sugar accumulation and its regulation by jasmonic acid in brassica napus l. under salt stress
;Harpreet Kaur;Poonam Sharma;Geetika Sirhindi
clinical therapeutics2013Vol. 9pp. 53-64
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kaur2013journalsugar
Abstract
The effects of Jasmonic acid (JA) on sugar accumulation and protein content in 12-days old Brassica napus L. seedlings were studied. The seeds pre-treated with different concentrations of jasmonic acid were germinated in Petriplates supplied with various concentrations of salt stress (NaCl). The contents of total chlorophyll, total sugars, reducing sugars, non-reducing sugars, total carbohydrates and total protein content of 12-days old seedlings were analysed. It was observed that JA reduced the toxicity of salt stress on seedling growth by influencing the chlorophyll content and protein content. Pre-treatment of jasmonic acid was found to be significantly effective in increasing the contents of sugars.