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Phytochemistry 76 (2012) 46–51 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Phytochemistry journal homepage: www.elsevier .com/locate/phytochem Nitric oxide exacerbates Al-induced inhibition of root elongation in rice bean by affecting cell wall and plasma membrane properties Yuan Zhou, Xiao Yan Xu, Li Qian Chen, Jian Li Yang, Shao Jian Zheng ⇑ Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Aluminum (Al) toxicity is one of the most widespread problems for crop production on acid soils, and Received 12 November 2010 nitric oxide (NO) is a key signaling molecule involved in the mediation of various biotic and abiotic stres- Received in revised form 24 November 2011 ses in plants. Here we found that exogenous application of the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) Available online 7 January 2012 exacerbated the inhibition of Al-induced root growth in rice bean [Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi Ohashi ‘Jiangnan’, Fabaceae]. This was accompanied by an increased accumulation of Al in the root apex. Keywords: However, Al treatments had no effect on endogenous NO concentrations in root apices. These results indi- Rice bean cate that a change in NO concentration is not the cause of Al-induced ro