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Turkish Journal of Biology

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2017

Osmotic stress

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Exogenously Applied Polyamines Ameliorate Osmotic Stress-Induced Damages And Delay Leaf Rolling By Improving The Antioxidant System In Maize Genotypes, Ni̇hal Çalişkan, Asi̇m Kadioğlu, Nesli̇han Saruhan Güler Jan 2017

Exogenously Applied Polyamines Ameliorate Osmotic Stress-Induced Damages And Delay Leaf Rolling By Improving The Antioxidant System In Maize Genotypes, Ni̇hal Çalişkan, Asi̇m Kadioğlu, Nesli̇han Saruhan Güler

Turkish Journal of Biology

Leaf rolling (LR), particularly in crops, is a dehydration avoidance mechanism that results from water loss in plants under drought conditions. Two maize cultivars (Zea mays L.) differing in their tolerance to drought (cultivar Side was selected as stress-tolerant and cultivar Karaçay was selected as stress-sensitive) under PEG-induced drought stress were used in this study to understand the effects of polyamines (PAs) on LR response and the role of the antioxidant system in the delayed LR process. Aerial parts of the seedlings were excised prior to the experiment and then submerged in a Hoagland nutrient solution with or without 0.1 …


Characterization Of Proteinase Inhibitor-Ii Gene Under Osrglp2promoter For Salt Stress In Transgenic Nicotiana Benthamiana, Shazia Rehman, Bodil Jørgensen, Soren Rasmussen, Tariq Mahmood Jan 2017

Characterization Of Proteinase Inhibitor-Ii Gene Under Osrglp2promoter For Salt Stress In Transgenic Nicotiana Benthamiana, Shazia Rehman, Bodil Jørgensen, Soren Rasmussen, Tariq Mahmood

Turkish Journal of Biology

Proteinase inhibitors in plants are mainly involved in conferring resistance against herbivores and pathogens. However, their role in abiotic stress resistance has also been reported. Therefore, transgenic tobacco plants were generated constitutively expressing the tomato proteinase inhibitor-II (PI-II) under control of the rice root germin-like protein 2 (OsRGLP2) promoter using Agrobacterium tumefaciens. T1 transgenic seedlings were subjected to stress treatments with different concentrations of sodium chloride (NaCl) (100 mM, 200 mM, 300 mM). Quantitative real-time PCR revealed considerable levels of expression and upregulation of PI-II in transgenic lines under salt stress. Considering the phenotypic effects, the transgenic seedlings showed better …