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Antioxidant Response to NaCl Stress in Salt-Tolerant and Salt-Sensitive Cultivars of Cotton

Dep. of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State Univ.-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71115
Louisiana State Univ. Agric. Center, Red River Res. Stn., Bossier City, LA 71113
Dep. of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State Univ.-Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 7115.

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The mechanism(s) importing salt tolerance to plants remains unresolved. Although cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is classified as salt-tolerant plant, variation in salt tolerance has been observed among different cultivars. The purpose of this study was to determine if more salt-tolerant cultivars contain higher constitutive or inducible levels of antioxidants than more salt-sensitive cultivars. Greenhouse-grown salt-tolerant (cv. Acaia 1517-88 and Acala 1517-SR2) and salt-sensitive (cv. Deltapine 50 and Stoneville 825) cotton plants treated with either 0 or 150 mM NaCl were analyzed for differences in growth and antioxidant capocities. The 150 mM NaCl treatment resulted in more than 40% reduction in growth of Deltapine 50 and Stoneville 825 and less than 30% reduction in the Acala cultivars. The more salt-tolerant cultivars had higher constitutive levels of catalase (121-215%) and u-tocopherol (312-420%). The salt treatment resulted in a 38 to 72% increase in peroxidase activity and a 55 to 101% increase in glutathione reductase activity in the Acala cultivars while the activities of these enzymes remained constant or decreased in the more sensitive cultivars. The Acala cultivars also exhibited a lower oxidized/reduced ascorbic acid ratio and a higher reduced/oxidized glutathione ratio than the more sensitive cultivars when grown at 150 mM NaCl. When subjected to a one-time salt treatment, lipid peroxidation in Deltapine 50 increased 51% over Acala 1517-88. These data indicate that protection from oxidative damage by higher levels of antioxidants and a more active ascorbate-glutathione cycle may be involved in tbe development of salt tolerance in cotton.

Received for publication May 11, 1993.

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