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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (19): 1-8.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2023-0108

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Response of Photosynthetic Characteristic Parameters of Cotton at Flower and Boll Stages to Drought Stress Under Mulched Drip Irrigation

CHEN Xue1(), JI Chunrong2,3, BAKE Batur1(), HU Qirui2(), YANG Mingfeng4, GUO Yanyun2, LIU Ailin1   

  1. 1 College of Resources and Environment, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052
    2 Information Centre of Xinjiang Xingnong-Net/ Xinjiang Agro-meteorological Observatory, Urumqi 830002
    3 Institute of Desert Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Urumqi 830002
    4 Wulanwusu Agro-meteorological Station, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832000
  • Received:2023-02-03 Revised:2023-04-27 Online:2023-07-05 Published:2023-07-03

Abstract:

In order to clarify the response degree and key threshold of cotton photosynthetic characteristic parameters to drought under mulched drip irrigation, four kinds of continuous drought stress simulation tests with different water gradients were carried out for cotton at flowering and boll stage, and the response and influence threshold of cotton leaf photosynthetic characteristic parameters during the occurrence and development of cotton drought were analyzed. The results revealed that after 10 days of drought stress, cotton fields under different water gradients entered different degrees of drought development. At the start of drought stress, the net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (Gs) and transpiration rate (Tr) of cotton leaves decreased significantly. As drought stress progressed, the differences in the values of each parameter stabilized, which indicated that cotton could improve its drought resistance adaptability by adjusting photosynthetic rate in the face of persistent drought. The critical soil relative moisture was 46%-52% and the corresponding leaf moisture content was 70.8%-71.3% when the photosynthetic characteristic parameters of cotton were significantly reduced due to drought. With the occurrence and development of drought, the soil moisture was 41%±1% and the corresponding leaf water content was 66.1%±0.3% when the leaf photosynthesis changed from stomatal restriction to non-stomatal restriction. The results of this study can provide reference for identification of drought occurrence degree of oasis cotton field under mulched drip irrigation and the selection of different time nodes to take different degrees of rehydration measures.

Key words: drought stress, response threshold, leaf photosynthetic parameters, mulched drip irrigation, cotton, flower and boll stages