<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Pesticides are applied to protect crops from a variety of insect pests but their application cause toxicity to plants that results, among others, in reduction of protein as well as amino acid contents. The present study is aimed at observing the effect of seed pre-soaking with 24-epibrassinolide (EBL) on the protein and amino acid content in the leaves of <italic>Brassica juncea</italic> L. grown in soil that is amended with pesticide im-idacloprid (IMI). Soil amendment with IMI resulted in a decrease in the contents in leaves of total proteins and 21 amino acids studied. Seed soaking with 100 nM of EBL resulted in the recovery of total protein as well as amino acid contents in leaves, when compared with plants grown in only IMI amended soils.</p></abstract>

Pesticides are applied to protect crops from a variety of insect pests but their application cause toxicity to plants that results, among others, in reduction of protein as well as amino acid contents. The present study is aimed at observing the effect of seed pre-soaking with 24-epibrassinolide (EBL) on the protein and amino acid content in the leaves of Brassica juncea L. grown in soil that is amended with pesticide im-idacloprid (IMI). Soil amendment with IMI resulted in a decrease in the contents in leaves of total proteins and 21 amino acids studied. Seed soaking with 100 nM of EBL resulted in the recovery of total protein as well as amino acid contents in leaves, when compared with plants grown in only IMI amended soils.

24-Epibrassinolide Restores the Synthesis of Proteins and Amino Acids in <italic>Brassica juncea</italic> L. Leaves Under Imidacloprid Stress

Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences

Journal of Horticultural Research

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24-Epibrassinolide Restores the Synthesis of Proteins and Amino Acids in  L. Leaves Under Imidacloprid Stress

Pesticides are applied to protect crops from a variety of insect pests but their application cause toxicity to plants that results, among others, in reduction...

24-Epibrassinolide Restores the Synthesis of Proteins and Amino Acids in Brassica juncea L. Leaves Under Imidacloprid Stress

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 85 - 90

Received: Sep 01, 2017

Accepted: Nov 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/johr-2017-0024

Keywords
brassinosteroids, leaf mustard, insecticide, seed-soaking

© 2017 Anket Sharma et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

24-Epibrassinolide Restores the Synthesis of Proteins and Amino Acids in Brassica juncea L. Leaves Under Imidacloprid Stress

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 85 - 90

Received: Sep 01, 2017

Accepted: Nov 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/johr-2017-0024

Keywordsbrassinosteroids, leaf mustard, insecticide, seed-soaking

© 2017 Anket Sharma et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
brassinosteroids, leaf mustard, insecticide, seed-soaking