Enhancing Salt Tolerance in Soybean by Exogenous Boron: Intrinsic Study of the Ascorbate-Glutathione and Glyoxalase Pathways
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Growing Condition and Treatments
2.2. Growth Parameters
2.3. Measurement of Physiological Parameters
2.4. Estimation of Lipid Peroxidation and H2O2 Concentration
2.5. Ascorbate and Glutathione Estimation
2.6. Assays of Enzymes of the AsA-GSH Pathway and Glyoxalase System
2.7. Methylglyoxal Level
2.8. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Growth Parameters
3.2. Physiological Parameters
3.3. Malondialdehyde and H2O2 Levels
3.4. Ascorbate and Glutathione Pool
3.5. Activity of AsA-GSH Pathway Enzymes
3.6. Methylglyoxal Detoxification System
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Alharby, H.F.; Nahar, K.; Al-Zahrani, H.S.; Hakeem, K.R.; Hasanuzzaman, M. Enhancing Salt Tolerance in Soybean by Exogenous Boron: Intrinsic Study of the Ascorbate-Glutathione and Glyoxalase Pathways. Plants 2021, 10, 2085. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102085
Alharby HF, Nahar K, Al-Zahrani HS, Hakeem KR, Hasanuzzaman M. Enhancing Salt Tolerance in Soybean by Exogenous Boron: Intrinsic Study of the Ascorbate-Glutathione and Glyoxalase Pathways. Plants. 2021; 10(10):2085. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102085
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlharby, Hesham F., Kamrun Nahar, Hassan S. Al-Zahrani, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, and Mirza Hasanuzzaman. 2021. "Enhancing Salt Tolerance in Soybean by Exogenous Boron: Intrinsic Study of the Ascorbate-Glutathione and Glyoxalase Pathways" Plants 10, no. 10: 2085. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102085