JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2020, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (5): 157-166.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-2006.202003044

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Salt tolerance of four half-sib families of Pyrus betulaefolia Bunge from coastal areas

MIAO Lifei(), YU Xiaojing, ZHANG Qiuyue, FENG Chaonian*()   

  1. College of Biology and the Environment,Nanjing Forestry University,Nanjing 210037,China
  • Received:2020-03-14 Revised:2020-05-13 Online:2020-10-30 Published:2020-10-30
  • Contact: FENG Chaonian E-mail:1296928897@qq.com;fcn@njfu.edu.cn

Abstract:

【Objective】This research investigated the differences of salt tolerance among four half-sib families of Pyrus betulaefolia Bunge in order to provide a reference for the selection and promotion of salt tolerant varieties in coastal areas.【Method】The seedlings of 4 half-sib families collected from coastal areas were used as test materials[No. YC, QD20, QD14 and LYG], which were treated with different concentrations of NaCl (0, 0.2%, 0.4%, 0.6%, 0.8%) through indoor soil culture and pot culture experiments. The growth and physiology indicators were measured to analyze the salt tolerance ability among four half-sib families of Pyrus betulaefolia Bunge such as the survival rate, biomass, root/shoot ratio, cell membrane permeability, chlorophyll content and photosynthetic characteristics. The salt tolerance of four families was comprehensively evaluated by a factor analysis and membership function method.【Result】With the increase of salt stress concentration, the survival rate of seedlings of four Pyrus betulaefolia Bunge families decreased gradually, of which YC was the highest. The root/shoot ratio increased first and then decreased. YC and QD14 reached the maximum value at 0.6% salt concentration, while QD20 and LYG reached the maximum value at 0.2% and 0.4% salt concentration respectively. Compared with the control, the seedling height, ground diameter and the total biomass of each family were significantly inhibited at 0.2% and YC decreased the least by 37.00%, 18.69% and 24.98%, respectively. The seedling height increment and the total biomass of LYG decreased the most by 95.42% and 50.71%, respectively. With the increase of stress concentration, the change trends of net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate and chlorophyll content of four Pyrus betulaefolia Bunge families were the same and they all decreased, among which there indexes of YC decreased the least and those of LYG decreased the most. The membrane permeability of four families increased gradually and it decreased significantly at the level of 0.6%, among which the increases of LYG and QD14 were larger, reaching 231.11% and 238.97% respectively but the increase of YC and QD20 was smaller, reaching 67.77% and 98.42% respectively. The changes of intercellular carbon dioxide concentration of leaves of four families were different with the increase of salt treatment level. LYG and QD20 showed a trend from a decline to a rise and YC presented the downward trend all the time, while QD14 was opposite to YC. Through the factor analysis and membership function analysis, the salt tolerance of the four families was in order of Yancheng > Qingdao14 > Qingdao20 > Lianyungang.【Conclusion】There were significant differences in salt tolerance among four half-sib families of Pyrus betulaefolia. The comprehensive salt tolerance of Yancheng family was the strongest followed by Qingdao 14 and Qingdao 20 and the Lianyungang family was the weakest.

Key words: Pyrus betulaefolia Bunge, half-sib families, salt tolerance, subordination function method

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