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Hibiscus hamabo Rootstock-Grafting Improves Photosynthetic Capacity of Hibiscus syriacus under Salt Stress

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FORESTS
Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/f14061226

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grafting; salt stress; gas exchange; chlorophyll fluorescence; Hibiscus syriacus Linn; Hibiscus hamabo Sieb; et Zucc

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Hibiscus syriacus is a valuable woody ornamental plant but is vulnerable to salinity. Grafting with H. hamabo rootstock can enhance its salt resistance, however, the photosynthetic response of H. syriacus to grafting and salt stress is poorly understood.
Hibiscus syriacus, a woody ornamental plant with great economic value, is vulnerable to salinity. Hence, its cultivation in saline areas is severely restricted. Although grafting H. syriacus onto H. hamabo rootstock can greatly improve H. syriacus's salt resistance, the photosynthetic response of H. syriacus to grafting and salt stress remains largely unknown. To address this question, self-rooted (Hs), self-grafted (Hs/Hs), and H. hamabo-grafted (Hs/Hh) H. syriacus were exposed to 0 or 300 mM NaCl. Salt significantly reduced the net and maximum photosynthetic rates, chlorophyll content, and maximum (Fv/Fm) and actual (FPSII) photochemical quantum yield of photosystem II (PSII), as well as the apparent electron transport rate, in Hs and Hs/Hs. However, these reductions were largely alleviated when H. syriacus was grafted onto H. hamabo. In line with the changes in the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, the expression of genes encoding subunits of PSII and PSI in Hs/Hh was higher than that in Hs and Hs/Hs under saline conditions. Moreover, H. hamabo rootstock grafting upregulated the genes involved in the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle in H. syriacus under salt conditions. These results indicate that grafting can ameliorate the inhibition of salinity on the photosynthetic capacity of H. syriacus, mainly resulting from alleviated limitations on photosynthetic pigments, photochemical efficiency, and the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle.

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