Effect of neutral and alkaline salt stresses on germination and seedling growth of Lycium ruthenium
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DOI:10.7606/j.issn.1000-7601.2014.06.011
Key Words: Lycium ruthenicum Murr.  salt stress  neutral and alkaline salts  germination  seedlings
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WANG En-jun1, LI Shan-jia2,3, HAN Duo-hong1, ZHANG Yong1, GAO Tian-peng4 (1.河西学院农业与生物技术学院 甘肃 张掖 734000 2.兰州理工大学生命科学技术学院 甘肃 兰州 730050 3.中国科学院寒区旱区环境与工程研究所临泽内陆河流域研究站, 甘肃 兰州 730000 4.兰州城市学院 甘肃 兰州 730070) 
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Abstract:
      Germination rate(Gr), germination potential(Gv), germination index(GI), vigor index(VI), relative salt injury rate, tissue water content, soluble protein content, chlorophyll content, conductivity, MDA and POD contents were determined to investigate the effect of neutral and alkaline salt stresses on germination and seeding growth of Lycium ruthenium Murr seed. The results indicated that minimum requirement of NaCl and Na2CO3 were 50 mmol·L-1 and 2.5 mmol·L-1, and upper limit were 300 mmol·L-1 and 100 mmol·L-1, respectively. Compared with the control (88.97%), the germination rates were 69.17% and 71.67%, water contents of seedling tissue were reduced to 56.17% and 70.27%. Maximum of soluble protein contents were 7.09% and 7.73%. Chlorophyll contents were reduced from 1.27 mg·g-1 to 0.78 mg·g-1 and 0.92 mg·g-1. Conductivity increased from 25.63% to 64.77% and 74.8%. MDA contents increased from 1.5 μmol·g-1 to 6.9 μmol·g-1 and 6.5 μmol·g-1. POD activity were decreased from 380.4 U·g-1·min-1 to 139.2 U·g-1·min-1 and 192.7 U·g-1·min-1. Being a halophyte, low concentration salt promoted the germination of Lycium ruthenium Murr., but high concentration inhibited its germination. The result indicate that saline land which contains a certain concentration of alkaline salt is suitable for the growth of Lycium ruthenium Murr.