biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 56:780-784, 2012 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-012-0136-9

Pretreatment with 5-aminolevulinic acid mitigates heat stress of cucumber leaves

J. Zhang1, D. -M. Li1, Y. Gao1, B. Yu1, C. -X. Xia2, J. -G. Bai1,*
1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology/College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, P.R. China
2 College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, P.R. China

Cucumber seedlings were pretreated with 3 μM 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) followed by cultivation at normal (25/18 °C) or high (42/38 °C) day/night temperature to investigate the protective effects of ALA on heat stress in plants. Heat elevated the contents of malondiadehyde (MDA), superoxide radical (O2 .-) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in leaves of all plants but less in ALA-pretreated plants. Heat treatment resulted in higher antioxidant enzyme activities and proline and soluble sugar contents and weaker growth inhibition in ALA-pretreated plants than in those treated with heat alone. These results indicate that ALA pretreatment increased the tolerance of seedlings to heat stress.

Keywords: 5-aminolevulinic acid; antioxidant enzyme; Cucumis sativus; heat; proline; soluble sugar
Subjects: aminolevulinic acid; temperature - high; proline; soluble sugars; malondialdehyde; reactive oxygen species; hydrogen peroxide; superoxide dismutase; catalase; ascorbate peroxidase; glutathione reductase; monodehydroascorbate reductase; dehydroascorbate reductase; glutathione peroxidase; peroxidases

Received: July 18, 2011; Accepted: December 1, 2011; Published: December 1, 2012  Show citation

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Zhang, J., Li, D.-M., Gao, Y., Yu, B., Xia, C.-X., & Bai, J.-G. (2012). Pretreatment with 5-aminolevulinic acid mitigates heat stress of cucumber leaves. Biologia plantarum, 56(4), 780-784. doi: 10.1007/s10535-012-0136-9
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