Effects of sodium chloride stress on growth of sweet potato plantlets in vitro and ion content
2008
Gao Ye | Zhao Shuzhen | Chen Min | Song Xiaozheng | Wang Baoshan
[Objective] This study aimed to investigate the salt-tolerance mechanism of sweet potato. [Method] Two sweet potato varieties of Xu 25-2 (salt-tolerant cultivar) and Triumph 100 (salt-sensitive cultivar) were treated by sodium chloride with the concentration of 0 mmol/L and 100 mmol/L. After 20 days, Na+ content and Na+/K+ ratio in the roots, shoots and leave were determined by the flame photometer, while dry weight and fresh weight of roots, shoots and leave in different varieties were also studied. [Result] The growth of two sweet potato varieties was inhibited under salt stress, so the plant became shorter, leaf and root became fewer, dry weight of roots and leave decreased, but seedlings of Xu 25-2 were inhibited slightly. Furthermore, Na+ content and Na+/K+ ratio in roots, shoots and leaves of two sweet potato varieties increased. Na+ content of salt-tolerant Xu 25-2 was low in roots, shoot and leaves, while Na+ content of salt-sensitive Triumph 100 was high in shoots and leave of seedlings, but the change range of Xu 25-2 was less than that of Triumph 100. [Conclusion] The lower Na+ content and Na+/K+ ratio in leaves under salt stress were the most important characteristics for salt-tolerance of sweet potato varieties.
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