Quercetin Mediated Salt Tolerance in Tomato through the Enhancement of Plant Antioxidant Defense and Glyoxalase Systems
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Quercetin Improved Plant Growth and Biomass Production under Salt Stress
2.2. Quercetin Maintained Photosynthetic Pigments Contents under Salinity
2.3. Quercetin Mediated Na+/K+ Homeostasis under Salinity
2.4. Quercetin Induced Improvement of Nutrient Status under Salinity
2.5. Quercetin-Induced Osmotic Status under Salinity
2.6. Quercetin Lessened Salinity-Induced Oxidative Stress
2.7. Quercetin-Mediated Upregulation of Plant Antioxidant Defense System under Salinity
2.7.1. Non-Enzymatic Antioxidants
2.7.2. Enzymatic Antioxidants
2.8. Quercetin Detoxified Methylglyoxal by Activating Glyoxalase System under Salinity
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Growth of Seedling and Stress Treatment
4.2. Determination of Seedling Growth and Biomass Accumulation
4.3. Determination of Photosynthetic Pigment Contents
4.4. Determination of Na, K, Ca, and Mg Contents
4.5. Determination of Osmotic Status in Leaves
4.6. Histochemical Detection of H2O2 and O2•−
4.7. Quantification of Oxidative Stress Marker and Lipid Peroxidation
4.8. Determination of Electrolyte Leakage
4.9. Estimation of Ascorbate and Glutathione Contents
4.10. Protein Quantification
4.11. Extraction and Assays of Enzymatic Activity
4.12. Estimation of Methylglyoxal Content
4.13. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parvin, K.; Hasanuzzaman, M.; Bhuyan, M.H.M.B.; Mohsin, S.M.; Fujita, M. Quercetin Mediated Salt Tolerance in Tomato through the Enhancement of Plant Antioxidant Defense and Glyoxalase Systems. Plants 2019, 8, 247. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8080247
Parvin K, Hasanuzzaman M, Bhuyan MHMB, Mohsin SM, Fujita M. Quercetin Mediated Salt Tolerance in Tomato through the Enhancement of Plant Antioxidant Defense and Glyoxalase Systems. Plants. 2019; 8(8):247. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8080247
Chicago/Turabian StyleParvin, Khursheda, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, M. H. M. Borhannuddin Bhuyan, Sayed Mohammad Mohsin, and Masayuki Fujita. 2019. "Quercetin Mediated Salt Tolerance in Tomato through the Enhancement of Plant Antioxidant Defense and Glyoxalase Systems" Plants 8, no. 8: 247. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8080247