Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (S1): 170-179. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194042

Special Issue: Saline-alkali stress Cultivation & Physiology

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Screening of Salt-tolerant Cultivars of Brassica campestris L. and Its Salt-tolerant Mechanism

ZHANG Ying1,2, LI Haijun1, GAO Fucheng1, MU Xiaoguo1, GAO Hu1, WU Xue2, YE Lin1, CAO Kai2   

  1. 1 School of Agriculture,Ningxia University,Yinchuan 750021,China
    2 Institute of Agricultural Facilities and Equipment,Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Key Laboratory of Facility Agriculture Engineering in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,Nanjing 210014,China
  • Received:2023-02-18 Published:2023-12-28

Abstract:

The cultivation of salt-tolerant varieties is one of the measures to improve the yield reduction caused by secondary salinization. Therefore,the salt-tolerant varieties were screened and their tolerance mechanism were determined.Under control and salt treatment conditions,9 varieties of Brassica Campestris L. were used to compare the differences of salt-tolerance among varieties. Meanwhile,the salt-tolerant varieties and salt-sensitive varieties of Brassica Campestris L. were screened out. The photosynthetic characteristics,MDA content,relative conductivity,histochemical staining,SOD,POD,CAT,APX activity,root activity,nitrate content,and nitrate reductase activity of different varieties were determined under salt stress condition. Finally,the salt tolerance mechanism was preliminarily clarified.The growth indexes of 9 varieties were analyzed,and the salt-tolerant variety Lianzhou F1 and salt-sensitive variety Jinqiuhong No.2 were selected. Compared with 15 mmol/L Ca(NO3)2 treatment (the control),the chlorophyll content,net photosynthetic rate,stomatal conductance,and transpiration rate of Lianzhou F1 under 80 mmol/L Ca(NO3)2 stress were significantly lower than those of Jinqiuhong No.2. The relative conductivity,MDA content,O2   - ·,and H2O2 content of Lianzhou F1 had a slower degree of increasing than those of Jinqiuhong No.2 under Ca(NO3)2 stress,while the scavenging of oxygen free radicals had an opposite trend. Compared with the control,the increase of nitrate content in the shoot and root of Lianzhou F1 under 80 mmol/L Ca(NO3)2 stress was lower than that of Jinqiuhong No.2,while the activity of nitrate reductase showed an opposite trend. Moreover,the root activity of Lianzhou F1 was less affected by nitrate than Jinqiuhong No.2.Lianzhou F1 is a salt-tolerant Brassica Campestris L. variety,and Jinqiuhong No.2 is a salt-sensitive variety. Lianzhou F1 has a low degree of oxidative stress,and a high photosynthetic efficiency and nitrate reducing ability,which can make it have a good growth ability under nitrate stress. Therefore,in the land with high degree of salinization,Lianzhou F1 was recommended as the main cultivar.

Key words: Brassica Campestris L., Salt stress, Photosynthesis, Reactive oxygen scavenging, Nitrate reductase

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ZHANG Ying, LI Haijun, GAO Fucheng, MU Xiaoguo, GAO Hu, WU Xue, YE Lin, CAO Kai. Screening of Salt-tolerant Cultivars of Brassica campestris L. and Its Salt-tolerant Mechanism[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2023, 38(S1): 170-179. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194042.

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