Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2): 237-246.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20230123

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Fermented rice husk affects the growth and development of tobacco seedlings by enhancing nitrogen metabolism pathway

ZHANG Bin1(), YUAN Zhihui1, PENG Lujun2, ZHOU Xiangping3, ZHOU Deying3, WANG Xichun3,*()   

  1. 1. Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Ginkgo Biloba, Hunan University of Science and Engineering, Yongzhou 425199, Hunan, China
    2. Yongzhou Siyuan Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., Yongzhou 425000, Hunan, China
    3. Yongzhou Branch of Hunan Provincial Tobacco Company, Yongzhou 425000, Hunan, China
  • Received:2023-02-09 Online:2024-02-25 Published:2024-03-05

Abstract:

In order to explore the feasibility of replacing carbonized rice husk (CRH) with fermented rice husk (FRH) in floating seedling cultivation of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). In this study, FRH was used to replace the CRH in different proportions in the culture medium of tobacco with commercial substrate as the control, and the tobacco seedlings were floated in the greenhouse for 60 days, and the morphological indexes of the seedlings were measured. The root and physiological indicators of the best growing treatment group FRH1 were measured, the transcriptome was sequenced, and the related metabolic pathways were analyzed, at the same time, the related key genes of the tobacco seedlings were identified and verified. The results showed that there was no significant difference in uniformity among the six treatments, but the growth potential of FRH treatment was better than that of CRH treatment; By comprehensive comparison, FRH1 treatment was superior to other treatments in plant height, root-shoot ratio and seedling strength index. The number, length and surface area of the primary lateral roots of tobacco seedlings treated with FRH1 were 292, 39.7 mm and 4.9 cm2, and the proline content, CAT and SOD activity in root system were 7.0 μg·g-1, 232 U·g-1·min-1 and 45.7 U·g-1·min-1, respectively, which were significantly higher than the CRH treatment. Transcriptome data showed that 294 differentially expressed genes in two treatment were significantly enriched in 20 KEGG metabolic pathways, including nitrogen metabolism, pentose and glucuronic acid conversion. 12 key genes involved in nitrogen metabolism pathway were excavated and verified by qRT-PCR analysis, and the relative expression of nitrate/nitrite transporter gene newGene_31743 was higher in both treatments (FRH1 and CRH). The activities of nitrate reductase and nitrite reductase in the roots of tobacco seedlings treated with FRH1 increased by 8% and 7% respectively compared to the CRH treatment, showing significant differences; while the nitrogen content increased by 1.7%, but there was no significant difference. The floating seedling cultivation with FRH instead of CRH can enhance the nitrogen metabolism pathway of tobacco seedlings, thereby improving the enzyme activity of tobacco roots, increasing root activity, improving root morphology, and promoting the growth of tobacco seedlings.

Key words: fermented rice husk, carbonized rice husk, floating nursery, tobacco seedling

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