ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2017, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 135-141. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2017.01.021

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Effects of Soil Moisture on Blossom,Fruit-setting and Protective Enzyme Activity of Chuanzao Loquat in the First Florescence

LIN Lijin1, ZHANG Xiao2,3, HAN Juan3, ZHU Hongyu2, LIU Lei4, WANG Jun2, LIAO Mingan2   

  1. 1. Institute of Pomology and Olericulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China;
    2. College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China;
    3. Qionglai Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry, Chengdu 611530, China;
    4. Chengdu Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Chengdu 611130, China
  • Received:2016-11-12 Published:2017-02-28

Abstract: The first florescence of the precocious loquat is in the dry season. To study the effects of soil moisture on blossom,fruit-setting and protective enzyme activity of loquat,the pot experiment of controlling water, with a new very precocious loquat line Chuanzao loquat as the materials, was designed to be 4 soil moisture treatments:normal irrigation, mild water stress, moderate water stress and severe water stress. The effects of soil moisture on blossom,fruit-setting and protective enzyme activity of Chuanzao loquat in the first florescence were studied. The results showed that the water stress of soil decreased the flower cluster length, flower cluster width, flower cluster number of secondary peduncle, number of flowers on the top of inflorescence and total number of flowers, and also decreased the flower buds length, flower buds width, anther length, anther width, silk length and style length of Chuanzao loquat.The water stress of soil reduced the stigma receptivity, mucous secretion of stigma,pollen vitality and pollen germination percentage of Chuanzao loquat. With the increase of soil moisture stress,these items of Chuanzao loquat had the decreasing trend. Under soil moisture stress, the protective enzyme (superoxide dismutase, peroxidase and catalase) activity of the first florescence of Chuanzao loquat was lower than the normal irrigation condition, and had the decreasing trend with the increase of soil moisture stress, indicating that the antioxidant ability of first florescence of Chuanzao loquat was weakened under water stress, and the damage degree of cell membrane increased. Under soil water stress, the fruit number and fruit setting rate of first florescence of Chuanzao loquat were lower than the normal irrigation, and had the decreasing trend with the increase of soil moisture stress. However, three treatments of soil water stress increased the seed number of first florescence of Chuanzao loquat.Therefore, soil water stress is the main factor causing the low fruit setting rate in flowering period of Chuanzao loquat.

Key words: Chuanzao loquat, The first florescence, Soil moisture, Blossom and bear fruit, Protective enzyme activity

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LIN Lijin, ZHANG Xiao, HAN Juan, ZHU Hongyu, LIU Lei, WANG Jun, LIAO Mingan. Effects of Soil Moisture on Blossom,Fruit-setting and Protective Enzyme Activity of Chuanzao Loquat in the First Florescence[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2017, 32(1): 135-141. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2017.01.021.

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