Chromosome endoreduplication as a factor of salt adaptation in Sorghum bicolor

Summary. Nuclear DNA amounts were measured by Feulgen cytophotometry in Sorghum bicolor cv. 610 plants early exposed to 150 mM NaCl, a treatment known to induce an increased tolerance to salinity in plants carrying this genotype. In salt-treated plants, the percentages of 8C, 16C, and 32C nuclei in roots in the primary state of growth were 21.9%, 13.3%, and 4.3%, respectively. By contrast, in nonsalinized plants, only 3.5% of the nuclei had an 8C content and no higher DNA contents were observed. The salt treatment induced chromosome endoreduplication during the differentiation of cells in the root cortex, where 41.2% of the cells displayed a DNA content higher than 4C (versus 1.3% in control plants). No enhancement of endopolyploidy was observed in cells of the root vascular cylinder or the leaves of the salt-treated plants. In another S. bicolor genotype (DK 34-Alabama), noncompetent for salt adaptation, the same NaCl treatment did not induce chromosome endoreduplication in root cortex cells. Endopolyploidy may be considered as a part of the adaptive response of S. bicolor competent genotypes to salinity..

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2006

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2006

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:227

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Protoplasma - 227(2006), 2-4 vom: Mai, Seite 113-118

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Englisch

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Ceccarelli, M. [VerfasserIn]
Santantonio, E. [VerfasserIn]
Marmottini, F. [VerfasserIn]
Amzallag, G. N. [VerfasserIn]
Cionini, P. G. [VerfasserIn]

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10.1007/s00709-005-0144-0

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OLC2052229914