Salicylic Acid Stimulates Antioxidant Defense and Osmolyte Metabolism to Alleviate Oxidative Stress in Watermelons under Excess Boron

Salicylic Acid Stimulates Antioxidant Defense and Osmolyte Metabolism to Alleviate Oxidative Stress in Watermelons under Excess Boron

Boron (B) is a microelement required in vascular plants at a high concentration that produces excess boron and toxicity in many crops. B stress occurs widely and limits plant growth and crop productivity worldwide. Salicylic acid (SA) is an essential hormone in plants and is a phenolic compound. The...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Moustafa-Farag, Heba I. Mohamed, Ahmed Mahmoud, Amr Elkelish, Amarendra N. Misra, Kateta Malangisha Guy, Muhammad Kamran, Shaoying Ai, Mingfang Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Plants
Subjects:
salicylic acid
chlorophyll fluorescence
excess boron
lipid peroxidation
enzymatic antioxidant
glutathione
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/6/724

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