Cookies help us deliver our services. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies. More information

Darrah-Wiedemeier 2015 Graduate Theses and Dissertations

From Bioblast
Publications in the MiPMap
Darrah-Wiedemeier KL (2015) The physiological effects of the seed treatment Stamina on maize seedling length, ADP:O ratios, and respiration rates. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Paper 14673:55 pp.

ยป Iowa State University Open Access

Darrah-Wiedemeier KL (2015) Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Abstract: Zea mays L. is an important crop in the Mid west, and each year there is a push to plant earlier in the spring. Early planting can leave seeds and seedlings vulnerable to low temperature stress. Low temperature stress causes damage to maize seedlings. It has been postulated that Strobilurin fungicides havepositive physiological related effects on growth and yield. The goal of this study was to determine if the strobilurin Stamina protects maize seedlings against mitochondrial damage due to low temperature stress. In this study, three seed treatments and two seed lots/hybrids were used. Treatments included: Stamina (binders plus active ingredients), binders only, and control (untreated) seedlings. To determine the effects of Stamina on maize respiration, seedling lengths, ADP:O ratios, respiration rates, and alternative oxidase (appendix) were measured under optimal temperature and low temperature conditions in the presence and absence of the alternative oxidase inhibitor salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM). Seedlings were grown in dark growth chambers at a constant 25 ยฐC for 5 days or for 10 days at 10 ยฐC and 4 days at 25 ยฐC. In the optimal temperature study, seedlings from Stamina and only binders treated seeds had mesocotyl lengths that were 0.48 cm and 0.41 cm longer than control seeds, respectively. Seedlings from Stamina treated seeds had total lengths that were 0.38 cm and 0.87 cm longer than seeds treated with binders only and control seedlings, respectively. Stamina had no effect on ADP:O ratios, AOX ratios, respiration rates, or respiration rate ratios. In the low temperature stress study, there was a hybrid by treatment interaction. Stamina did not effect seedling length of seed lot/hybrid A, but it did of seed lot/hybrid B. seedlings from Stamina treated seeds of seed lot/hybrid B had mesocotyl lengths that were 0.9 cm longer than both seedlings treated with only binders viand control seedlings. Seedlings from Stamina treated seeds of the same seed lot/hybrid had total lengths that were 1.16 cm and 1.21 cm longer than seedlings treated with only binders and control seedlings, respectively. Seedlings from Stamina treated seeds and control seedlings had AOX ratios that were slightly larger than AOX ratios for seedlings treated with only binder when 20 mM SHAM was used. Seedlings from Stamina treated seeds and control seedling of seed lot/hybrid A had slightly larger respiration rate ratios than seedlings from seeds treated with only binders when 10 mM SHAM was used. Seedlings from Stamina treated seeds had slightly larger respiration rate ratios than control seedlings of seed lot/hybrid B when 10 mM SHAM was used.


Labels: MiParea: Respiration, Pharmacology;toxicology 

Stress:Temperature  Organism: Plants 

Preparation: Isolated mitochondria 

Regulation: Coupling efficiency;uncoupling  Coupling state: LEAK, OXPHOS  Pathway:


AOX