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Role of salicylic acid in regulating ultraviolet radiation-induced oxidative stress in pepper leaves

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The effect of salicylic acid (SA) counteracting the UV-A, UV-B, and UV-C-induced action on pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) plants was studied. For this purpose, the activities of antioxidant enzymes (peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase, ascorbate peroxidase, catalase, and glutathione reductase) were measured. Plants were sprayed with SA and treated with UV-A (320–390 nm), UV-B (312 nm), and UV-C (254 nm) radiation with a density of 6.1, 5.8, and 5.7 W/m2. The activities of antioxidant enzymes were enhanced in leaves in response to UV-B and UV-C radiation. SA treatment moderated an increase in the activities of some antioxidant enzymes (peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase, catalase, and glutathione reductase) in plants that were treated with UV radiation. The activity of antioxidant enzyme polyphenol oxidase in plants that were treated with UV-B, UV-C, and SA was significantly increased. The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible protective effect of SA treatment on UV-A, UV-B, and UV-C stress.

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Abbreviations

APX:

ascorbate peroxidase

CAT:

catalase

GR:

glutathione reductase

LSD:

least significant difference

PX:

peroxidase

PpO:

polyphenol oxidase

ROS:

reactive oxygen species

SA:

salicylic acid

UV:

ultraviolet

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  1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Payam Noor University of Sirjan, Sirjan, Iran

    K. Mahdavian

  2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Payam Noor University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    K. Mahdavian

  3. International Center for Science, High Technology and Environmental Science, Kerman, Iran

    K. Mahdavian

  4. Azad Islamic University of Gorgan, Gorgan, Iran

    M. Ghorbanli

  5. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

    Kh. M. Kalantari

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Original Russian Text © K. Mahdavian, M. Ghorbanli, Kh.M. Kalantari, 2008, published in Fiziologiya Rastenii, 2008, Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 620–623.

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Mahdavian, K., Ghorbanli, M. & Kalantari, K.M. Role of salicylic acid in regulating ultraviolet radiation-induced oxidative stress in pepper leaves. Russ J Plant Physiol 55, 560–563 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1021443708040195

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