An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of zinc application and salinity stress (0, 33, 66 and 99 mM NaCl) on some morphological and physiological parameters of soybean (Glycine max L., var. Williams). Results showed that zinc application improved shoot length, root fresh and dry weight and shoot fresh and dry weight under all salinity treatments. The catalase (CAT), ascorbate pe...

Ascorbate peroxidase (APX) plays an important role in the metabolism of hydrogen peroxide in higher plants. In the present study, a novel APX gene (JctAPX) was cloned from Jatropha curcas L. The deduced amino acid sequence was similar to that of APX of some other plant species. JctAPX has a chloroplast transit peptide and was localized to the chloroplasts by analysis with a JctAPX-green fluores...

To evaluate the physiological importance of chloroplastic ascorbate peroxidase (CHLAPX) in the reactive oxygen species (ROS)-scavenging system of a euhalophyte, we cloned the CHLAPX of Suaeda salsa (SsCHLAPX) encoding stromal APX (sAPX) and thylakoid-bound APX. The stromal APX of S. salsa (Ss.sAPX) cDNA consists of 1726 nucleotides including an 1137-bp open reading frame (ORF) and encodes 378 a...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects humic acid (HA) applications on rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) growth, heavy metal uptake, bioconcentration factor (BCF), translocation (TF), tolerance index (TI), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) enzyme activities and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content in polluted soil with lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn). Three doses...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of H2O2 on germination and acclimation of maize plants subject to salt stress. Three experiments using BRS3003 seeds, a triple hybrid of maize, were carried out in a growth room and in greenhouse. In the first experiment, H2O2 accelerated the germination percentage of seeds at 100 mM, but not at 500 mM. In the second experiment, the pretreatment...

Peroxisomal ascorbate peroxidase (APX) sorts indirectly via a subdomain of the ER (peroxisomal ER) to the boundary membrane of peroxisomes in tobacco Bright Yellow 2 cells. This novel subdomain characteristically appears as fluorescent reticular/circular compartments distributed variously in the cytoplasm. Further characterizations are presented herein. A peptide possessing the membrane targeti...

Evidence exists to suggest that melatonin (MT) is important to abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Here, we investigated whether exogenous MT reduces heat damage on biological parameters and gene expression in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) seedlings. Pretreatment with MT alleviates heat-induced oxidative harm through reducing H₂O₂ content and increasing proline content. Moreover, MT applicati...

The effects of edible chitosan coating (0.1%, 0.3%, 0.5% and 0.75% w/v) on the changes in quality, respiration rate, total phenolic content anthocyanin postharvest sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) at 10 °C were investigated. activities superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) ascorbate peroxidase (APX) also determined. result showed that treatments effective delaying evolution parameters relate...

Malus baccata Borkh., an apple rootstock, is found to be damaged by oxidation at sub-low root-zone temperature. In previous studies, we have that exogenous sucrose could alleviate oxidative damage and increase the indole acetic acid (IAA) in roots under temperature (L). However, role of IAA sucrose-induced tolerance L remains unclear. A pot experiment was conducted evaluate effects synthesis/tr...