biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 49:145-148, 2005 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-005-5148-2

Influence of short-term osmotic stress on the photosynthetic activity of barley seedlings

K. V. Kocheva1,*, M. C. Busheva2, G. I. Georgiev1, P. H. Lambrev2, V. N. Goltsev3
1 Institute of Plant Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
2 Institute of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
3 Biological Faculty, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

Oxygen evolution and chlorophyll a fluorescence transients of two barley (Hordeum vulgare L) cultivars subjected to polyethylene glycol induced osmotic stress was examined. The relative water content of the plants was used as a measure of their water status. The results suggested that although dehydration was considerable, photosystem 2 was weakly affected by the osmotic treatment.

Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence; Hordeum vulgare; oxygen evolution; polyethylene glycol 8000; relative water content
Subjects: barley, contrasting cultivars. photosynthetic activity; chlorophyll fluorescence, osmotic stress; chlorophylls, osmotic stress, PEG, photosynthetic activity; cultivar and genotype differences, photosynthetic activity; Hordeum vulgare; nutrient medium Knop; osmotic stress, short-term; photosystems 1 and 2; relative water content

Received: January 2, 2004; Accepted: June 21, 2004; Published: March 1, 2005  Show citation

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Kocheva, K.V., Busheva, M.C., Georgiev, G.I., Lambrev, P.H., & Goltsev, V.N. (2005). Influence of short-term osmotic stress on the photosynthetic activity of barley seedlings. Biologia plantarum, 49(1), 145-148. doi: 10.1007/s10535-005-5148-2
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