Claim · model-written summary
Salt exposure reduced shoot and root length and biomass more in Concord than Kennebec.
Verbatim
e0“On exposure to NaCl, the length and fresh and dry weight of both shoots and roots of Concord showed greater decrease than those of Kennebec”
t0“Potato”
Title
Potato Responds to Salt Stress by Increased Activity of Antioxidant Enzymes
Keyvan Aghaei; Ali Akber Ehsanpour; Setsuko Komatsu Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2009. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7909.2009.00886.x
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- Observation Salt-induced shoot growth decline was more severe than root decline in both potato cultivars.
- Intervention effect NaCl reduced shoot and root potassium content dose dependently in both potato cultivars.
- Intervention effect NaCl increased sodium content of shoots and roots in both potato cultivars.
- Intervention effect NaCl increased ascorbate peroxidase, catalase and glutathione reductase activities in Kennebec shoots.
- Intervention effect NaCl decreased the corresponding antioxidant enzyme activities in Concord shoots.
- Observation Roots of the two potato cultivars showed similar antioxidant enzyme responses to NaCl.
- Association Antioxidant enzyme activity in Concord shoots declined with increasing NaCl concentration.
- Association Antioxidant enzyme activities in Kennebec shoots and roots of both cultivars lacked a dose dependence.
- Mechanism The authors suggest increased antioxidant enzyme activity contributes to Kennebec salt tolerance.