Ampelopsin confers endurance and rehabilitation mechanisms in glycine max cv. Sowonkong under multiple abiotic stresses

Elham Ahmed Kazerooni, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Sadi, Il Doo Kim, Muhammad Imran, In Jung Lee

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Abstract

The present investigation aims to perceive the effect of exogenous ampelopsin treatment on salinity and heavy metal damaged soybean seedlings (Glycine max L.) in terms of physiochemical and molecular responses. Screening of numerous ampelopsin concentrations (0, 0.1, 1, 5, 10 and 25 μM) on soybean seedling growth indicated that the 1 μM concentration displayed an increase in agronomic traits. The study also determined how ampelopsin application could recover salinity and heavy metal damaged plants. Soybean seedlings were irrigated with water, 1.5% NaCl or 3 mM chosen heavy metals for 12 days. Our results showed that the application of ampelopsin raised survival of the 45-day old salinity and heavy metal stressed soybean plants. The ampelopsin treated plants sustained high chlorophyll, protein, amino acid, fatty acid, salicylic acid, sugar, antioxidant activities and proline contents, and displayed low hydrogen peroxide, lipid metabolism, and ab-scisic acid contents under unfavorable status. A gene expression survey revealed that ampelopsin application led to the improved expression of GmNAC109, GmFDL19, GmFAD3, GmAPX, GmWRKY12, GmWRKY142, and GmSAP16 genes, and reduced the expression of the GmERF75 gene. This study suggests irrigation with ampelopsin can alleviate plant damage and improve plant yield under stress conditions, especially those including salinity and heavy metals.

Original languageEnglish
Article number10943
JournalInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume22
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2021

Keywords

  • Amino acids
  • Ampelopsin
  • Antioxidant enzymes
  • Fatty acid
  • Heavy metal
  • Salinity
  • Soybean

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