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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (25): 27-32.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0727

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Study on the Correlation Between Leaf Yellowing of Chinese Yam and Physiological Indexes, Mineral Elements Content

LI Ju1,2,3(), CHANG Wei2,3, GONG Xuefeng1,2,3, LI Zhi1,2,3, YANG Liang1,2,3, SONG Zhanfeng1,2,3, MIAO Mingjun1,2,3()   

  1. 1 Horticulture Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066
    2 Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Variety Improvement Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610066
    3 Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crops Biology and Germplasm Enhancement in Southwest Regions, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu 610066
  • Received:2022-08-25 Revised:2023-03-30 Online:2023-09-05 Published:2023-08-28

Abstract:

To explore the correlation between leaf physiological indexes as well as mineral elements content and leaf yellowing of Chinese yam, the yam variety ‘Ya Yam No.1’ was taken as experimental materials, the fresh weight, dry weight, chlorophyll content, superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), catalase (CAT) activity and mineral elements content of yam leaves with different yellowing degree were measured, respectively. The results showed that: with the leaf yellowing degree deepening, leaves fresh weight, dry weight, dry matter content, and POD activity decreased obviously, chlorophyll a (Chla) and chlorophyll b (Chlb) content decreased dramatically, but Chla/Chlb showed a rising trend. SOD activity firstly increased and then decreased, and finally increased again. CAT activity showed bimodal curve variation tendency. The contents of N, S and B increased, while the contents of Ca, Mg, Fe and Mn decreased obviously. Correlation analysis showed that Chla and Chlb were very significantly positively correlated with Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn and POD activity, and significantly or very significantly negatively correlated with N, S and B. The results preliminarily confirmed that the decrease of chlorophyll and Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn contents in Chinese yam leaves was closely related to leaf yellowing.

Key words: Chinese yam, leaf yellowing, chlorophyll, antioxidant enzyme, mineral elements