Priming effect of abscisic acid on alkaline stress tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings》.pdf

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 90 (2015) 50e57 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Plant Physiology and Biochemistry journal homepage: /locate/plaphy Research article Priming effect of abscisic acid on alkaline stress tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings Li-Xing Wei a, b, Bing-Sheng Lv a, b, Ming-Ming Wang a, c, Hong-Yuan Ma a, c, Hao-Yu Yang a, c, Xiao-Long Liu a, c, Chang-Jie Jiang e, *, Zheng-Wei Liang a, c, d, ** a Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, 130102, China b University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China c Daan Sodic Land Experiment Station, Daan, Jilin, 131317, China d Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150081, China e National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba, 305 8602, Japan a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Salineealkaline stress is characterized by high salinity and high alkalinity (high pH); alkaline stress has Received 11 January 2015 been shown to be the primary factor inhibiting rice seedling growth. In this study, we investigated the Accepted 4 March 2015 potential priming effect of abscisic acid (ABA) on tolerance of rice seedlings to alkaline stress simulated Available online 12 March 2015 by Na CO . Seedlings were pretreated with ABA at concentrations of 0 (control), 10, and 50 mM by root- 2 3