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Strigolactone Alleviates Herbicide Toxicity via Maintaining Antioxidant Homeostasis in Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus )

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  • Abid Ali

    (Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
    Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Yazhou Bay, Sanya 572024, China
    Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou 310058, China)

  • Guy Kateta Malangisha

    (Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
    Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université de Lubumbashi/UNILU, Lubumbashi du Congo/BP1825, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

  • Haiyang Yang

    (Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China)

  • Chen Li

    (Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China)

  • Chi Wang

    (Agriculture, Rural Development and Water Conservancy Bureau of Wenling, Wenling 317500, China)

  • Yubin Yang

    (Agriculture, Rural Development and Water Conservancy Bureau of Wenling, Wenling 317500, China)

  • Ahmed Mahmoud

    (Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China)

  • Jehanzeb Khan

    (Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China)

  • Jinghua Yang

    (Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
    Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Yazhou Bay, Sanya 572024, China
    Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou 310058, China)

  • Zhongyuan Hu

    (Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
    Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Yazhou Bay, Sanya 572024, China
    Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou 310058, China)

  • Mingfang Zhang

    (Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
    Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Yazhou Bay, Sanya 572024, China
    Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Hangzhou 310058, China)

Abstract

Strigolactone (SL) plays essential roles in regulating plant growth, development, and stress response. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of exogenous SL on watermelon resistance against herbicides penoxsulam (PXL) and bensulfuron-methyl (BSM). These herbicides were found to negatively impact watermelon root growth and photosynthetic pigments, probably due to the ultrastructural damage and cell death in leaf and root tissues under herbicide stresses. The activation of SL-related gene expression suggested that the SL pathway may mitigate herbicide toxicity in watermelon. The exogenous SL dose-dependently reversed the PXL- or BSM-induced antioxidant activity, suggesting that SL may participate in maintaining antioxidant enzyme homeostasis under herbicide stresses. The up-regulation of herbicide metabolization and detoxification-related genes (cytochrome P450 and acetolactate synthase) by exogenous SL also in part explained how this phytohormone alleviates herbicide toxicity in watermelon. Our findings will provide valuable information underlying the regulatory effects of SL on herbicide tolerance in Cucurbitaceae crops.

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  • Abid Ali & Guy Kateta Malangisha & Haiyang Yang & Chen Li & Chi Wang & Yubin Yang & Ahmed Mahmoud & Jehanzeb Khan & Jinghua Yang & Zhongyuan Hu & Mingfang Zhang, 2021. "Strigolactone Alleviates Herbicide Toxicity via Maintaining Antioxidant Homeostasis in Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus )," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-19, May.
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