Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (12): 2669-2681.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.12.10

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Physiology of stress resistance of Agapanthus praecox under drought and salt stress

LIU Tao1(), CHEN Hairong2, WANG Chengzhong3, REN Li2,*(), ZHANG Di1,*()   

  1. 1. Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
    2. Institute for Agri-Food Standards and Testing Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
    3. Suzhou Polytechnic Institute of Agriculture, Suzhou 215008, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2021-08-16 Online:2022-12-25 Published:2022-12-26
  • Contact: REN Li,ZHANG Di

Abstract:

Agapanthus praecox ssp. orientalis Big Blue was taken as the experimental material under drought and salt treatments, to explore the tolerance to drought and salt stress at the level of resistance physiology to provide scientific guidance for its application under drought and salt stress treatments. Results showed that A. praecox could have resistance for about 30 d under drought stress. The semi-lethal NaCl concentration was about 1.29%. The results of physiological indexes showed that the cell membrane permeability, malondialdehyde content and total soluble protein content continued to rise under both stress treatments. The chlorophyll content under drought stress firstly increased and then decreased. Under drought stress, the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) increased under 30-day drought stress and then decreased, while catalase (CAT) activity continued to decrease. Under salt stress, the activities of three antioxidant enzymes all showed a downward trend. qRT-PCR results showed distinctive results that Cu/Zn-SOD, POD, APX and GPX responded to the drought stress, while Cu/Zn-SOD, POD and GPX were involved in responding to the salt stress. The results of the principal component analysis indicated that membrane lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzyme activity and osmoregulatory substance content of A. praecox can evaluate the tolerance to drought,while antioxidant enzyme activity indicated the tolerance to salt.

Key words: Agapanthus praecox, drought stress, salt stress, physiological responses, principal component analysis

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