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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (29): 123-128.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-1015

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Physiological Responses to Drought Stress in Glyphosate-resistant and -susceptible Biotypes of Eleusine indica

GUO Wenlei(), ZHANG Chun, ZHANG Taijie, TIAN Xingshan()   

  1. Institute of Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/ Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/ Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Guangzhou 510640
  • Received:2022-12-12 Revised:2023-03-15 Online:2023-10-15 Published:2023-10-11

Abstract:

In order to specify the response difference of glyphosate-resistant (R) and -susceptible (S) biotypes of Eleusine indica to drought stress, using the R biotype with EPSPS gene amplification and the S biotype as research materials, the physiological indicators of the two biotypes were analyzed and compared under normal water (CK) and drought stress (DS) treatments. The results showed that, under CK treatment, there were no significant differences in root morphological parameters, chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and photosynthetic parameters between the R and S biotype. However, under DS treatment, the root length, root tip number, root fork number and root crossing number of the S biotype were 2 times higher than that of the R biotype, and the S biotype (56.4%) had higher root:shoot ratio than the R biotype (48.2%). At 4 to 96 h after DS treatment, values of the Fv/Fm, Y (Ⅱ) and ETR (Ⅱ) of the S biotype were higher than that of the R biotype. Under DS treatment, the net photosynthetic rate of the S biotype [24.5 μmol/(m2·s)] was significantly higher than that of the R biotype [20.5 μmol/(m2·s)]. This study showed that there were significant differences in the responses to drought stress between the R and S biotype of E. indica, and the adaptability of the R biotype to drought stress was slightly lower than that of the S biotype.

Key words: Eleusine indica, glyphosate resistance, drought stress, root morphology, chlorophyll fluorescence