Abstract
Eighteen rice (Oryza sativa) cultivars were screened for ozone (O3) tolerance and for the most responsive parameters with ethylenediurea (EDU) treatments at two experimental sites experiencing high ambient O3 conditions in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) of India. EDU was applied at 15day intervals until the final harvest phase as a foliar spray at 300ppm in order to protect the plants from the adverse effects of O3. Antioxidant activity, malondialdehyde content (MDA), chlorophyll content, gas exchange, and chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm) at the vegetative and flowering phases and harvest-related parameters were studied, for a total of 24 parameters. Seven of the studied cultivars had higher than average grainweightplant−1 in all site and treatment combinations and can be recommended for cultivation in areas suffering from high O3 concentrations. The most responsive parameters with EDU treatment in high O3 across all cultivars were superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities, the contents of oxidised (GSSG) and reduced (GSH) glutathione and MDA, and shoot weight plant−1. These results indicated that the O3 scavenging activity of EDU is mediated through an antioxidant defence system rather than a direct effect on physiological parameters, such as photosynthesis and stomatal conductance.
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