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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (2): 25-33.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2023-0082

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Effects of Different Plant Growth Regulators on Photosynthetic Characteristics of Tea at Low Temperature Stress

XIAO Huangqiao1(), ZHOU Hongcan1,2,3, JIE Yucheng1,3()   

  1. 1 Ramie Research Institute of Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128
    2 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Huaihua University, Huaihua, Hunan 418000
    3 Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Grass Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Changsha 410128
  • Received:2023-01-31 Revised:2023-04-19 Online:2024-01-10 Published:2024-01-10

Abstract:

To investigate the effects of different concentrations of plant growth regulators on the photosynthetic characteristics of tea under low temperature conditions, ‘Taoyuan Big Leaf’ (TY) and ‘Storage Leaf Qi’ (CY) were used as experimental materials to explore the effects of spraying different plant growth regulators under low temperature conditions on the light response curve, leaf net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (Gs), intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci), transpiration rate (Tr), saturated vapor pressure (VpdL), leaf instantaneous water use efficiency (WUE), and stomatal limit value (LS) of tea trees. The experimental results showed that the five growth regulators improved the cold resistance of ‘Taoyuan Big Leaf’ and 'Storage Leaf Qi' to varying degrees. Among them, the TY treatment group had the effects ranking of C2>D3>D1>C3>E2>A1>E1>B2>B1>C1>A2>D2>B3>A3>E3>CK when spraying plant growth regulators on tea at low temperatures, and C2 and D3 had the highest comprehensive ranking, with 0.875 and 0.833 respectively, the cumulative contribution rate of the three principal components is 93.931%. The ranking of the effects of spraying plant growth regulators on tea in the CY treatment group at low temperatures was C2>A2>D1>B2>B1>E3>A1>B3>D2>C3>C1>E1>E2>D3>A3>CK, and C2 and A2 were ranking higher, with 0.753 and 0.713 respectively, and the cumulative contribution rate of the three principal components is 89.108%. Spraying regulators at low temperatures can increase Pn, Gs, Ci, Tr, and reduce LS, laying the foundation for improving the cold resistance of tea.

Key words: ‘Taoyuan Big Leaf’, ‘Storage leaf Qi’, growth regulator, low temperature stress, photosynthetic characteristics