biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 29:45, 1987 | DOI: 10.1007/BF02902316

Biochemical indicators of the water stress in maize seedlings

A. L. García1, A. Torrecillas2, A. León2, M. C. Ruiz-Sánchez2
1 Departamento de Química Agrieola, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia
2 E.I. de Nutrición, Fertilización y Riego, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (C.S.I.C.), Murcia, Spain

Free proline and chlorophyll contents, chlorophyllase, peroxidase and nitrate reductase activities were determined in maize seedlings grown under controlled conditions and submitted to water stress induced by 14 % PEG-4000 or NaCl (isotonic). All the parameters studied showed a significant response to the water stress, but the level of free proline and peroxidase activity together may preferentially be used for the diagnosis of osmotic stress or saline-osmotic stress.

Received: January 21, 1986; Accepted: May 27, 1986; Published: January 1, 1987  Show citation

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García, A.L., Torrecillas, A., León, A., & Ruiz-Sánchez, M.C. (1987). Biochemical indicators of the water stress in maize seedlings. Biologia plantarum, 29(1), 45. doi: 10.1007/BF02902316
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