Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (8): 1615-1623.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20240718

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Effect of grafting on cold resistance of potato seedlings under low temperature stress

LIU Guomin(), ZHENG Xu, LIAO Yujiao, QIN Yexin, QIN Weizhi()   

  1. Cash Crops Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
  • Received:2024-08-06 Online:2025-08-25 Published:2025-09-03
  • Contact: QIN Weizhi

Abstract:

To investigate the effects of grafting on different potato materials under lowtemperature stress, cold-resistant cultivar Guinongshu 1 (G1) and cold-sensitive cultivar Longshu 9 (L9) were reciprocally grafted, yielding two graft combinations (L9G1 and G1L9). G1, G1L9, L9G1, and L9 were subjected to 4 ℃ and 0 ℃ treatments in a light incubator, with 25 ℃ as the control. Antioxidant enzyme activities, membrane lipid peroxidation indices, and osmotic adjustment substance contents in potato leaves were measured. Cold resistance coefficients of relevant indicators were calculated and analyzed using correlation analysis, principal component analysis (PCA), membership function values, and weighting methods to comprehensively evaluate cold resistance. Results showed that, soluble sugar (SS) content was significantly (p<0.05) positively correlated with the cold resistance coefficient of catalase (CAT) activity, while relative electrical conductivity (REC) was significantly negatively correlated with the cold resistance coefficients of superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and malondialdehyde (MDA) content. Nine individual indicators were transformed into two comprehensive indicators by PCA. SOD activity, MDA content, soluble protein (SP) content, REC, and CAT activity could be served as key indicators to evaluate potato cold resistance. The comprehensive cold resistance ability of these four materials followed the order of G1>L9G1>G1L9>L9. It was concluded that the cold-resistant potato cultivars enhanced the cold resistance of graft combinations whether used as rootstock or scion, with rootstock exerting a greater influence.

Key words: potato, grafting, cold resistance, principal component analysis, membership function analysis, comprehensive cold resistance

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