biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 45:605-608, 2002 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1022360612976

Putrescine Effect on Nitrate Reductase Activity, Organic Nitrogen, Protein, and Growth in Heavy Metal and Salinity Stressed Mustard Seedlings

D.B. Singh1, S. Varma1, S.N. Mishra1
1 Department of Bio-Sciences, M.D. University, Rohtak, India

Putrescine effect on nitrate reductase activity, organic nitrogen and protein contents, and plant growth under Cd or Pb (0.1 - 2 mM) and salinity (5 and 100 mM NaCl) stresses was examined in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. cv. RH-30) seedlings. Cd or Pb and salinity inhibited nitrate reductase activity and decreased organic nitrogen and protein contents in leaf tissue. The increased nitrate reductase activity induced by putrescine was correlated with increased organic nitrogen and protein contents and growth of plants.

Keywords: Brassica juncea; cadmium; lead; NaCl
Subjects: Brassica juncea; cadmium, salt stress, nitrate reductase; heavy metals; lead, salt stress, nitrate reductase; mustard, salinity, heavy metals; nitrate reductase; proteins, heavy metals; proteins, salt stress; putrescine; salt stress, nitrate reductase, heavy metals

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Singh, D.B., Varma, S., & Mishra, S.N. (2002). Putrescine Effect on Nitrate Reductase Activity, Organic Nitrogen, Protein, and Growth in Heavy Metal and Salinity Stressed Mustard Seedlings. Biologia plantarum, 45(4), 605-608. doi: 10.1023/A:1022360612976
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