Ecological variations and role of heat shock protein in Artemisia judaica L. In response to temperature regimes of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Joint Authors
Abbas, Zahid Khurshid
Saggu, Shalini
Ansari, Abid A.
al-Thbiani, Aziz
Rehman, Hasibur
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 24, Issue 6 (30 Sep. 2017), pp.1268-1273, 6 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2017-09-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Artemisia judaica L.
(Compositae) are shrubby herbs growing wildly in Tabuk region and distributed in the desert regions.
This region is characterized by extremely variable environmental conditions where the temperature varies from extreme low to extreme high.
These temperature regimes have a profound effect on morphology, growth physiology and biochemistry of the plants.
The plant samples were collected from Tabuk–Jordan road (760 m above sea level) in the month of January, April, July and October 2013 to evaluate the effect of temperature dynamics on A.
judaica L.
in four different seasons.
Physiological, biochemical alterations and heat shock proteins (HSPs) were studied during these seasons in order to evaluate the environmental adaptation and stress tolerance in response to temperature variations.
Plant growth parameters showed a significant increase in height, fresh and dry matter accumulation, total chlorophyll, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, artemisinin and leaf relative water contents investigated in the month of April and October.
Growth of plant was suppressed and an active role of carbonic anhydrase (CA), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (POD) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) was observed to cope with the extreme low temperature in January and extreme high temperature in July 2013.
However, the plants collected in October and April did not show a statistical difference.
Inductions in the expression of HSP90 were recorded in all the plants collected during April and October 2013 with no statistically significant difference.
Therefore, based on the results it is recommended that during April and October the environmental conditions are best suitable for growth, development and medicinal use of Artemisia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abbas, Zahid Khurshid& Saggu, Shalini& Rehman, Hasibur& al-Thbiani, Aziz& Ansari, Abid A.. 2017. Ecological variations and role of heat shock protein in Artemisia judaica L. In response to temperature regimes of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 24, no. 6, pp.1268-1273.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abbas, Zahid Khurshid…[et al.]. Ecological variations and role of heat shock protein in Artemisia judaica L. In response to temperature regimes of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 24, no. 6 (Sep. 2017), pp.1268-1273.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Abbas, Zahid Khurshid& Saggu, Shalini& Rehman, Hasibur& al-Thbiani, Aziz& Ansari, Abid A.. Ecological variations and role of heat shock protein in Artemisia judaica L. In response to temperature regimes of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2017. Vol. 24, no. 6, pp.1268-1273.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-776450
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 1272-1273
Record ID
BIM-776450