Increased Tolerance of Citrus (Citrus tangerina) Seedlings to Soil Water Deficit after Mycorrhizal Inoculation: Changes in Antioxidant Enzyme Defense System

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  • Qiu-Dan NI Yangtze University, College of Horticulture and Gardening, No 88 Jingmi Raod, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, (CN)
  • Ying-Ning ZOU Yangtze University, College of Horticulture and Gardening, No 88 Jingmi Raod, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, (CN)
  • Qiang-Sheng WU Yangtze University, College of Horticulture and Gardening, No 88 Jingmi Raod, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, (CN)
  • Yong-Ming HUANG Yangtze University, College of Horticulture and Gardening, No 88 Jingmi Raod, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, (CN)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha4129218

Keywords:

Glomus mosseae, hydrogen peroxide, mycorrhiza, peroxidase, reactive oxygen species, superoxide dismutase

Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can enhance tolerance of plants to soil water deficit, whereas morphological observations of reactive oxygen species and antioxidant enzyme system are poorly studied. The present study thereby evaluated temporal variations of the antioxidant enzyme system in citrus (Citrus tangerina) seedlings colonized by Glomus etunicatum and G. mosseae over a 12-day period of soil drying. Root colonization by G. etunicatum and G. mosseae decreased with soil drying days from 32.0 to 1.0% and 50.1 to 4.5% in 0-day to 12-day, respectively. Compared to the non-AM controls, the AMF colonized plants had significantly lower tissue (both leaves and roots) hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and superoxide anion radical (O2•–) concentrations during soil water deficit, whereas 1.03–1.92, 1.25–1.84 and 1.18–1.69 times higher enzyme activity in superoxide dismutase, peroxidase (POD) and catalase. In situ leaf H2O2 and root POD location also showed that AM seedlings had less leaf H2O2 but higher root POD accumulation. Furthermore, significantly higher root infection and antioxidant enzymatic activities in plants colonized with G. mosseae expressed than with G. etunicatum during the soil drying. These results demonstrated that the AMs could confer greater tolerance of citrus seedlings to soil water deficit through an enhancement in their antioxidant enzyme defence system whilst an decrease level in H2O2 and O2•–.

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Published

2013-12-06

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NI, Q.-D., ZOU, Y.-N., WU, Q.-S., & HUANG, Y.-M. (2013). Increased Tolerance of Citrus (Citrus tangerina) Seedlings to Soil Water Deficit after Mycorrhizal Inoculation: Changes in Antioxidant Enzyme Defense System. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 41(2), 524–529. https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha4129218

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DOI: 10.15835/nbha4129218

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