Halle, Wittenberg, Universiẗat, Diss., 2002.

Universiẗat, Diss., 2002--Marburg.

Universiẗat, Diss., 2002--Bremen.

Techn. Univ., Diss., 2005--Darmstadt

The objective of the thesis is to research the physiological differences between picked genotypes of Capsicum annuum and the effect of lower temperatures in the beginning of ontogeny. Another objective is to find out how Capsicum annuum plants react to application of anti-stress agent Atonic and to determine the most appropriate physiological indicators of resistence to low temperatures. Capsicum annuum ranks among thermophilic crops for which the temperature optimum is of 22 - 25 °C during the day and 18 - 20 °C overnight. They are planted at the field station at the time when ground frost may occur. These can cause physiological changes in the plant or even cause her death. Three varieties were chosen for the experiment: Amy, Eva a Lydia. Plants were divided into a control group and treatment group. Both groups were further divided into two additional groups - with and without the application of Atonic in the beginning of vegetative growth (6th day of exposure to stress). Control group plants were grown at 20 °C and stressed plants were moved into a klimabox with temperature of 5 °C throughout the entire day. Such temperature may occur after planting the plants into an outdoor habitat. Proline content in leaves of Capsicum annuum and relative discharge of electrolyte was studied in two - day intervals. From the obtained results it can be concluded that the accumulation of proline was the highest for Lydia variety in a stressed scenario with the application of Atonic and the lowest proline content was found in in the Amy variety in a control group. Furthermore, it was discovered that the ontogeny of plants has an effect on the accumulation of proline and relative discharge of electrolyte from the beginning of the measurement. The absolute highest electrolyte discharge was measured in the Lydia variety in a stressed scenario and the lowest one was present in the Amy variety in a control group. These results confirm the hypothesis.

The thesis deals with the role of drought and the effects on growth, morphology and yield of barely. The evaluation of the physiological mechanisms at the level of the osmotic adjustment of plants was done at two locations differing in the soil water regime. These mechanisms were studied on a group of 20 recombinant inbred lines (RIL) derived from crosses between spring barley Jersey (spring malting cultivar) and Syrian landrace Tadmor, which was used as a donor of drought tolerance. The progeny derived from reciprocal crosses were evaluated for yield parameters (thousand grain weight, grain yield per plant, the proportion of grains over 2 mm) and qualitative parameters (starch content and nitrogen content). The physiological status of the plants was evaluated using relative water content, osmotic potential (OP) and proline content as an osmotically active substance. The effect of location on all above mentioned parameters was estimated on parental varieties as well as on RIL lines. According to the results several lines were selected which exhibit relatively high stability of yield and qualitative parameters at both locations. The relationship between the yield parameters and values associated with the mechanism of osmotic adjustment (RWC, OP and proline content) was not clearly demonstrated. Decrease of OP and increase of proline content in plants cultivated under dry conditions at location Žabčice mostly corresponded to increased level of plant wilting, therefore it is possible that only passive mechanism for OP was involved. This mechanism did not affect the drought tolerance.

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Plants are exposed to many adverse factors during their life cycles. Abiotic stresses are significantly limiting plant growth and development. Abiotic stress response mechanisms involve compatible solute synthesis (e.g. sugars, sugar alcohols and amino acids). The aim of this study was to characterise the responses of plants from Plantago genus to different abiotic stresses (drought, salinity, cold and stress combination). The complete plants grew under in vitro conditions. I compared morphological parameters, selected metabolic parameters (carbohydrates balance and proline accumulation) under optimal conditions and stress exposure. This study was focused on plants from genus Plantago, because they differ from each other in their tolerance to the salinity. Both, the glycophyte and the halophyte species are described within this genus. Plantains produce besides widespread soluble carbohydrates (sucrose, glucose, fructose) also sugar alcohol sorbitol, which has been reported as a significant component of the stress response. In addition, the reaction of plants to different carbon and energy sources was tested. More severe growth inhibition of the glycophyte Plantago lanceolata compared to the halophyte P. maritima was observed under salt treatment. Significant accumulation of sorbitol was observed...

Current agriculture is facing a serious challenge of decreasing precipitation and irregular occurrence of drought periods including their unfavorable distribution during the vegetation season. This leads to growing interest in planting highly drought-resistant crops like sorghum. In comparison with other crops, sorghum excels in low water demand, though exhibits high susceptibility to low temperatures, which hampers its spread to new regions. Surprisingly, there is not enough information about the nature of sorghum's reaction to cold exposure. The aim of this diploma thesis was to describe reactions of young sorghum plants exposed to cold stress, low water availability and their combination and to verify the possibility of plant hardening through previous low-stress load. The special focus was paid to changes in carbohydrate metabolism, which plays generally very important role in plant defense reactions. The other analyzed physiological traits were leaf tissue osmotic potential, proline content and basic morphometric characteristics. Experimental design consisted of pot experiments conducted in growth chambers and the experiments performed under controlled conditions in vitro, using two sorghum genotypes "Ruzrok" and "01Z1800012". Both genotypes exhibited similar response to stress treatment....

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