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Effects of Nitrogen Forms on the Growth and Photosynthetic Characteristics of Pepper Seedlings under Salt Stress
LIU Hui-fang, HAN Hong-wei, ZHUANG Hong-mei, WANG Qiang, SONG Yu, WANG Hao
2019, 56(5):
855-863.
DOI: 10.6048/j.issn.1001-4330.2019.05.008
【Objective】 To study the effects of salt stress on the growth, photosynthetic gas exchange parameters and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of pepper seedlings under the same amount of different nitrogen form culture conditions. 【Method】 Nutrient solution culture was adopted and 6 treatments were set: nitrate nitrogen (A1), ammonium nitrogen (A2), organic nitrogen (A3), nitrate nitrogen + 100 mmol/L NaCl (A1T), ammonium nitrogen + 100 mmol/L NaCl (A2T), organic nitrogen + 100 mmol/L NaCl (A3T), and the growth index, root-crown ratio, photosynthetic gas exchange parameters and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of 3d pepper seedlings were measured after salt stress. 【Result】 The results showed that Photosynthetic gas exchange parameters (Pn, Gs, Ci, Tr) of pepper seedlings treated with nitrate and ammonium nitrogen were significantly decreased under NaCl stress,and in addition, the significant increase of stomatal limit value (Ls) indicated that stomatal limit was the main reason for the decrease of photosynthetic rate. The significant increase of F0 and qP indicated that the stability of PS II may be damaged. However, the photosynthetic activity of pepper seedlings treated with nitrate nitrogen increased by increasing the proportion of oxidized QA in PSII reaction center, and finally increased the seedling index and root-shoot ratio of pepper seedlings by 47.21% and 22.68% respectively. Although the oxygen complexes (OEC) activity was enhanced treated with ammonium nitrogen, the decrease of its ability to dissipate excess light energy leads to the decrease of self-protection ability, which led to a significant decrease in the actual photochemical efficiency (φ PS II). Finally, the seedling index decreased by 17.58%.Pn and Ls increased significantly and C i decreased significantly in pepper seedlings treated with organic nitrogen, which indicated that pepper seedlings could reduce leaf transpiration and increase leaf water use efficiency, so that leaves could maintain higher carboxylation efficiency, thus increasing the net photosynthetic rate, but its Fm and NPQ increased significantly, F0 and ΦPSⅡ and qP reduced significantly, indicating that although the OEC activity was enhanced in PSⅡ, the proportion of the oxidation QA decreased, coupled with excessive light energy dissipation the blade assimilatory power was reduced. However, the increase of strong seedling index and root-crown ratio combined with the test results before salt stress indicated that single organic nitrogen supply poisoned pepper seedlings.【Conclusion】 To sum up, after salt stress by nitrate nitrogen treatment, the photosynthetic activity and photosynthetic rate of pepper seedlings leaf PSⅡ were still maintained, and the seedling index and root-crown ratio were increased. The results showed that nitrate nitrogen could be used as a source of nitrogen for pepper planting in greenhouse under salt stress
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