Physiological and Biochemical Responses to Salt Stress in Cultivated Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and in S. insanum L., a Close Wild Relative
Eggplant (Solanum melongena) has been described as moderately sensitive to salinity. We characterised the responses to salt stress of eggplant and S. insanum, its putative wild ancestor. Young plants of two accessions of both species were watered for 25 days with an irrigation solution containing...
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MDPI
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6633 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/5/651 |
| Sumario: | Eggplant (Solanum melongena) has been described as moderately sensitive to salinity.
We characterised the responses to salt stress of eggplant and S. insanum, its putative wild ancestor.
Young plants of two accessions of both species were watered for 25 days with an irrigation solution
containing NaCl at concentrations of 0 (control), 50, 100, 200, and 300mM.Plant growth, photosynthetic
activity, concentrations of photosynthetic pigments, K+, Na+, and Cl ions, proline, total soluble
sugars, malondialdehyde, total phenolics, and total flavonoids, as well as superoxide dismutase,
catalase, and glutathione reductase specific activities, were quantified. Salt stress-induced reduction
of growth was greater in S. melongena than in S. insanum. The photosynthetic activity decreased in
both species, except for substomatal CO2 concentration (Ci) in S. insanum, although the photosynthetic
pigments were not degraded in the presence of NaCl. The levels of Na+ and Cl increased in roots
and leaves with increasing NaCl doses, but leaf K+ concentrations were maintained, indicating a
relative stress tolerance in the two accessions, which also did not seem to su er a remarkable degree
of salt-induced oxidative stress. Our results suggest that the higher salt tolerance of S. insanum mostly
lies in its ability to accumulate higher concentrations of proline and, to a lesser extent, Na+ and Cl.
The results obtained indicate that S. insanum is a good candidate for improving salt tolerance in
eggplant through breeding and introgression programmes. |
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