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PJB-2009-251

EFFECT OF SALICYLIC ACID ON PIGMENT, PROTEIN CONTENT AND PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY IN EXCISED SUNFLOWER COTYLEDONS

SERAP ÇAG, GÜL CEVAHIR-ÖZ, MINE SARSAG AND NIHAL GÖREN-SAGLAM
Abstract

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Enviromental stress gives rise to the activation of adaptation and defence responses in plants. It is known that the role of salicylic acid (SA) is quite important in this mechanism. In this study its effect was investigated on excised cotyledons of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seedlings. The sunflower seedlings were grown in dark conditions for 9 days and then their etiolated cotyledons were harvested. Then, they were transferred into Petri dishes containing 0.001 mM, 0.1 mM

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