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oxygen species metabolism, and photosynthetic characteristics in cucumber seedlings under
NaCl stress. Front Agric 1(3):308–314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11703-007-0052-5
74. Uchida A, Jagendorf A, Hibino T, Takabe T (2002) Effects of hydrogen peroxide and nitric
oxide on both salt and heat stress tolerance in rice. Plant Sci 163:515–523. https://doi.org/
10.1016/S0168-9452(02)00159-0
75. Fatima M, Masood A, Per TS, Khan NA (2016) Nitric oxide alleviates salt stress inhibited
photosynthetic performance by interacting with sulfur assimilation in mustard. Front Plant Sci
7:521. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00521
76. Egbichi I, Keyster M, Ludidi N (2014) Effect of exogenous application of nitric oxide on
salt stress responses of soybean. S Afr J Bot 90:131–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.
2013.11.002
77. Dong YJ, Jinc SS, Liu S, Xu LL, Kong J (2014) Effects of exogenous nitric oxide on growth of
cotton seedlings under NaCl stress. J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 14(1). https://doi.org/10.4067/S071895162014005000001
78. Liu X, Liu B, Xue S, Cai Y, Qi W, Jian C, . . . Ren H (2016) Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
nitric oxide synthase associated gene1 (CsNOA1) plays a role in chilling stress. Front Plant Sci
11(7):1652. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.01652
79. Chaki M, Valderrama R, Fernández-Ocaña AM, Carreras A, Gómez-Rodríguez MV, LópezJaramillo JVIER, . . . Corpas FJ (2011) High temperature triggers the metabolism of
S-nitrosothiols in sunflower mediating a process of nitrosative stress which provokes the
inhibition of ferredoxin–NADP reductase by tyrosine nitration. Plant Cell Environ 34(11):
1803–1818. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02376.x
80. Airaki M, Leterrier M, Mateos RM, Valderrama R, Chaki M, Barroso JB, . . . Corpas FJ (2012)
Metabolism of reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species in pepper (Capsicum
annuum L.) plants under low temperature stress. Plant Cell Environ 35(2):281–295. https://
doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02310.x
81. Ashraf MFMR, Foolad M (2007) Roles of glycine betaine and proline in improving plant
abiotic stress resistance. Environ Exp Bot 59:206–216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.
2005.12.006
82. Ziogas V, Tanou G, Filippou P, Diamantidis G, Vasilakakis M, Fotopoulos V, Molassiotis A
(2013) Nitrosative responses in citrus plants exposed to six abiotic stress conditions. Plant
Physiol Biochem 68:118–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.04.004
83. Chen K, Chen L, Fan J, Fu J (2013) Alleviation of heat damage to photosystem II by nitric
oxide in tall fescue. Plant Physiol Biochem 68:118–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.
2013.04.004
84. Hasanuzzaman M, Fujita M (2013) Exogenous sodium nitroprusside alleviates arsenicinduced oxidative stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings by enhancing antioxidant
defense and glyoxalase system. Ecotoxicology 22(3):584–596. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s10646-013-1050-4
85. Kopyra M, Stachon-Wilk M, Gwozez EA (2006) Effect of exogenous nitric oxide on the anti
oxidant capacity of cadmium-treated soybean cell suspension. Acta Physiol Plant 28:525–536.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-006-0048-4
86. Cerana R, Malerba M (2015) Role of nitric oxide in heavy metal stress. Springer, Cham,
pp 181–192. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17804-2_12
87. Sun C, Lu L, Liu L, Liu W, Yu Y, Liu X, Hu Y, Jin C, Lin X (2014) Nitrate reductase-mediated
early nitric oxide burst alleviates oxidative damage induced by aluminum through enhancement of antioxidant defenses in roots of wheat (Triticum aestivum). New Phytol 201(4):
1240–1250. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12597
88. Ahlfors R, Brosché M, Kollist H, Kangasjärvi J (2009) Nitric oxide modulates ozone-induced
cell death, hormone biosynthesis and gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J
58(1):1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03756.x
89. Vanzo E, Ghirardo A, Merl-Pham J, Lindermayr C, Heller W, Hauck SM, . . . Schnitzler JP
(2014) S-nitroso-proteome in poplar leaves in response to acute ozone stress. PLoS One 9(9):
e106886. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106886
618
P. Santisree et al.