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Journal Article
Antioxidant responses and photosynthetic behaviors of Kappaphycus alvarezii and Kappaphycus striatum (Rhodophyta, Solieriaceae) during low temperature stress
2016
Overview
Background
Kappaphycus
are farmed in tropical countries as raw material for carrageenan, which is widely used in food industry. The sea area available for farming is one limiting factor in the production of seaweeds. Though cultivation is spreading into subtropical regions, the lower seawater temperature is an important problem encountered in subtropical regions for the farming of
Kappaphycus
. This research of physiological response to low temperature stress will be helpful for screening
Kappaphycus
strains for growth in a lower temperature environment.
Results
Responses of antioxidant systems and photosystem II (PSII) behaviors in
Kappaphycus alvarezii
and
Kappaphycus striatum
were evaluated during low temperature treatments (23, 20, 17 °C). Compared with the controls at 26 °C, the H
2
O
2
concentrations increased in both species when the thalli were exposed to low temperatures (23, 20, 17 °C), but these increases were much greater in
K. striatum
than in
K. alvarezii
thalli, suggesting that
K. striatum
suffered more oxidative stress. The activities of some important antioxidant enzymes (e.g. superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase) and the hydroxyl free radical scavenging capacity were substantially higher at 23, 20 and 17 °C than at the control 26 °C in
K. alvarezii
, indicating that the antioxidant system of
K. alvarezii
enhanced its resistance to low temperature. However, no significant increases of antioxidant enzymes activities were observed at 20 and 17 °C in
K. striatum
. In addition, both the maximal efficiency of PSII photochemistry (F
V
/F
m
) and the performance index (PI
ABS
) decreased significantly in
K. striatum
at 23 °C, indicating that the photosynthetic apparatus was damaged at 23 °C. In contrast, no significant decreases of either F
V
/F
m
or PI
ABS
were observed in
K. alvarezii
at 23 °C.
Conclusions
It is concluded that
K. alvarezii
has greater tolerance to low temperature than
K. striatum.
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,Springer Nature B.V
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