Abstract
Auxin regulates plant growth and development, as well as helps plants to survive abiotic stresses, but the effects of auxin on the growth of alkaline-stressed rice and the underlying molecular and physiological mechanisms remain unknown. Through exogenous application of IAA/TIBA, this study explored the physiological and molecular mechanisms of alkaline stress tolerance enhancement using two rice genotypes. Alkaline stress was observed to damage the plant growth, while exogenous application of IAA mitigates the alkaline-stress-induce inhibition of plant growth. After application of exogenous IAA to alkaline-stressed rice, dry shoot biomass, foliar chlorophyll content, photosynthetic rate in the two rice genotypes increased by 12.6–15.6%, 11.7–40.3%, 51.4–106.6%, respectively. The adventitious root number, root surface area, total root length and dry root biomass in the two rice genotypes increased by 29.3–33.3%, 26.4–27.2%, 42.5–35.5% and 12.8–33.1%, respectively. The accumulation of H2O2, MAD were significantly decreased with the application of IAA. The activities of CAT, POD, and SOD in rice plants were significantly increased by exogenous application of IAA. The expression levels of genes controlling IAA biosynthesis and transport were significantly increased, while there were no significant effects on the gene expression that controlled IAA catabolism. These results showed that exogenous application of IAA could mitigate the alkaline-stress-induced inhibition of plant growth by regulating the reactive oxygen species scavenging system, root development and expression of gene involved in IAA biosynthesis, transport and catabolism. These results provide a new direction and empirical basis for improving crop alkaline tolerance with exogenous application of IAA.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Major Science and Technology Projects of the XPCC
Major Science and Technology Projects of Autonomous Region
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis
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