Journal of Stress Physiology & Biochemistry, Vol. 5, No.
1-2, 2009, pp. 16-31 ISSN 1997-0838
Original Text Copyright (cc) 2009 by Kolesnichenko V.V.
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THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH Cd CONCENTRATIONS ON WINTER
WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.)
AND CANOLA (Brassica napus L.)
ETIOLATED SHOOTS
Kolesnichenko V.V.
Timiryazev Institute of Plant
Physiology, Moscow, Russia
Received September 20, 2008
ABSTRACT
The influence of high CdCl2 concentrations on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and canola (Brassica napus L.)
etiolated shoots was studied. It is shown that if in canola high Cd
concentrations caused full inhibition of weight and length increase of
shoots, in wheat these Cd concentrations caused less effect. The
influence of high Cd concentrations on lipid peroxidation in wheat in
canola differs too. If in canola Cd treatment caused the increase of
lipid peroxidation rate, in wheat in most wariants this treatment
caused the decrease of lipid peroxidation rate. The very high
peroxidase activity in wheat may be an important part of Cd-resistance
mechanism in wheat shoots.
