Effects of drought stress and selenium supply on growth and physiological characteristics of wheat seedlings

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1031-1036

  Xiaoqin, Yao ^a   Jianzhou, Chu ^a   Guangyin, Wang ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalase; Drought stress; Peroxidase; Proline; Root activity; Selenium; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 70350176060     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-009-0322-3     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Ain-Lhout F, Zunzunegui M, Diaz Barradas MC, Tirado R, Clavijo A, Carcia Novo F (2001) Comparison of proline accumulation in two Mediterranean shrubs subjected to natural and experimental water deficit. Plant Soil 230:175-183. doi:10.1023/A:1010387610098.
2. Alexieva V, Sergiev I, Mapellis S, Karanov E (2001) The effect of drought and ultraviolet radiation on growth and stress markers in pea and wheat. Plant Cell Environ 24:1337-1344. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3040.2001.00778.x.
3. Bai BZ, Jin JZ, Bai S, Huang LP (1994) Improvement of TTC method determining root activity in corn. Maize Sci 2:44-47 (in Chinese with English abstract).
4. Bakke IA, de Oliveira Freire AL, Bakke OA, de Andrade AP, de Lucena Alcântara Bruno R (2006) Water and sodium chloride effects on Minosa tenuiflora (Willd.) poiret seed germination. Caatinga Mossoro Brasil 19:261-267.
5. Bates LS, Waldren RP, Teare ID (1973) Rapid determination of free proline for water stress studies. Plant Soil 39:205-208. doi:10.1007/BF00018060.
6. Bradford MM (1976) A rapid and sensitive method for quantification of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding. Anal Biochem 72:248-254. doi:10.1016/0003-2697(76)90527-3.
7. Chaves MM, Pereira JS, Maroco J, Rodrigues ML, Ricardo CPP, Osório ML, Carvalho I, Faria T, Pinheiro C (2002) How plants cope with water stress in the field? Photosynthesis and growth. Ann Bot (Lond) 89:907-916. doi:10.1093/aob/mcf105.
8. Djanaguiraman M, Durga D, Shanker AK, Sheeba A, Bangarusamy U (2005) Selenium-an antioxidative protectant in soybean during senescence. Plant Soil 272:77-86. doi:10.1007/s11104-004-4039-1.
9. Du ZY, Shi YX, Wang QH (2004) Effects of selenium application on the selenium absorption and transformation of eggplant and its qualities. Plant Nutr Fertil Sci 10:298-301 (in Chinese with English abstract).
10. Field C, Mooney HA (1986) The photosynthesis-nitrogen relationship in wild plants. In: Givnish TJ (ed) On the economy of plant form and function. Cambridge University Press, London, pp 25-55.
11. Hartikainen H, Xue I (1999) The promotive effect of selenium on plant growth as triggered by ultraviolet radiation. J Environ Qual 28:1372-1375.
12. Hartikainen H, Xue T, Piironen V (2000) Selenium as an antioxidant and pro-oxidant in ryegrass. Plant Soil 225:193-200. doi:10.1023/A:1026512921026.
13. Jamieson PD, Martin RJ, Francis GS (1995) Drought influences on grain yield of barley, wheat, and maize. N Zeal J Crop Hortic 23:55-56.
14. Kong LG, Wang M, Bi DL (2005) Selenium modulates the activities of antioxidant enzymes, osmotic homeostasis and promotes the growth of sorrel seedlings under salt stress. Plant Growth Regul 45:155-163. doi:10.1007/s10725-005-1893-7.
15. Kuznetsov VV, Kholodova VP, Kuznetsov VV, Yagodin BA (2003) Selenium regulates the water status of plants exposed to drought. Dokl Biol Nauk 390:266-268.
16. Ren J, Dai WR, Xuan ZY, Yao YA, Helena K, Li CY (2007) The effect of drought and enhanced UV-B radiation on the growth and physiological traits of two contrasting poplar species. For Ecol Manag 239:112-119. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2006.11.014.
17. Seppänen M, Turakainen M, Hartikainen H (2003) Selenium effects on oxidative stress in potato. Plant Sci 165:311-319. doi:10.1016/S0168-9452(03)00085-2.
18. Song JY (2006) Effect of selenium fertilization on flag leaf physiological characteristics and grain selenium content and yield after anthesis of wheat. Acta Agric Boreali-Sinica 21:68-71 in Chinese with english abstract.
19. Tadina N, Germ M, Kreft I, Breznik B, Gaberščik A (2007) Effects of water deficit and selenium on common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) plants. Photosynthetica 45:472-476. doi:10.1007/s11099-007-0080-7.
20. Terry N, Zayed AM, de Souza MP, Tarun AS (2000) Selenium in higher plants. Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol 51:401-423. doi:10.1146/annurev.arplant.51.1.401.
21. Tian X, Lei Y (2006) Nitric oxide treatment alleviates drought stress in wheat seedlings. Biol Plant 50:775-778. doi:10.1007/s10535-006-0129-7.
22. Valkama E, Kivimäenpää M, Hartikainen H, Wulff A (2003) The combined effects of enhanced UV-B radiation and selenium on growth, chlorophyll fluorescence and ultrastructure in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) and barley (Hordeum vulgare) treated in the field. Agric For Meteorol 120:267-278. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2003.08.021.
23. Xu H, Biswas DK, Li WD, Chen SB, Zhang L, Jiang GM, Li YG (2007) Photosynthesis and yield responses of ozone-polluted winter wheat to drought. Photosynthetica 45:582-588. doi:10.1007/s11099-007-0100-7.
24. Xue TL, Hartikainen H, Piironen V (2001) Antioxidative and growth-promoting effect of selenium on senescing lettuce. Plant Soil 237:555-561. doi:10.1023/A:1013369804867.
25. Yancey PH, Clark ME, Hand SC, Bowlus RD, Somero GN (1982) Living with water stress: evolution of osmolyte systems. Science 217:1214-1222. doi:10.1126/science.7112124.
26. Yao XQ, Liu Q (2007) Changes in photosynthesis and antioxidant defenses of Picea asperata seedlings to enhanced ultraviolet-B and to nitrogen supply. Physiol Plant 129:364-374. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00815.x.