African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6863

Full Length Research Paper

Higher K+/Na+ and lower reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation are related to higher yield in maize under saline condition

Rohman M. M.
  • Rohman M. M.
  • Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
  • Google Scholar
Islam M. R.
  • Islam M. R.
  • Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
  • Google Scholar
Mahmuda B. M.
  • Mahmuda B. M.
  • Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh.
  • Google Scholar
Begum S.
  • Begum S.
  • Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
  • Google Scholar
Fakir O. A.
  • Fakir O. A.
  • Agricultural Research Station, Benerpota, Satkhira, Bangladesh.
  • Google Scholar
Amiruzzaman M.
  • Amiruzzaman M.
  • Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh.
  • Google Scholar


  •  Received: 12 November 2017
  •  Accepted: 15 December 2017
  •  Published: 01 February 2018

References

Akram M, Ashraf MY, Ahmad R, Rafiq M, Ahmad I, Iqbal J (2010). Allometry and yield components of maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids to various potassium levels under saline conditions. Arch. Biol. Sci. Belgrade. 62:1053-1061.
Crossref

 

Akram M, Malik MA, Ashraf MY, Saleem MF, M. Hussain (2007). Competitive seedling growth and K+/Na+ ratio in different maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids under salinity stress. Pak. J. Bot. 39:2553-2563.

 
 

Azooz MM, Ismail AM, Elhamd MFA (2009). Growth, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzyme activities as a selection criterion for the salt tolerance of three maize cultivars grown under salinity stress. Int. J. Agric. Biol. 11:21-26.

 
 

Chen CL, van der Schoot H, Dehghan S, Alvim Kamei CL, Schwarz KU, Meyer H, Visser RGF, van der Linden CG (2017). Genetic diversity of salt tolerance in Miscanthus. Front. Plant Sci. 8:187.
Crossref

 
 

Chinnusamy V, Jagendorf A, Zhu JK (2005). Understanding and Improving Salt Tolerance in Plants. Crop Sci. 45:437-448.
Crossref

 
 

De Azevedo Neto AD, Tabosa JN (2000). Salt stress in maize seedlings: II. Distribution of cationic macronutrients and its relation with sodium. Rev. Bras. Eng. Agric. Amb. 4:165-171.

 
 

Deinlein U, Stephan AB, Horie T, Luo W, Xu G, Schroeder JI (2014) Plant salt-tolerance mechanisms. Trends Plant Sci. 19(6):371-9.
Crossref

 
 

Elstner EF, Heupel A (1976). Inhibition of nitrite formation from hydroxyl ammonium chloride: a simple assay for superoxide dismutase. Anal. Biochem. 70(2):616-20.
Crossref

 
 

Farooq M, Hussain M, Wakeel A, Kadambot H, Siddique M (2015). Salt stress in maize: effects, resistance mechanisms, and management. A review. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 35(2):461-481.
Crossref

 
 

Fortmeier R, Schubert S (1995). Salt tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.): the role of sodium exclusion. Plant Cell Environ. 18:1041-1047.
Crossref

 
 

Gill SS, Tuteja N (2010). Reactive oxygen species and antioxidant machinery in abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 48:909-930.
Crossref

 
 

Hichem H, Mounir D, Naceur EA (2009). Differential responses of two maize (Zea mays L.) varieties to salt stress: changes on polyphenols composition of foliage and oxidative damages. Ind. Crops Prod. 30:144-151.
Crossref

 
 

Kaya C, Tuna AL, Okant AM (2010). Effect of foliar applied kinetin and indole acetic acid on maize plants grown under saline conditions. Turk. J. Agric. For. 34:529-538.

 
 

Menezes-Benavente L, Kernodle SP, Margis-Pinheiro M, Scandalios JG (2004). Salt-induced antioxidant metabolism defenses in maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings. Redox Rep. 9:29-36.
Crossref

 
 

Pardo JM, Quintero FJ (2002). Plants and sodium ions, keeping company with the enemy. Genome Biol. 3:1017.1–1017.4.

 
 

Rohman MM, Talukder MZA, Hossain MG, Uddin MS, Amiruzzaman M, Biswas A, Ahsan AF MS, Chowdhury MAZ (2016). Saline sensitivity leads to oxidative stress and increases the antioxidants in presence of proline and betaine in maize (Zea mays L.) inbred. Plant Omics J. 9(1):35-47.

 
 

Schachtman D, Liu W (1999). Molecular pieces to the puzzle of the interaction between potassium and sodium uptake in plants. Trends Plant Sci. 4(7):281-287.
Crossref

 
 

Sümer A, Zörb C, Yan F, Schubert S (2004). Evidence of sodium toxicity for the vegetative growth of maize (Zea mays L.) during the first phase of salt stress. J. Appl. Bot. 78:135-139.

 
 

Yu CW, Murphy TM, Lin CH (2003). Hydrogen peroxide-induces chilling tolerance in mungbeans mediated through ABA-independent glutathione accumulation. Func. Plant Biol. 30:955-963.