Correlation between Chloroplast Ultrastructure and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Characteristics in the Leaves of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Grown under Salinity

Transcription Profiles of Genes Encoding Catalase and Ascorbate Peroxidase in the Rice Leaf Tissues under Salinity

“…Some studies were conducted with rice, focusing on the response to antioxidant enzymes (Shim et al, 2003;Vaidyanathan et al, 2003) and cellular damage (Yamane et al, 2008). However, few studies were conducted on the regulation of antioxidant enzymes at mRNA level.…”

Morpho-physiological variations in response to NaCl stress during vegetative and reproductive development of rice

“…4). Loss of chlorophyll pigment (Bahaji et al 2002;Siringam et al 2009) and reductions in the F v /F m ratio under salinity stress were also reported for other rice cultivars (Abdullah et al 2001;Cha-um et al 2007;Djanaguiraman et al 2006;Siringam et al 2009;Yamane et al 2008) as well as in sorghum (Netondo et al 2004), naked oat (Zhao et al 2007), wheat (Zheng et al 2009) and chickpea (Eyidogan and Ö z 2007).…”

“…Thus, reduction in chlorophyll content and in the maximum potential quantum efficiency of PSII, measured as changes in chlorophyll fluorescence (F v /F m ) is related to the salinity-induced swelling and distortion of thylakoids, grana stacking, stroma and chloroplast envelope (Barhoumi et al 2007;Rahman et al 2000;Wang et al 2009;Yamane et al 2003Yamane et al , 2008. Therefore, these parameters are referred as efficient indicators for the evaluation of stress related effects on photosystem II (PSII) (Baker 2008;Netondo et al 2004).…”

Gene Expression and Accumulation of Rubisco in Bundle Sheath and Mesophyll Cells during Leaf Development and Senescence in Rice, a C3Plant

“…Chlorophyll fluorescence was measured using a PAM-2100 chlorophyll fluorometer (Walz, Germany) on tip, middle and basal regions of intact plants (Yamane et al, 2008). Intact leaves of rice plants, which were kept in the dark for 30 min, were exposed to a weak modulated irradiance (2.0 μmol m -2 s -1 ), and minimal fluorescence (F 0 ) was measured.…”