YAŞAR, Fikret Yüzüncü Yıl University, Zeve Campus - Faculty of Agriculture - Department of Horticulture, Turkey , ELLİALTIOĞLU, Şebnem Ankara Üniversitesi - Faculty of Agriculture - Department of Horticulture, Turkey

Antioxidative Responses of Some Eggplant Genotypes to Salinity Stress

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The response of the antioxidant enzymes to salt stress was studied in the eggplant genotypes. In this study, two salt-tolerant Burdur Bucak (BB) and Mardin Kızıltepe (MK); two salt-sensitive Giresun (Gi) and Artvin Hopa (AH), four of them belong to Solanum melongena L. species are landraces grown different parts of Turkey, and a salt tolerant wild species S. sisymbriifolium (SS) were used. The antioxidant activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD; EC 1.15.1.1), catalase (CAT; EC 1.11.1.6), ascorbate peroxidase (APX; EC 1.1.1.11) and glutathione reductase (GR; EC 1.6.4.2) enzymes were investigated in these salt-tolerant and sensitive genotypes grown in hydroponics culture. At the end of the study, it was determined that all of the antioxidant enzymes were very effective on the salt tolerance, and salt-tolerant eggplant genotypes were capable of using their antioxidant enzyme systems more actively than the salt-sensitive ones.

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Antioxidative enzymes , Hydroponic , Eggplant , Salt stress , Seedlings

Yuzuncu Yil University Journal Of Agricultural Sciences

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