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Effect of polyethylene glycol induced drought stress on physio-hormonal attributes of soybean

Abstract

Drought stress is a major abiotic constraint limiting crop production world wide. In current study, we investigated the adverse effects of drought stress on growth, yield and endogenous phytohormones of soybean. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) solutions of elevated strength (8% and 16%) were used for drought stress induction. Drought stress period span for two weeks each at pre and post flowering growth stage. It was observed that soybean growth and yield attributes significantly reduced under drought stress at both pre and post flowering period, while maximum reduction was caused by PEG (16%) applied at pre flowering time. The endogenous bioactive GA/sub 1/ and GA/sub 4/ content decreased under elevated drought stress. On the other hand, jasmonic acid (JA), salicylic acid (SA) and abscisic acid (ABA) content increased under drought stress. On the basis of current study, we concluded that application of earlier drought stress severely reduced growth and yield attributes of soybean when compared to its later application. Furthermore, increases in the endogenous contents of JA, SA and ABA in response to drought stress demonstrate the involvement of these hormones in drought stress resistance. (author)
Authors:
Hamayun, M; Khan, A L; Ahmad, N; Lee, In-Jung; [1]  Khan, S A; [2]  Shinwari, Z K [3] 
  1. Kyungpook National University, Daegu (Korea, Republic of). College of Life Sciences
  2. University of Peshawar (Pakistan). Dept. of Biotechnology
  3. Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Plant Science
Publication Date:
Apr 15, 2010
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Pakistan Journal of Botany; Journal Volume: 42; Journal Issue: 2
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; HORMONES; PLANT GROWTH; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SOYBEANS; ALCOHOLS; FOOD; GLYCOLS; GROWTH; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLANTS; POLYMERS; SEEDS; VEGETABLES
OSTI ID:
21361666
Country of Origin:
Pakistan
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0556-3321; TRN: PK1000521096116
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 977-986
Announcement Date:
Dec 06, 2010

Citation Formats

Hamayun, M, Khan, A L, Ahmad, N, Lee, In-Jung, Khan, S A, and Shinwari, Z K. Effect of polyethylene glycol induced drought stress on physio-hormonal attributes of soybean. Pakistan: N. p., 2010. Web.
Hamayun, M, Khan, A L, Ahmad, N, Lee, In-Jung, Khan, S A, & Shinwari, Z K. Effect of polyethylene glycol induced drought stress on physio-hormonal attributes of soybean. Pakistan.
Hamayun, M, Khan, A L, Ahmad, N, Lee, In-Jung, Khan, S A, and Shinwari, Z K. 2010. "Effect of polyethylene glycol induced drought stress on physio-hormonal attributes of soybean." Pakistan.
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title = {Effect of polyethylene glycol induced drought stress on physio-hormonal attributes of soybean}
author = {Hamayun, M, Khan, A L, Ahmad, N, Lee, In-Jung, Khan, S A, and Shinwari, Z K}
abstractNote = {Drought stress is a major abiotic constraint limiting crop production world wide. In current study, we investigated the adverse effects of drought stress on growth, yield and endogenous phytohormones of soybean. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) solutions of elevated strength (8% and 16%) were used for drought stress induction. Drought stress period span for two weeks each at pre and post flowering growth stage. It was observed that soybean growth and yield attributes significantly reduced under drought stress at both pre and post flowering period, while maximum reduction was caused by PEG (16%) applied at pre flowering time. The endogenous bioactive GA/sub 1/ and GA/sub 4/ content decreased under elevated drought stress. On the other hand, jasmonic acid (JA), salicylic acid (SA) and abscisic acid (ABA) content increased under drought stress. On the basis of current study, we concluded that application of earlier drought stress severely reduced growth and yield attributes of soybean when compared to its later application. Furthermore, increases in the endogenous contents of JA, SA and ABA in response to drought stress demonstrate the involvement of these hormones in drought stress resistance. (author)}
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