Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 1205-1216.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.06.11

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Effects of salt stress and phosphorus supply on physiological characteristics of switchgrass seedlings

MA Zhonghuaa(), WU Naa, CHEN Juana, ZHAO Conga, YAN Chenghonga, LIU Jilib,c,*()   

  1. a. College of Agriculture, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
    b. College of Ecology and Environment, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
    c. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Northwest Land Degradation and Ecological Restoration, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
  • Received:2021-02-01 Online:2022-06-25 Published:2022-06-30
  • Contact: LIU Jili

Abstract:

In order to clarify the physiological response characteristics of different switchgrass varieties to the two factors of salt stress and phosphorus supply level, this study adopted a hydroponic experiment with 2 salt stress levels (A1 salt stress, A2 non-salt stress) and 4 phosphorus supply levels (B1 no phosphorus, B2 low phosphorus, B3 high phosphorus, B4 full phosphorus) were set, the effects of salt stress and phosphorus supply levels on The results showed that the soluble sugar content of Alamo syndiploid, Alamo and Pathfinder decreased with the increase of the phosphorus supply level under salt stress conditions, and the total phosphorus treatment decreased by 40.80%, 26.47%, and 13.82% compared with the non-phosphorus treatment. The malondialdehyde (MDA) content of the three switchgrass varieties under salt stress reached the maximum under the high phosphorus treatment with the increase of the phosphorus supply level. The proline content of the three switchgrass varieties increased with the increase of the phosphorus supply level under salt stress, and the total phosphorus treatment increased by 136.79%, 193.85%, and 61.09% respectively compared with the non-phosphorus treatment. Under salt stress, the peroxidase (POD) activity of Alamo syndiploid and Alamo reached the maximum under the full phosphorus treatment with the increase of the phosphorus supply level; while POD activity of Pathfinder reached the maximum under the low phosphorus treatment. The superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity of Alamo syndiploid under salt stress reached the maximum under high phosphorus treatment with the increase of phosphorus supply level; the SOD activity of Alamo and Pathfinder under salt stress reached the maximum under low phosphorus treatment with the increase of phosphorus supply level value. The CAT activity of the three switchgrass varieties decreased with the increase of the phosphorus supply level under the salt stress condition. Compared with the non-phosphorus treatment, the catalase (CAT) activity decreased by 65.81%, 37.41%, and 90.66%. According to the comprehensive physiological stress resistance analysis of 3 switchgrass varieties, it was concluded that Pathfinder variety has the highest sum of comprehensive values under each treatment, indicating that Pathfinder has the strongest resistance to salt stress and low phosphorus stress at seedling stage and is suitable for planting in saline-alkali land.

Key words: salt stress, phosphorus supply level, physiological characteristics, principal component analysis

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