文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Liu, Tai ¹ ; Xu, Huichun ¹ ; Amanullah, Sikandar ² ; Du, Zhiqiang ¹ ; Hu, Xixi ¹ ; Che, Ye ¹ ; Zhang, Ling ¹ ; Jiang, Zeyu ¹ ; Zhu, Lei ¹ ; Wang, Di ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Heilongjiang Acad Agr Sci, Daqing Branch, Daqing 163711, Peoples R China

2.Northeast Agr Univ, Coll Hort & Landscape Architecture, Harbin 150030, Peoples R China

3.Northeast Agr Univ, Minist Agr & Rural Affairs, Key Lab Biol & Genet Improvement Hort Crops Northe, Harbin 150030, Peoples R China

关键词： brassinolide; downy mildew; antioxidant enzymes; photosynthesis; Cucumis melo L.; Pseudoperonospora cubensis

期刊名称：PLANTS-BASEL （ 影响因子：4.5； 五年影响因子：4.8 ）

ISSN： 2223-7747

年卷期： 2024 年 13 卷 6 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is a valuable horticultural crop of the Cucurbitaceae family. Downy mildew (DM), caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis, is a significant inhibitor of the production and quality of melon. Brassinolide (BR) is a new type of phytohormone widely used in cultivation for its broad spectrum of resistance- and defense-mechanism-improving activity. In this study, we applied various exogenous treatments (0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 mg center dot L-1) of BR at four distinct time periods (6 h, 12 h, 24 h, and 48 h) and explored the impact of BR on physiological indices and the genetic regulation of melon seedling leaves infected by downy-mildew-induced stress. It was mainly observed that a 2.0 mg center dot L-1 BR concentration effectively promoted the enhanced photosynthetic activity of seedling leaves, and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis similarly exhibited an upregulated expression of the predicted regulatory genes of photosystem II (PSII) CmHCF136 (MELO3C023596.2) and CmPsbY (MELO3C010708.2), thus indicating the stability of the PSII reaction center. Furthermore, 2.0 mg center dot L-1 BR resulted in more photosynthetic pigments (nearly three times more than the chlorophyll contents (264.52%)) as compared to the control and other treatment groups and similarly upregulated the expression trend of the predicted key enzyme genes CmLHCP (MELO3C004214.2) and CmCHLP (MELO3C017176.2) involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis. Meanwhile, the maximum contents of soluble sugars and starch (186.95% and 164.28%) were also maintained, which were similarly triggered by the upregulated expression of the predicted genes CmGlgC (MELO3C006552.2), CmSPS (MELO3C020357.2), and CmPEPC (MELO3C018724.2), thereby maintaining osmotic adjustment and efficiency in eliminating reactive oxygen species. Overall, the exogenous 2.0 mg center dot L-1 BR exhibited maintained antioxidant activities, plastid membranal stability, and malondialdehyde (MDA) content. The chlorophyll fluorescence parameter values of F0 (42.23%) and Fv/Fm (36.67%) were also noticed to be higher; however, nearly three times higher levels of NPQ (375.86%) and Y (NPQ) (287.10%) were observed at 48 h of treatment as compared to all other group treatments. Increased Rubisco activity was also observed (62.89%), which suggested a significant role for elevated carbon fixation and assimilation and the upregulated expression of regulatory genes linked with Rubisco activity and the PSII reaction process. In short, we deduced that the 2.0 mg center dot L-1 BR application has an enhancing effect on the genetic modulation of physiological indices of melon plants against downy mildew disease stress.