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Antioxidative defense and photoprotection in Pinus halepensis induced by Mediterranean conditions and ozone exposure
R Alonso1, S Elvira, F J Castillo
1CIEMAT-DIAE, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
Pigment levels and antioxidative stress-related metabolites were determined over a period of two years in Pinus halepensis to characterize the response of some plant protective processes to both environmental stresses and 03 exposure. Two-year-old-Aleppo pine seedlings were grown in open-top chambers under optimal nutrient and water conditions and exposed to different 03 levels: charcoal filtered air, non-filtered air and nonfiltered air plus 40 ppb O3 10 h/day. In summer an activation of photoprotective systems was observed since a decrease in chlorophyll levels, an increase in the carotenoid/chlorophyll ratio and SOD activation were recorded. Interestingly, the SOD activity in Pinus halepensis was highly related to low-molecular weight compounds and this relationship increased with needle age. Ozone exposure induced alterations in the activity of some antioxidant enzymes along with reductions in pigment concentrations and an activation of the xanthophyll cycle.
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