Publications by authors named "Khushboo Khator"

Plants, as sessile organisms, are subjected to diverse abiotic stresses, including salinity, desiccation, metal toxicity, thermal fluctuations, and hypoxia at different phases of plant growth. Plants can activate messenger molecules to initiate a signaling cascade of response toward environmental stresses that results in either cell death or plant acclimation. Nitric oxide (NO) is a small gaseous redox-active molecule that exhibits a plethora of physiological functions in growth, development, flowering, senescence, stomata closure and responses to environmental stresses.

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The present investigation was designed to determine the interaction of nitric oxide with other antioxidants in relieving oxidative stress induced by NaCl at morphological, physiological and molecular level. 15 days old seedlings of were subjected to 50 mM NaCl alone, 100 μM SNP alone and in combination (SNP + NaCl) in hoagland growth medium for 96 h and to analyze the cellular homeostasis and salt tolerance mechanism via examining growth, stress parameters, enzymatic and non enzymatic antioxidants and expression level of NR. Exposure of 100 μM sodium nitroprusside to mustard seedling enhanced photosynthetic pigment content and prevented plant growth inhibition.

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The present study designed to illustrate correlation between cadmium induced stress and plant growth, photosynthetic pigments, morphological and physiological attributes. To study these parameters 2 weeks old seedling of B. juncea were subjected to 50 µM Cd, 100 µM Cd and 100 µM SNP separately and in combination with SNP.

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The manuscript highlights the role of antioxidants in alleviation of salinity stress in two principal legume crops and of Indian Thar Desert. The study evaluates correlation between the antioxidants of two cultivars in terms of morphological and physiological alterations. Hydroponically acclimatized seedlings of both the crops were subjected to NaCl stress at different concentrations ranges from 10 to 100 mM.

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