Abstract
Drought is considered one of the most important environmental stresses that has serious limitations on production of most crop plants, including wheat. Proline is an amino acid closely associated with plant responses to environmental constraints. This research aims to study the response of four varieties of durum wheat (Triticum durum) subjected to water stress stimulated by polyethylene glycol (20% PEG-6000) which is equivalent to osmotic potential of -1.2 Mpa. A total of 4 wheat genotypes were grown hydroponically and four treatments were imposed. Wheat plants exposed to drought stress showed reduced growth, which was correlated with reduced relative water content, chlorophyll content and stomatal conductance as evidenced by principle component analysis (PCA). It also revealed that electrolyte leakage and malondialdehyde (MDA) accumulations were closely related with the declined growth and wheat plants development under drought stress. Importantly, application of 6 mM of exogenous proline improved the growth responses of wheat plants to drought stress. Proline strengthened numerous physio-biochemical processes coupled with decreasing in MDA levels which indicates successful adaptation of wheat plants to drought stress. The results of PCA strongly supported that application of proline in stressful conditions ameliorated the responses of wheat mostly by enhancing physiological and biochemical activities. Eventually, it can be concluded that proline supplementation is one of the useful approaches to alleviate the adverse effects of water stress on wheat crop.
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Drought stress reduced wheat growth.
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- Wheat
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- drought stresse0
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- reducede0
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e0“Wheat plants exposed to drought stress showed reduced growth”
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Reduced growth correlated with reduced relative water, chlorophyll, and stomatal conductance.
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- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
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- reduced growthe0
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- reducede0
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- reduced relative water content, chlorophyll content and stomatal conductancee0
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e0“reduced growth, which was correlated with reduced relative water content, chlorophyll content and stomatal conductance”
t0“Wheat (Triticum durum)”
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Electrolyte leakage and MDA accumulation were closely related to declining growth and development.
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- wheatTriticum aestivume0
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- declined growth and wheat plants developmente0
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- declinede0
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- electrolyte leakage and malondialdehyde (MDA) accumulationse0
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e0“electrolyte leakage and malondialdehyde (MDA) accumulations were closely related with the declined growth and wheat plants development under drought stress.”
Claim · model-written summary
Six millimolar exogenous proline improved wheat growth under drought stress.
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- wheatTriticum aestivume0
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- 6 mM of exogenous prolinee0
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- growth responsese0
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- improvede0
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- drought stresse0
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e0“application of 6 mM of exogenous proline improved the growth responses of wheat plants to drought stress.”
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Proline decreased MDA levels in drought-stressed wheat.
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- wheatTriticum aestivume1
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- Prolinee0
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- MDA levelse0
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- decreasinge0
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e0“Proline strengthened numerous physio-biochemical processes coupled with decreasing in MDA levels”
e1“Wheat plants exposed to drought stress showed reduced growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Proline strengthened wheat physiological and biochemical processes.
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- wheatTriticum aestivume1
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- Prolinee0
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- physio-biochemical processese0
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- strengthenede0
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e0“Proline strengthened numerous physio-biochemical processes coupled with decreasing in MDA levels”
e1“Wheat plants exposed to drought stress showed reduced growth”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend proline supplementation to alleviate water stress in wheat.
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- wheatTriticum aestivume0
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- proline supplementatione0
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e0“proline supplementation is one of the useful approaches to alleviate the adverse effects of water stress on wheat crop.”
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