Antioxidant responses to drought in sunflower and sorghum seedlings

The New Phytologist
J Zhang, M B Kirkham

Abstract

To determine if antioxidant responses to drought differ between C3 and C4 plants, we grew Sorghum bicolor (C4 ) and Helianthus annuus (C3 ) under either watered or dry conditions in a growth chamber. Levels of leaf enzymatic antioxidants (ascorbate peroxidase, catalase, guaiacol peroxidase, dehydroascorbate reductase, monodehydroascorbate reductase, glutathione reductase and superoxide dismutase), nonenzymatic antioxidants (ascorbate, glutathione and carotenoids) and stress parameters (Chl and malondialdehyde [MDA]) were determined. Under watered and drought conditions, Chl contents and leaf relative water contents (RWC) were higher in sorghum than in sunflower; however, MDA levels were higher in sunflower than in sorghum. Under watered conditions, inherent levels of antioxidants were not consistently higher or lower in sorghum than in sunflower. In response to drought, levels of antioxidants, Chl and MDA showed increase, decrease or remained unchanged depending on crop, duration of drought and kind of antioxidants. Duration of drought was divided arbitrarily into three stages. At an early stage of drought (watering had stopped for 3-4 d) when soil water content (WC) and leaf RWC had decreased only in sunflower, drought general...Continue Reading

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