Abstract:

After being treated with different concentration of BT, then stressed in the artificial bioclimatic chamber under 7℃ low temperature，the effects of exogenous betaine on the endogenous betaine synthesis in leaf and root of banana were studied by measuring the content of edogenous betaine and the activity of the betaine key synthetase BADH in the leaves and roots of banana seedlings. The results indicated that after being treated with suitable concentration of BT, the activity of BADH and the content of endogenous betaine in leaves were also increased with highly significant difference. Though the content of endogenous betaine in roots was significantly higher than that in controller which grows under normal circumstance, the activity of BADH was not significantly increased. So it could be drew a conclusion that exogenous betaine could improve the synthesis and content of endogenous betaine in banana under low temperature stress, and leave is the place for synthesis, root is the place for storage.