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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (16): 40-44.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2024-0647

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Effect of Exogenous Strigolactones on Seed Germination of Cosmos bipinnatus

GUAN Yuxi1,2(), WEN Chao1()   

  1. 1 Institute of Leisure Agriculture, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/ Key Laboratory of East China Urban Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/ Shandong Engineering Research Center of Ecological Horticultural Plant Breeding, Jinan 250100
    2 College of Agricultural Science and Technology, Shandong Agriculture and Engineering University, Zibo, Shandong 255300
  • Received:2024-10-30 Revised:2025-03-22 Online:2025-06-05 Published:2025-06-05

Abstract:

In order to explore the effects of exogenous strigolactones (rac-GR24) on Cosmos bipinnatus seed germination, the seeds were treated with different concentrations (0, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 5 μmol/L) of rac-GR24, and the effects of treatments on seed germination, morphological indicators and physiological characteristics were determined and analyzed. The results showed that compared with the control (0 μmol/L), the germination rates increased first and decreased afterward with different concentrations of rac-GR24 every day in the first three days, and reached the highest points in 1 μmol/L rac-GR24 treatment, and had no significantly difference on the 4th and 5th day. With the increase of rac-GR24 concentrations, fresh weight of aboveground parts in each treatment showed a decreasing trend, while fresh weight of underground parts and dry weight of aboveground parts both showed a trend of decreasing first and increasing afterward, however, dry weight of underground parts had no significantly difference, the length of aboveground and underground parts both showed a decreasing trend. The activities of α-amylase and β-amylase, contents of soluble starch and total soluble sugar were significantly increased at 18 h under applying exogenous 1 μmol/L rac-GR24 treatment, meanwhile ABA content was decreased, cZR content and GA29 content were increased, however IAA content had no significant change. The results indicated that exogenous SLs (rac-GR24) could stimulate the seeds germination of C. bipinnatus, and provided a theoretical basis for the mechanism and application of plant growth regulators in regulation of seed germination.

Key words: Cosmos bipinnatus, strigolactones, germination, physiological characteristics, enzymatic activity, phytohormones, plant growth regulator