Differential effects of hexaconazole and paclobutrazol on biomass, electrolyte leakage, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant potential of Daucus carota L.
Introduction
Roots and tubers were critical components in the diet during the early evolution of mankind. They are the most important food crops of very ancient origin in the tropics and subtropics, associated with human existence, survival and their socio-economic history. Carrot (Dacaus carrota L.) is an important cool season root crop cultivated almost all over the world for its edible tubers. Carrot is a largely grown hilly root cum vegetable crop providing a rich source of carotene (provitamin A) [1]. However, its per unit area production is very low due to lack of improved varieties and non-adoption of improved cultivation practices.
Electrolyte leakage is a common indicator of membrane damage and this leakage is closely related to the loss of water potential [2]. Carotenoids are a large class of isoprenoid molecules that are synthesized de novo by all photosynthetic and many non-photosynthetic organisms. The colours provided by these pigments are of important agronomical value in horticultural crops [3]. Anthocyanin pigments are widespread in the plant kingdom and provide many of the orange, red, and blue colors found in fruits, vegetables, flowers, leaves, roots and other storage organs [4]. Starch and sugars are the dominant storage polysaccharides and it is present in all major organs of higher plants and certain tissues can accumulate it to a higher level in tubers [5]. The role of proline in plant is related to survival rather than to maintenance of growth [6].
Manipulation of crop production with chemicals is one of the most important advancement achieved in agriculture. The tuber yield and qualities of crop plants can be increased by application of biofertilizers and plant growth regulators (PGRs) [7], [8]. Triazoles are a group of compounds, which have fungicidal as well as plant growth regulatory properties [9]. Triazole compounds induce a variety of morphological and biochemical responses in plants including retardation of shoot growth, stimulation of rooting, inhibition of gibberellin biosynthesis and increases cytokinin and abscisic acid [10]. These qualities make them ideal for use in edible root tuber cultivation.
Being triazole compounds, paclobutrazol (PBZ) and hexaconazole (HEX) have exhibited plant growth regulating properties and induced many morphological changes like reduction in shoot elongation, stimulation of rooting, inhibition of gibberellin synthesis, increased chlorophyll content, altered carbohydrate status, increased cytokinin synthesis and a transient raise in ABA content [7], [11]. Triazole inhibit cytochrome P-450 mediated oxidative dimethylation reaction, including those which are necessary for the synthesis of ergosterol and the conversion of kaurene to kaurenoic acid in the gibberellin biosynthetic pathway [7].
Previous works carried out in our lab revealed the increased antioxidant potentials and an enhancement in alkaloid production under TDM application in Catharanthus roseus [9], induction of salt stress tolerance by paclobutrazol in C. roseus [12] and drought stress tolerance in Vigna unguiculata by propiconazole treatment [13]. The application of triazole fungicides is a common practice in the cultivation of this plant. It is there for seems important to test the changes that are occurring in this tuber crop under triazoles treatments in order to identify the extent to which it tolerate the fungicide application and thereby make it an economical food crop. To the best of our knowledge, there is little information available so far about the effect of triazoles on the tuber production and quality of carrot plants. Therefore, the present investigation was carried out with an objective of evaluating the effect of triazole compounds like PBZ and HEX on growth and yield (fresh weight, dry weight, biomass), photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll ‘a’, chlorophyll ‘b’, carotenoids, anthocyanin), biochemical constituents (starch, sugar, protein, amino acid, proline), membrane integrity (electrolytic leakage, lipid peroxidation) and activities of carbohydrate metabolizing enzymes (α-amylase, β-amylase) and antioxidant potential (reduced glutathione, ascorbate peroxidase) of D. carota under field conditions.
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Seed collection, plant cultivation and fungicide applications
The seeds of Daucus carota L. var. New Kuroor were obtained from M/s. Indo American Seeds, Bangalore, India. The seeds were surface sterilized with 0.2% HgCl2 solution for 2 min with frequent shaking then thoroughly washed with tap water to remove HgCl2. The land was ploughed and ridges of 30 cm width were prepared at a spacing of 45 cm. The plot soil mixture containing red soil, sand and farmyard manure (1:1:1). The seeds were sown on ridges and thinned the seedlings on 10 days after sowing
Effect of HEX and PBZ treatments on growth and yield of carrot
The FW and DW of carrot plants increased with the HEX and PBZ treatments when compared to control (Fig. 1) and thereby increased the moisture content (MC) also. Among the triazoles, HEX treatment increased the FW, DW and MC to a great extent than PBZ on 60 DAS. The ability of triazoles to increase the cytokinin content [27] increased the cell division and ultimately paved the way to the increased FW and DW. The increase in MC can be attributed to the ability of triazoles to partially close the
Conclusions
From these findings, it can be concluded that, the triazole compounds like PBZ and HEX could be used for increasing the yield and tuber quality of carrot plants under cultivation. In conclusion, PBZ was found to be the most effective of the triazoles in increasing the pigments, starch and sugar content in carrot. HEX was proved best in the case of carotenoid content. Among the triazoles, PBZ performed best in increasing the starch hydrolyzing enzymes activities. Thus, application of triazoles
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