Hormonal system status has been analyzed in leaf disks of hypersensitive tobacco
Nicotiana tabacum L. variety Samsun NN during the development of resistance to tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) induced by synthetic coenzyme Q
10 (ubiquinone 50). The absolute and relative content of abscisic acid (ABA), indoleacetic acid (IAA), and cytokinins (CKs)
was determined after the exposure of leaves to Q
10 solution and the subsequent TMV infection. In plants not treated with Q
10, CK content increased about 2.5 times 1 day after TMV infection, while a significant increase in the ABA level and a decrease
in the IAA level were observed only after 2 days. In the dynamics, Q
10 treatment had a protective antiviral effect, significantly decreased the ABA level, and increased the IAA level in sensitized
plants compared to nonsensitized ones.
Original Russian Text © N.A. Rozhnova, G.A. Geraschenkov, 2006, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya,
2006, No. 5, pp. 581–590.