Exogenous Kinetin Modulates ROS Homeostasis to Affect Heat Tolerance in Rice Seedlings
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Exogenous Application of 10−9 M KT Significantly Increased Seedling Survival under Heat Stress
2.2. Exogenous KT Attenuates the Effect of Heat Stress on Membrane Lipid Peroxidation in Seedlings
2.3. Exogenous KT Attenuates the Effect of Heat Stress on Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Levels in Seedlings
2.4. Exogenous KT Enhances CK Response and Antioxidant-Related Genes’ Expression in Seedlings under Heat Stress
2.5. Exogenous KT Enhances Heat-Tolerance- and Defense-Related Genes’ Expression in Seedlings under Heat Stress
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Materials and Growth Conditions
4.2. Hormone and Heat Stress Treatment
4.3. Measurement of Physiological Indexes
4.4. Quantitative Real-Time PCR Analysis
4.5. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Mei, W.; Chen, W.; Wang, Y.; Liu, Z.; Dong, Y.; Zhang, G.; Deng, H.; Liu, X.; Lu, X.; Wang, F.; et al. Exogenous Kinetin Modulates ROS Homeostasis to Affect Heat Tolerance in Rice Seedlings. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 6252. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076252
Mei W, Chen W, Wang Y, Liu Z, Dong Y, Zhang G, Deng H, Liu X, Lu X, Wang F, et al. Exogenous Kinetin Modulates ROS Homeostasis to Affect Heat Tolerance in Rice Seedlings. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(7):6252. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076252
Chicago/Turabian StyleMei, Wentao, Wenjuan Chen, Yingfeng Wang, Zeyun Liu, Yating Dong, Guilian Zhang, Huabing Deng, Xiong Liu, Xuedan Lu, Feng Wang, and et al. 2023. "Exogenous Kinetin Modulates ROS Homeostasis to Affect Heat Tolerance in Rice Seedlings" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 7: 6252. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076252