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The Role of Abscisic Acid in the Response of Two Different Wheat Varieties to Water Deficit

Hala Ezzat Mohamed and Ghada Saber M. Ismail*

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty ofScience, Alexandria University, 21511, Alexandria, Egypt. Fax: +2 03-3 91 17 94. E-mail: ghada5f@yahoo.com

* Author for correspondence and reprint requests

Z. Naturforsch.64 c, 77Ð84 (2009); received June 2/July 7, 2008

The changes in plant growth, transpiration rate, photosynthetic activity, plant pigments, electro- lyte leakage, H2O2content, lipid peroxidation, catalase activity and endogenous content of abscisic acid (ABA) were followed in the leaves of two wheat varieties (sakha 93 and 94) during drought stress and subsequent rehydration. Drought stress caused several inhibitory changes in the growth ofboth wheat varieties, particularly in sakha 94. Exogenous ABA treatment improved the growth ofsakha 93 plants as indicated by a higher relative water content, transpiration rate and lower electrolyte leakage and also enhanced the growth dur- ing the recovery period. Such improvement may be the result ofthe induction ofenzymatic (catalase) and non-enzymatic (carotenoid) systems. ABA treatment did not ameliorate the negative effect of drought on the growth of sakha 94.

Key words:Abscisic Acid, Relative Water Content, Drought Stress

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