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The magnitude of the effect of salt stress on proline content, pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) reductase activity and water relations was found to be leaf position dependent in an advance generation (R4) of twoBrassica juncea L. somaclones (SR-2 and SR-3) selected in vitro for NaCl-tolerance and the parent cv. Prakash. Free proline content and P5C reductase activity increased with increase in salt stress in all the lines but at different rates; the maximum increase being in the SR-3 derived somaclonal line. At 100 mM NaCl, SR-3 showed a nearly 19 fold increase in proline content compared to a 4–5 fold increase in the other two genotypes. The proline level and P5C reductase activity of the first (youngest) leaf was higher than in the other leaves and decreased linearly with increase in age of the leaf in all the lines. The relationship between relative water content and osmotic potential of the leaves at different positions also varied. The results indicate that a significant effect of salt may appear non-significant if the position of the leaves is not taken into account while sampling.
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Madan, S., Nainawatee, H.S., Jain, S. et al. Leaf position-dependent changes in proline, pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase activity and water relations under salt-stress in genetically stable salt-tolerant somaclones ofBrassica juncea L.. Plant Soil 163, 151–156 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00007963
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