Exogenous application of nitric oxide modulates osmolyte metabolism, antioxidants, enzymes of ascorbate-glutathione cycle and promotes growth under cadmium stress in tomato

• Published in: Protoplasma Vol. 255; no. 1; pp. 79 - 93
• Main Authors: Ahmad, Parvaiz, Ahanger, Mohammed Abass, Alyemeni, Mohammed Nasser, Wijaya, Leonard, Alam, Pravej
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Antioxidants; Ascorbic acid; Biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cadmium; Catalase; Cell Biology; Chlorophyll; Enzymes; Gas exchange; Glutathione reductase; Glycine betaine; L-Ascorbate peroxidase; Life Sciences; Metabolism; Nitric oxide; Nutrients; Original Article; Oxidative stress; Peroxidase; Phenols; Pigments; Plant Sciences; Proline; Seedlings; Sodium; Sodium nitroprusside; Superoxide dismutase; Tomatoes; Water content; Zoology; Oxidative stress; Cadmium; Ascorbate-glutathione cycle; Nitric oxide; Osmolyte; Antioxidant; Tomato

Experiments were carried out to investigate the role of nitric oxide (NO) in ameliorating the negative effects of cadmium stress in tomato seedlings. Plants treated with cadmium (CdCl 2 , 150 μM) showed reduced growth, biomass yield, pigment content, chlorophyll fluorescence, and gas exchange parame...