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  Pak. J. Bot., 49(1): 47-55, 2017.

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  Updated: 19-02-17

 

 

EFFECTS OF AMBIENT OZONE ON REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES

AND ANTIOXIDANT METABOLITES IN LEAVES OF

PEA (PISUM SATIVUM L.) PLANTS

 

I. A. HASSAN1,3*, N.S. HAIBA2, R. H. BADR3, J.M. BASAHI1, T. ALMEELBI1, I. M. ISMAIL1 AND W.K.TAIA3

 

1Air Pollution Laboratory (APL), Centre of Excellence in Environmental Studies (CEES), King Abdulaziz University,

P. O. Box 80216, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

2Department of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Education, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

3Department of Botany & Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University,

21526 El Shatby, Alexandria. Egypt

*Corresponding author email: iagadallah@kau.edu.sa, ihassan_eg@yahoo.com

 

Abstract

 The differential response of two pea plants (Pisum sativum L. cultivars Little Marvel and Victory) to ambient O3 grown under open top chambers (OTCs) was analyzed and compared. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, antioxidant metabolites such as ascorbate/glutathione as well as a series of enzymes for scavenging ROS were analyzed, all aiming to reveal the differential behavior of two closely related plants when exposed to ambient O3.Antioxidant levels and activities of related enzymes in response to ambient were noticeably different among Little Marvel and Victory plants. However, the response was cultivar-specific. There was higher accumulation of ROS and relatively lower induction of antioxidants and more inhibition in photosynthetic rates in Victory than Little Marvel. There was a good correlation between tolerance to O3 and high endogenous levels of antioxidant metabolites such as ascorbate (As), glutathione reductase (GR), superoxide dismutase (SOD), reduced (GSH) and oxidized glutathione (GSSG) in pea plants. These portrays a higher sensitivity of Victory to ambient O3.To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the very few studies attempted to describe the changes in contents of antioxidants and activities of related enzymes in leaves of two closely related cultivars to further ourunderstanding on the defense mechanism and strategies under ambient O3. The results highlighted the possible roles of antioxidants in O3 detoxification through activation an adaptive survival mechanism allowing the plant to complete its life cycle even under oxidative stressful conditions.

 

Key words: Ambient ozone. Oxidative stress. Defense system. Pea (Pisum sativum L. cultivars Little Marvel and Victory) plants.


 


 


   
   

 

   
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