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INFLUENCE OF PUTRESCINE APPLICATION ON CROP<br />
TOLERANCE TO HEAVY METAL STRESS<br />
Petr Soudek, Mar<strong>in</strong>a Ursu, Šárka Petrová, Tomáš Vaněk<br />
Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Jo<strong>in</strong>t Laboratory of IEB AS CR, v.v.i. and RICP,<br />
v.v.i., Rozvojová 263, 165 02 Prague 6 – Lysolaje, Czech Republic, e-mail:<br />
soudek@ueb.cas.cz<br />
Nowadays, <strong>the</strong>re are two major problems <strong>in</strong> crop grow<strong>in</strong>g – pollution and nutrition. Dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
an <strong>in</strong>dustrial period numerous areas were heavily contam<strong>in</strong>ated by heavy metals and <strong>the</strong>y<br />
are still not suitable for food production. The consumption of contam<strong>in</strong>ated food crops is<br />
pos<strong>in</strong>g health risk for humank<strong>in</strong>d. On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand, low concentrations of some heavy<br />
metals are essential for liv<strong>in</strong>g organisms. The population growth puts a strong pressure on<br />
quantity and quality of substantial food. The improvement of food nutrition by <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>crease of essential elements concentrations <strong>in</strong> food is one of <strong>the</strong> goals. The problem is<br />
that heavy metals generate free radicals <strong>in</strong> plant cells. Plants have many types of defense<br />
mechanisms that protect <strong>the</strong>m aga<strong>in</strong>st damage by reactive oxygen. These mechanisms<br />
comprise of different types of non-enzymatic compounds such as ascorbic acid,<br />
glutathione, carotenoids, α-tocopherol, and enzymatic compounds such as APOX, GR,<br />
SOD, and CAT. Recently, many authors suggest <strong>the</strong> possible antioxidant role of<br />
polyam<strong>in</strong>es as radical scavengers. For example, sperm<strong>in</strong>e is known for <strong>the</strong> plant tissues<br />
protection of <strong>the</strong> metal-<strong>in</strong>duced oxidative damage.<br />
The aim of this work was to affect <strong>the</strong> accumulation and <strong>the</strong> translocation of toxic metals<br />
and essential elements <strong>in</strong> crop plants by external application of putresc<strong>in</strong>e.<br />
Acknowledgements: Supported by <strong>COST</strong> FA0605 (<strong>COST</strong>.FA0605OC9082).