Effects of salt stress on lipid peroxidation and antioxidative enzymes of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cultivars

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  • Ensieh Ashrafi Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan
  • Morteza Zahedi Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan
  • Jamshid Razmjoo Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v43i2.21672

Keywords:

Antioxidative enzymes, Lipid peroxidation, Medicago sativa, Salt stress

Abstract

The effect of salt stress on enzyme activities of nine alfalfa cultivars at germination and seedling stage was studied. The activities of SOD, GR, POX and APOX were higher in salt tolerant and lower in salt sensitive cultivars. Results of the effect of salt stress on the SOD, GR, POX, APOX activities and MDA content may be used to select salt tolerance cultivars at the germination and seedling stages. SOD, GR, POX, APOX and MDA may play an important role in salt tolerant mechanisms in alfalfa.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v43i2.21672

Bangladesh J. Bot. 43(2): 191-196, 2014 (September)

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2015-01-19

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Ashrafi, E., Zahedi, M., & Razmjoo, J. (2015). Effects of salt stress on lipid peroxidation and antioxidative enzymes of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cultivars. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 43(2), 191–196. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v43i2.21672

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