biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 49:157-159, 2005 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-005-7159-4

Salt tolerance of two aquatic macrophytes, Pistia stratiotes and Salvinia molesta

R. K. Upadhyay1,*, S. K. Panda2
1 Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Assam (Central) University, Silchar, India
2 Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan

The physiological responses to NaCl salinity were investigated in two floating aquatic macrophytes, Pistia stratiotes L. and Salvinia molesta L. With the increasing NaCl concentration a decrease in chlorophyll and carotenoid contents was recorded in Salvinia as compared to Pistia. Also a greater increase in H2O2 accumulation and lipid peroxidation was observed in the shoot and root tissues of Salvinia as compared to Pistia. The superoxide dismutase, glutathione reductase, catalase and guaiacol peroxidase activities, and ascorbate and glutathione contents increased in Salvinia and Pistia shoot and root tissues in response to NaCl.

Keywords: catalase; glutathione reductase; NaCl-salinity; peroxidase; superoxide dismutase; thiobarbituric acid reactive substance
Subjects: aquatic plants; carotenoids, salt stress; catalase; chlorophylls, salt stress; glutathione reductase; guaiacol peroxidase; peroxidase; Pistia stratiotes; reactive oxygen species (ROS); salt stress, aquatic macrophytes; Salvinia molesta; superoxide dismutase; thiobarbituric acid

Received: April 6, 2004; Accepted: October 5, 2004; Published: March 1, 2005  Show citation

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Upadhyay, R.K., & Panda, S.K. (2005). Salt tolerance of two aquatic macrophytes, Pistia stratiotes and Salvinia molesta. Biologia plantarum, 49(1), 157-159. doi: 10.1007/s10535-005-7159-4
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