Negative effects of oxytetracycline on wheat (triticum aestivum l.) growth, root activity, photosynthesis, and chlorophyll contents
2011
Li Zhaojun, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing(China), Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning | Xie Xiaoyu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing(China), Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning | Zhang Shuqing, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing(China), Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning
A solution culture experiment was performed to investigate the effects of oxytetracycline (OTC) on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) growth, chlorophyll contents, and photosynthesis at five levels of 0, 10, 20, 40, and 80 mmol L-1 OTC. OTC is toxic to wheat. The wheat growth, especially wheat root was significantly decreased. Further OTC also significantly decreased root activity, chlorophyll contents, and photosynthetic parameters except for intercellular CO2 concentrations. The different responses of indicators such as root number, root activity and so on to OTC were also observed. The IC50 values for the tested indicators to OTC ranged from 7.1 to 113.4 mmol L-1 OTC. The order of indicator sensitivity to OTC was root number stomatal conductance chlorophyll a total chlorophyll photosynthetic rates total surface area transpiration rate chlorophyll b fresh weight of root dry weight of root total length dry weight of shoot = fresh weight of shoot total volume. The root number was more sensitive than other indicators with the IC50 value of 7.1 mmol L-1 OTC, and could be taken as the sensitive indicator to predict the hazards of OTC to wheat.
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