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Jasmonates and salicylic acid as enigmatic orchestrators of capitula senescence in Cosmos sulphureus Cav.

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The fine-tuning of the intricate network of plant growth hormones empowers the balanced responses of plants to environmental and developmental signals. Salicylic acid and jasmonates are emerging as advanced hormones that provide plants with resistance to environmental stresses. Senescence is characterized by coordinated and systematic crosstalk between phytohormones that remodels the biochemical and physiological mechanisms in plants, resulting in cell death. The present investigation examines the role of jasmonates (methyl jasmonate and jasmonic acid) and salicylic acid (SA) in regulating the petal senescence of detached stalks of Cosmos sulphureus. Based on our results, it was revealed that SA and jasmonic acid (JA) at 40 μM and methyl jasmonate (MJ) at 0.75 μM concentration delayed the senescence of detached flowers of C. sulphureus considerably. These growth regulators improved the membrane stability, reinforced the antioxidant enzyme activities and averted the upsurge of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content in the petals. Additionally, SA and jasmonates preserved higher content of total phenols, reducing sugars and soluble proteins in the petals, besides impeding the bacterial growth in testing solutions which corroborated with the maximum solution uptake. The elevated soluble protein content was found to be associated with low specific protease activity (SPA) and α-amino acid content in the petal tissues. Our study concluded that SA and jasmonates delayed flower senescence by averting oxidative stress and maintaining the nutritional status of the petals.

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    Mohammad Lateef Lone, Sumira Farooq, Aehsan ul Haq, Foziya Altaf, Shazia Parveen & Inayatullah Tahir

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Lone, M.L., Farooq, S., ul Haq, A. et al. Jasmonates and salicylic acid as enigmatic orchestrators of capitula senescence in Cosmos sulphureus Cav.. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 29, 1863–1874 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-023-01407-4

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