Changes in antioxidant enzymes and polyamines in response to low temperature chilling in watermelon plants

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 620, Issue , 2003, Pages 111-117

  Kwon, Sung Whan ^a   Ko, Bok Rai ^a   Bai, Dong Gyu ^b  

^a Watermelon Expt Station   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Chilling; Isozymes; Polyamines; Protein; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350742211     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.620.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (12)

1. Bouchereau, A., Aziz, A., Larher, F. and Martin-Tanguy, J. 1999. Polyamines and environmental challenges: recent development. Plant Science 140:103-125.
2. Carvalho, L.C. and Amancio, S. 2002. Antioxidant defense system in plantlets transferred from in vitro to ex vitro: effects of increasing light intensity and CO2 concentration. Plant Science 162:33-40.
3. Flores, H.E. and Galston, A.W. 1982. Analysis of polyamines in higher plants by high performance liquid chromatography. Plant Physiol. 69:701-706.
4. Foyer, C.H., Lopez-Delgado, H., Dat, J. and Scott, I. 1997. Hydrogen peroxide and glutathion-Associated mechanisms of acclamatory stress tolerance and signaling. Physiol. Plant 100: 241-254.
5. Hwang, S.Y., Lin, H.W., Chern, R.H., Lo, H.F. and Li, L. 1999. Reduced susceptibility of waterlogging together with high-light stress is related to increases in superoxide dismutase and catalase activities in sweet potato. Plant growth Regulation 27:167-172.
6. Kang, K.S., Lim, C.J., Han, T.J., Kim, J.C. and Jin, C.D. 1999. Changes in the isozyme composition of antioxidant enzymes in response to aminotriazole in leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Plant Biol. 42(3):187-193.
7. Lee D.H. and Lee, C.B. 2000. Chilling stress-induced changes of antioxidant enzymes in the leaves of cucumber: in gel enzyme activity assays. Plant Science 159:75-85.
8. Mizuno, M., Kamei, M., and Tsuchids, H. 1998. Ascorbate peroxidase and catalase cooperate for protection against hydrogen peroxide generated in potato tubers during low-temperature storage, Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int. 44:717-726.
9. Polle, A. 1997. Defense against photooxidative damage in plants. Oxidative Stress and the Molecular Biology of Antioxidant Defense 623-666.
10. Redmond, J.W. and Tseng, A. 1979. High pressure liquid chromatographic determination of putrescine, cadaverine, spermidine and spermine. J.Chromatogr. 170:479-481.
11. Rivero, R.M., Ruiz, J.M., Garcia, P. C., Lopez-Lefebre, L.R., Sanchez, E. and Romero, L. 2000. Resistance to cold and heat stress: accumulation of phenolic compounds in tomato and watermelon plants. Plant Science 160:315-321.
12. Velikovea, V., Yordanov, I. and Edreva, A. 2000. Oxidative stress and some antioxidant systems in rain-treated bean plant. "Protective role of exogenous polyamines". Plant Science 151:59-66.