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Physiological responses of seedlings of Elaeocarpus sylvestris and Castanopsis fissa to PEG stress
CHEN Wei-guang1, XUE Li2, REN Xiang-rong2,3, FENG Hui-fang2, SHI Xiao-ling2
1. Yunyong Forest Farm of Foshan City Gaoming 528518, China; 2. College of Forestry South China Agricultural University, Guangzfiou 510642, China; 3. Synthetic Proving Ground of Xinjiung Academy of Agricultural Sciences Urumqi 830000. China
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Abstract  

A study on the physiological changes of Elaeocarpus sylvestris and Castanopsis fissa seedlings was conducted under drought stress using treatments of different PEG6000 concentration(mild stress, moderate stress, severe stress) and different stress duration(12 hours, 24 hours, 36 hours), and 1/2 Hoagland nutrient solution without PEG6000 was used as control.Resistance of the seedlings to drought stress was evaluated by testing relative water content, relative conductivity, free proline content, chlorophyll content, super oxide dismutase(SOD) activity, malondidehyde(MDA) content and soluble sugar content.The results showed that with increasing stress intensity and prolonging duration, relative water content of the two seedlings decreased, and that of the C.fissa decreased greater than E.sylvestris;their relative conductivities showed a fluctuant increase.Compared to the control, relative conductivity of C.fissa increased more significantly than E.sylvestris;the contents of free proline of two seedlings increased significantly; contents of chlorophyll fluctuated slightly;the activities of SOD increased at the beginning of drought treatment, but decreased later;contents of soluble sugar increased with increasing stress intensity and prolonging duration.The MDA content of E.sylvestris increased slowly, whereas that of C.fissa increased rapidly.The present study indicates that E.sylvestris is more resistant to drought stress than C.fissa, and that relative water content, relative conductivity and MDA content can be as indicators for drought resistance evaluation for the two seedlings.

Key wordsbroadleaved seedling      PEG      drought resistance      physiological indices     
Received: 25 October 2009     
:  Q178.532  
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CHEN Wei-guang,XUE Li,REN Xiang-rong, et al. Physiological responses of seedlings of Elaeocarpus sylvestris and Castanopsis fissa to PEG stress[J]. , 2009, 28(5): 385-390.
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