ADAPTIVE REACTIONS OF WHEAT PLANTS TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SALICYLIC ACID
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/sbi.1704.749
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Background. Drought is one of the most important factors affecting plant growth and productivity. The study addressed the perspectives of usage of salicylic acid, a stress protective compound, to increase the adaptive potential of Triticum aestivum L. plants under drought conditions. The effect of salicylic acid on the photosynthetic apparatus of wheat plants under the conditions of drought with a subsequent gradual resumption of watering was investigated.
Materials and methods. Plants of the Podolyanka variety of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) were the objects of our study. Seeds were pre-soaked in a solution of salicylic acid (50 mM) for 3 h. First seeds germinated in an incubator, and on the 3rd day of growth were transplanted into plastic pots (d = 14 cm). Plants were grown on soil substrate, whose humidity was maintained at 60 % of full moisture capacity – the optimal water supply. The model of drought was created by the simultaneous cessation of irrigation (30 % of soil moisture capacity) for 12 days. Upon termination of the drought, soil moisture in the pots was adjusted to 60 % of its full capacity. The control plants were grown from the seeds not treated with salicylic acid under conditions of optimal water supply (60 %). Study samples were taken from the shoots of wheat on the 7th, 9th and 12th days of the drought period and on the first day after the resumption of irrigation (14 days). The concentrations of TBA-active products, chlorophyll, carotenoids, glucose, sucrose and chlorophyllase activity were determined.
Results. The influence of salicylic acid on the content of chlorophyll, carotenoids and TBA-active products along with chlorophyllase activity in shoots of wheat under the drought conditions on the early stages of ontogenesis was determined. It was found that both drought and salicylic acid modify the content of chlorophyll and carotenoids in the shoots of Triticum aestivum L., apparently by altering their metabolism. Chlorophyllase plays an important role in the adaptation of photosynthetic apparatus to the drought conditions. Our results suggest that salicylic acid causes an increase in the content of photosynthetic pigments and a decrease in chlorophyllase activity in drought conditions. In addition, salicylate causes the accumulation of glucose and sucrose in the shoot tissues of wheat plants under stressful conditions.
Conclusions. Our research suggests participation of salicylic acid in the plants’ adaptation processes under the conditions of moisture deficiency. It was also found that under the effect of salicylic acid the content of TBA-active products decreases in the plant shoots under the conditions of drought. Considering the fact that the content of TBA-active products is an important indicator of lipid peroxidation intensity, the decrease of this index reveals the reduced activity of free radical processes in plant tissues under the effect of salicylic acid. Thus, it can be assumed that SA has a positive effect on plant metabolism under drought conditions.
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