Copper (Cu) toxicity in plants may lead to iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and manganese (Mn) deficiencies. Here, we investigated the effect of Si and Fe supply on the concentrations of micronutrients and metal-chelating amino acids nicotianamine (NA) and histidine (His) in leaves of cucumber plants exposed to Cu in excess. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) was treated with 10 mu M Cu, and additional 100 mu M Fe or/and 1.5 mM Si for five days. High Cu and decreased Zn, Fe and Mn concentrations were found in Cu treatment. Additional Fe supply had a more pronounced effect in decreasing Cu accumulation and improving the molar ratio between micronutrients as compared to the Si supply. However, the simultaneous supply of Fe and Si was the most effective treatment in alleviation of Cu-induced deficiency of Fe, Zn and Mn. Additional Fe supply increased the His but not NA concentration, while Si supply significantly increased both NA and His whereby the NA:Cu and His:Cu molar ratios exceeded the control valu...es indicating that Si recruits Cu-chelation to achieve Cu tolerance. In conclusion, Si-mediated alleviation of Cu toxicity was directed toward Cu tolerance while Fe-alleviative effect was due to a dramatic decrease in Cu accumulation.
TY - JOUR
AU - Bosnic, Dragana
AU - Bosnić, Predrag
AU - Nikolic, Dragana
AU - Nikolic, Miroslav
AU - Samardžić, Jelena T.
PY - 2019
UR - http://rimsi.imsi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1220
AB - Copper (Cu) toxicity in plants may lead to iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and manganese (Mn) deficiencies. Here, we investigated the effect of Si and Fe supply on the concentrations of micronutrients and metal-chelating amino acids nicotianamine (NA) and histidine (His) in leaves of cucumber plants exposed to Cu in excess. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) was treated with 10 mu M Cu, and additional 100 mu M Fe or/and 1.5 mM Si for five days. High Cu and decreased Zn, Fe and Mn concentrations were found in Cu treatment. Additional Fe supply had a more pronounced effect in decreasing Cu accumulation and improving the molar ratio between micronutrients as compared to the Si supply. However, the simultaneous supply of Fe and Si was the most effective treatment in alleviation of Cu-induced deficiency of Fe, Zn and Mn. Additional Fe supply increased the His but not NA concentration, while Si supply significantly increased both NA and His whereby the NA:Cu and His:Cu molar ratios exceeded the control values indicating that Si recruits Cu-chelation to achieve Cu tolerance. In conclusion, Si-mediated alleviation of Cu toxicity was directed toward Cu tolerance while Fe-alleviative effect was due to a dramatic decrease in Cu accumulation.
PB - MDPI, Basel
T2 - Plants-Basel
T1 - Silicon and Iron Differently Alleviate Copper Toxicity in Cucumber Leaves
IS - 12
VL - 8
DO - 10.3390/plants8120554
ER -
@article{
author = "Bosnic, Dragana and Bosnić, Predrag and Nikolic, Dragana and Nikolic, Miroslav and Samardžić, Jelena T.",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Copper (Cu) toxicity in plants may lead to iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and manganese (Mn) deficiencies. Here, we investigated the effect of Si and Fe supply on the concentrations of micronutrients and metal-chelating amino acids nicotianamine (NA) and histidine (His) in leaves of cucumber plants exposed to Cu in excess. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) was treated with 10 mu M Cu, and additional 100 mu M Fe or/and 1.5 mM Si for five days. High Cu and decreased Zn, Fe and Mn concentrations were found in Cu treatment. Additional Fe supply had a more pronounced effect in decreasing Cu accumulation and improving the molar ratio between micronutrients as compared to the Si supply. However, the simultaneous supply of Fe and Si was the most effective treatment in alleviation of Cu-induced deficiency of Fe, Zn and Mn. Additional Fe supply increased the His but not NA concentration, while Si supply significantly increased both NA and His whereby the NA:Cu and His:Cu molar ratios exceeded the control values indicating that Si recruits Cu-chelation to achieve Cu tolerance. In conclusion, Si-mediated alleviation of Cu toxicity was directed toward Cu tolerance while Fe-alleviative effect was due to a dramatic decrease in Cu accumulation.",
publisher = "MDPI, Basel",
journal = "Plants-Basel",
title = "Silicon and Iron Differently Alleviate Copper Toxicity in Cucumber Leaves",
number = "12",
volume = "8",
doi = "10.3390/plants8120554"
}
Bosnic, D., Bosnić, P., Nikolic, D., Nikolic, M.,& Samardžić, J. T.. (2019). Silicon and Iron Differently Alleviate Copper Toxicity in Cucumber Leaves. in Plants-Basel
MDPI, Basel., 8(12).
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8120554
Bosnic D, Bosnić P, Nikolic D, Nikolic M, Samardžić JT. Silicon and Iron Differently Alleviate Copper Toxicity in Cucumber Leaves. in Plants-Basel. 2019;8(12).
doi:10.3390/plants8120554 .
Bosnic, Dragana, Bosnić, Predrag, Nikolic, Dragana, Nikolic, Miroslav, Samardžić, Jelena T., "Silicon and Iron Differently Alleviate Copper Toxicity in Cucumber Leaves" in Plants-Basel, 8, no. 12 (2019),
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8120554 . .
