Journal of Tianjin Agricultural University ›› 2016, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (3): 1-5.

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Effects of PEG Simulated Drought Stress on Physiological Characters of Four Crabapple Seedlings

LUO Jian-xia, HUANG Yu-ting, ZENG Li-rong, LI Zhao, ZHAO Jia-ling, GUO Bing-xin   

  1. College of Horticultural and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin 300384, China
  • Received:2016-02-20 Online:2016-09-20 Published:2019-10-14

Abstract: Crabapples including Malus robusta,M. micromalus,M. zumi and M. sieboldii treated with PEG simulated water stress were studied to understand their differences in drought tolerance. The results showed that under mild drought(5% concentration of PEG)stress,the four crabapples grew normally but in the severe drought(15%,25% concentration of PEG)stress,the lightest injuring emerged in M. robusta and the heaviest one in M. sieboldii. With the increasing of drought stress degree,the root activity of tested plants dropped while the MDA and pigment contents had a trend to rise. Soluble sugar content and peroxidase(POD)activity increased at first and lowered later but superoxide dismutase(SOD)activity showed a reverse trend of rise after falling at the beginning. Maximum average values of subordinate function were found in M. robusta and minimum one in M. sieboldii. According to comprehensive analysis drought resistance of the four crabapple species could be ranked as M. robusta>M. zumi>M. micromalus>M. sieboldii.

Key words: crabapple, PEG, drought stress, physiological characters, subordinate function

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