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Volume 37: Issue 2
Physiological response of wheat seedlings to mild and severe osmotic stress
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K. Kocheva Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Plant Physiology ‘Acad. G. Bonchev’ str., bl. 21 Sofia 1113 Bulgaria

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T. Kartseva Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Genetics Tzarigradsko shosse, 13 km Sofia 1113 Bulgaria

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S. Landjeva Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Genetics Tzarigradsko shosse, 13 km Sofia 1113 Bulgaria

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G. Georgiev Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Plant Physiology ‘Acad. G. Bonchev’ str., bl. 21 Sofia 1113 Bulgaria

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199–208
Online Publication Date:
28 May 2009
Publication Date:
01 Jun 2009
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/crc.37.2009.2.6
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In the present study the physiological status of two wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars subjected to polyethylene glycol-induced dehydration is evaluated. Wheat seedlings were exposed to either 8-d-long mild (15% PEG) or 24-h-long severe (30% PEG) osmotic stress by immersing their roots in PEG-supplemented Knop nutrient solution. Relative water content in the leaves and the levels of free proline, malondialdehyde, and hydrogen peroxide were chosen as indicative parameters corresponding to the degree of stress of the treated plants. Electrolyte leakage from leaf tissues of control and stressed plants was compared in terms of the common parameter Injury index used for characterizing cell membrane stability. In addition, a model test system was established for preliminary stress evaluation based on the kinetics of ion leakage. Short-term exposure to higher concentration of PEG was considered to be more harmful than prolonged mild stress as judged by RWC, proline and hydrogen peroxide accumulation, and injury index. The two cultivars demonstrated more obvious dissimilarities under conditions of prolonged mild stress than under severe stress.

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