Effects of nitric oxide and nitrogen on seedling emergence,ion accumulation,and seedling growth under salinity in the euhalophyte Suaeda salsa |
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Authors: | Jie Song Gongwei Shi Song Xing Min Chen Baoshan Wang |
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Institution: | College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Wenhua East Road 88, Jinan 250014, P.R. China |
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Abstract: | Recently nitric oxide (NO) has emerged as a key signal molecule in plants. However, little is known about the role of NO in the salt tolerance of halophytes. Effects of the NO donors sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and nitrate (NO ) on growth and ion accumulation in the euhalophyte Suaeda salsa under salinity were investigated in the present study. The results showed that higher SNP supply increased seedling emergence, but SNP had no effect on shoot growth and the concentrations of Na+, K+, Cl–, and NO . Higher NO had no effect on seedling emergence of the species. Shoot Cl– decreased, but NO3– increased markedly, with a higher NO supply. The decrease in the estimated contribution of Cl– to the osmotic potential was compensated for by an increase in that of NO . It appears that NO plays an important osmotic role in S. salsa under high salinity with a higher NO supply, and this trait may increase salt tolerance of the species under high salinity. |
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Keywords: | halophyte nitrate osmotic adjustment salt stress sodium nitroprusside |
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