Dzhangalina E.D., Zhumabayeva B.A., Aytasheva Z.G., Lebedeva L. P. Impact of lectins isolated from the bean callus culture on growing drought tolerance in plants

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan, Almaty

Abstract

Plant cell and tissue culture is a very prospective model to detect new
sources of lectins, to study different ways of their regulation and to invent new biotechnological methods for isolation them from plants. It can
help to use lectins as plant protectors in the future. It has been studied
that lectins obtained from common beans calluses empower drought tolerance of legumes and grains and also positively influence on growing
processes, water metabolism and prolin content. It has been shown that
lectins stimulate seeds to germinate, impact on plant height and biomass,
water in tissues and rate of transpiration. This research can help to make
new biopreparations on the basis of common beans’ lectins to increase
productivity of crops.
Key words: common beans, lectins, water metabolism, drought tolerance, biopreparations