FIGURE 8.

Altered salt tolerance in CaBiP1-silenced and CaBiP1–overexpressing plants. (A) TRV2:00 and TRV2:CaBiP1 peppers seedlings irrigated with 300 mM NaCl solution for 14 days. (B–D) H₂O₂ accumulation, REL and MDA content in pepper seedlings leaves treated with 300 mM NaCl solution for 24 h. (E,F) Root growth of WT and transgenic lines grown under 75 mM NaCl for 7 days. (G,H) Survival rate of 2-week-old Arabidopsis seedlings in soil treated with 300 mM NaCl for 15 days. (I) Expression of salt stress- and ER stress-related genes in leaves of 3-week-old WT and CaBiP1-OE hydroponic seedlings treated with 300 mM NaCl s for the designed time duration. AtActin2 was used as the internal control gene. Data are the mean ± standard deviation from three biological replicates. Statistical significance is indicated by a single asterisk (p < 0.05) and a double asterisk (p < 0.01) based on the results of student’s t-test.