J. For. Path. 29, 399-410.
30. 2. Allg. Forst. Jagdztg. 159, 195-203.
31. SCHULZ, H., WEIDNER, M., BAUR, M., LAUCHERT, U., SCHMITT, V., SCHROER, B., WILD, A., 1996: Recognition of air pollution stress on Norway spruce (Picea abies L.) on the basis of multivariate analysis of biochemical parameters: a model field study. Angew. Bot. 70, 19-27.
32. SIEGEL, B. Z., GALSTON, W., 1967: The peroxidase of Pisum sativum. - Physiol. Plant. 42, 212-226.
33. SOIKKELI, S., 1981: Comparison of cytological injuries in conifer needles from several polluted industrial environments in Finland. Ann. Bot. Fennici 18, 47-61.
34. SUZUKI, J. Y., BOLLIVAR, D. W., BAUER, C. E., 1997: Genetic analysis of chlorophyll biosynthesis. Annu. Rev. Genet. 31, 61-89.
35. ŠIFFEL, P., BRAUNOVA, Z., ŠINDLEKOVA, E., CUDLIN, P., 1996: The effect of simulated acid rain on chlorophyll fluorescence spectra of spruce seedlings (Picea abies L. Karst.). J. Plant Physiol. 148, 271-275.
36. TANAKA, A., ITO, H., TANAKA, R., TANAKA, N. K., YOSHIDA K., OKADA, K., 1998: Chlorophyll a oxygenase (CAO) is involved in chlorophyll b formation from chlorophyll a. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95, 12719-12723.
37. 2. J. Plant Physiol. 148, 362-367.
38. TURUNEN, M., 1996: Responses of Scots pine needle surfaces to air pollutants. PhD Thesis. University of Oulu, Finland.
39. TURUNEN, M., HUTTUNEN, S., 1990: A review of response of epicuticular wax of conifer needles to air pollution. J. Environ. Qual. 19, 35-45.
40. WETTSTEIN, D. VON, GOUGH, S., KANNAGARA, C. G., 1995: Chlorophyll biosynthesis. Plant Cell 7, 1039-1057.
41. WILD, A., SCHMITT, V., 1995: Diagnosis of damage to Norway spruce (Picea abies) through biochemical criteria. Physiol. Plant. 93, 375-382.
42. WONGKAEW, W., MEKSONGSEE, L., HARINASUT, P., 1991: Peroxidases of road trees that survive in polluted atmosphere. In: Lebaryewski, J., Greppin, H., Penel, C., Gaspar, Th. (eds.), Biochemical, molecular and physiological aspects of plant peroxidases, 459-462. University M. Curie-Sklodowska, Lublin and University of Geneva.