Research Article, J Plant Physiol Pathol Vol: 2 Issue: 3
Effects of Exogenous Spermidine on Cell Wall Composition and Carbohydrate Metabolism of Marsilea Plants under Cadmium Stress
| Kingsuk Das1, Chiranjib Mandal1, Nirmalya Ghosh1, Sidhartha Banerjee1, Narottam Dey2 and Malay Kumar Adak1* | |
| 1Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology Research Unit, Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, WB, India | |
| 2Department of Biotechnology, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, WB, India | |
| Corresponding author : Malay Kumar Adak Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, Kalyani– 74 1235 (W.B.), India Tel: 033-2582-8282, 09432418218 E-mail: mkadak09@gmail.com |
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| Received: May 26, 2014 Accepted: July 16, 2014 Published: July 21, 2014 | |
| Citation: Das K, Mandal C, Ghosh N, Banerjee S, Dey N, et al. (2014) Effects of Exogenous Spermidine on Cell Wall Composition and Carbohydrate Metabolism of Marsilea Plants under Cadmium Stress. J Plant Physiol Pathol 2:3. doi:10.4172/2329-955X.1000127 |
Abstract
Effects of Exogenous Spermidine on Cell Wall Composition and Carbohydrate Metabolism of Marsilea Plants under Cadmium Stress
In an experiment to detect the cellular changes of carbohydrate content and its related enzymatic activities, a study was undertaken with Marsilea minuta L., an aquatic fern species in simulated condition of cadmium (Cd) toxicity. From the varying doses of Cd (0, 50, 100 and 200 μM) and supplemented with spermidine (2 mM), it revealed that plants were suffered from accumulation of total carbohydrate in a dose-dependent manner under Cd stress. Maximum depletion of carbohydrate content was 58% with respect to control which was retrieved by 1.42 fold with spermidine application. In a similar manner, plants were also affected with starch, total reducing sugar content by 42% and 63.04% respectively over the control. The fall in both starch and total reducing sugar were retrieved by plants by 1.32 fold and 1.52 fold, respectively.
