Biologia plantarum 43:621-624, 2000 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1002864318871
Osmotic Stress Increases Alcohol Dehydrogenase Activity in Maize Seedlings
- 1 Department of Biochemistry and Food Science. Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki, Kagawa, Japan e-mail
Maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings were exposed to osmotic stress, and alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) activity and abscisic acid (ABA) concentration were determined. The osmotic stress increased ADH activities in both roots and shoots, whereas the increase was 2-fold greater in roots than the shoots. The stress also increased ABA concentration in both roots and shoots and the increase was greater in the roots than in the shoots.
Keywords: abscisic acid; Zea mays
Subjects: abscisic acid, alcohol dehydrogenase, osmotic stress; alcohol dehydrogenase, osmotic stress; maize, alcohol dehydrogenase, osmotic stress; osmotic stress, alcohol dehydrogenase; Zea mays
Published: December 1, 2000 Show citation
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