ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2019, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 137-144. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.201751770

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Effects of Different Drought Stresses on Growth and Physiological Properties of Soybean

JIA Sichun, WANG Na, HAO Xingyu, ZONG Yuzheng, ZHANG Dongsheng, LI Ping   

  1. College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
  • Received:2019-04-13 Published:2019-10-28

Abstract: To study the physiological effects of different degrees of drought on soybean cultivars in different development periods. Two soybean cultivars with different drought resistances were taken as the experiment materials to study the effects of drought stress on the resistance index and physiological characteristics of soybean in different growth periods, and to explore the physiological mechanism of soybean response to different drought intensities at different developing stages in pot culture. Four treatments were set up:continuous mild drought stress (T1), continuous moderate drought stress(T2), drought stress in full seed stage (T3) and without drought stress(CK). The results showed that under drought stress, the chlorophyll contents of both soybean cultivars increased, and Jindazaochun 2 was more obvious at early stage, but it was less than that of Jinda 74 at grain-filling stage. Under continuous mild drought stress and continuous moderate drought stress, the MDA content of Jindazaochun 2 at different growth stages significantly increased, while the POD and MDA contents of Jinda 74 significantly increased under continuous moderate drought stress. At the branching stage, the content of reducing sugar in Jinda 74 decreased significantly during moderate drought. In the Granulation stage, the reducing sugar content of soybean leaves in Jindazaochun 2 was significantly increased, Jinda 74 was only reduced under drought treatment in the Granulation stage. At flowering stage, reducing sugar content reduced in Jindazaochun 2, but increased significantly in Jinda 74. It was found that drought had a great influence on reducing the plant height, node number, stem diameter of both cultivars. The decrease in plant height and stem diameter of Jinda 74 was more obvious. The resistance of Jinda 74 to drought was higher than that of Jindazaochun 2, which was related to the reduction of plant height and water consumption under continuous drought conditions. The results will provide a basis for comprehensive understanding of the soybean resistance to drought stress.

Key words: Soybean, Droughts stress, Antioxidant enzyme, Biomass

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JIA Sichun, WANG Na, HAO Xingyu, ZONG Yuzheng, ZHANG Dongsheng, LI Ping. Effects of Different Drought Stresses on Growth and Physiological Properties of Soybean[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2019, 34(5): 137-144. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.201751770.

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