Figure 8.
Effects of MV on rice plants. Leaf discs of 10 mm diameter were floated on 10 μm MV and illuminated at 100 μmol photon m−2 s−1 for 3 and 6 h. A, Fv/Fm. B, MV-induced pigment degradation. C, MV-induced membrane damage. Ion leakage was estimated by measuring the increase in conductivity of the medium after MV treatment of leaf discs. D, Lipid peroxidation expressed as the MDA content in the vector control and NK2 lines. FW, Fresh weight. Values are the mean ± sem of measurements of five plants per line. *P < 0.05, compared with the vector control (by Student's t test).