Journal
FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 5, Pages 529-541Publisher
CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/FP20242
Keywords
antioxidant enzyme; osmotic adjustment substance; photosynthetic physiological parameter; photosystem II; redox equilibrium
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- Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province, China [2016NZ0056, 2019NZZJ0013]
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This study investigated the effects of drought stress on the leaf morphological characteristics, physiological indices, and resistance of Harumi tangor plants grafted onto different rootstocks. The results showed that Citrus junos exhibited the highest level of resistance to drought stress, while Poncirus trifoliata showed the lowest level of resistance.
In this study we analysed the influence of drought stress on the leaf morphological characteristics, osmotic adjustment substances, antioxidant enzymes, and resistance-related photosynthetic physiological indices of Harumi tangor plants grafted onto Poncirus trifoliata (Pt), Citrus junos (Cj), and Citrus tangerine (Ct). The leaf relative water content and leaf area of the three rootstocks decreased with increasing drought stress, with the smallest decrease in Cj. The relative conductivity and malondialdehyde content increased with increasing drought stress. Proline, total soluble sugar, soluble protein, and activities of superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase, and catalase increased with drought stress but decreased under severe drought stress, with Cj exhibiting the greatest increase in enzyme activity. The net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, and chlorophyll a and b content were all lower than those of the control, whereas intercellular CO2 concentration increased with increasing drought stress. The initial fluorescence and maximal quantum yield of PSII were approximately equal for all rootstocks but increased with increasing drought stress severity. The combined analysis of physiological indicators, membership function, and principal components indicated that the drought resistance of grafted H. tangor decreased in the order Cj > Ct > Pt.
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