Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (7): 1638-1647.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20221184

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Effects of exogenous spraying of amino acid fertilizer on growth and selenium uptake of watercress

XIAO Jiachang1(), LEI Fengyun2, GE Sang3, MA Junying1, HE Maolin1, LI Yanwen1, ZHENG Yangxia1,*()   

  1. 1. College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
    2. Agricultural Equipment Research Institute, Chengdu Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Chengdu 611130, China
    3. Shannan Agricultural Technology Extension Center of Tibet Autonomous Region, Shannan 856000, Tibet, China
  • Received:2022-08-19 Online:2023-07-25 Published:2023-08-17
  • Contact: ZHENG Yangxia

Abstract:

In order to improve the selenium absorption capacity of watercress (Nasturtium officinale R. Br.), pot experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of different concentrations of amino acid fertilizer (dilute 0, 600, 900, 1 200 and 1 500 times) on growth and selenium absorption of watercress under selenium treatment (5 mg·kg-1). The results showed that exogenous application of amino acid fertilizer could increase the biomass of root and shoot of watercress, promote the content of chlorophyll and carotenoid in leaves, increase the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT), and reduce the content of soluble protein. The results of principal component analysis showed that 900 times dilution of amino acid fertilizer had the best growth promotion effect on watercress, and the root and shoot biomass increased significantly by 73.03% and 56.65% compared with the control, respectively. The application of 900-1 500 times dilution of amino acid fertilizer could also increase the total selenium accumulation in root, stem and leaf of watercress, but had no positive effect on the selenium content in root, stem, leaf and shoot of watercress. Correlation analysis showed that the biomass and total selenium accumulation of watercress were positively correlated with chlorophyll content, carotenoid content, POD activity, SOD activity, CAT activity and soil pH value. In conclusion, amino acid fertilizer can promote the growth of watercress and increase the total selenium accumulation in watercress.

Key words: amino acid fertilizer, watercress, biomass

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