文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Xie, Tenglong ¹ ; Gu, Wanrong ¹ ; Wang, Mingquan ² ; Zhang, Liguo ² ; Li, Congfeng ³ ; Li, Caifeng ¹ ; Li, Wenhua ² ; Li, ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Northeast Agr Univ, Coll Agr, 600 Changjiang St, Harbin, Heilongjiang, Peoples R China

2.Heilongjiang Acad Agr Sci, Maize Res Inst, 368 Xuefu St, Harbin, Heilongjiang, Peoples R China

3.Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Inst Crop Sci, 12 Zhongguancunnan St, Beijing, Peoples R China

关键词： Maize; Soil drought; 2-(3,4-Dichlorophenoxy) triethylamine; Yield; Nitrogen metabolism

期刊名称：BMC PLANT BIOLOGY （ 影响因子：4.215； 五年影响因子：4.96 ）

ISSN： 1471-2229

年卷期： 2019 年 19 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： BackgroundNitrogen (N) metabolism plays an important role in plant drought tolerance. 2-(3,4-Dichlorophenoxy) triethylamine (DCPTA) regulates many aspects of plant development; however, the effects of DCPTA on soil drought tolerance are poorly understood, and the possible role of DCPTA on nitrogen metabolism has not yet been explored.ResultsIn the present study, the effects of DCPTA on N metabolism in maize (Zea mays L.) under soil drought and rewatering conditions during the pre-female inflorescence emergence stage were investigated in 2016 and 2017. The results demonstrated that the foliar application of DCPTA (25mg/L) significantly alleviated drought-induced decreases in maize yield, shoot and root relative growth rate (RGR), leaf relative water content (RWC), net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (Gs) and transpiration rate (Tr), and nitrate (NO3-), nitrite (NO2-), soluble protein contents, and nitrate reductase (NR), nitrite reductase (NiR), isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDH), alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) activities. In addition, the foliar application of DCPTA suppressed the increases of intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci), ammonium (NH4+) and free amino acid contents, and the glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) and protease activities of the maize. Simultaneously, under drought conditions, the DCPTA application improved the spatial and temporal distribution of roots, increased the root hydraulic conductivity (Lp), flow rate of root-bleeding sap and NO3- delivery rates of the maize. Moreover, the DCPTA application protected the chloroplast structure from drought injury.ConclusionsThe data show, exogenous DCPTA mitigates the repressive effects of drought on N metabolism by maintained a stabilized supply of 2-oxoglutarate (2-OG) and reducing equivalents provided by photosynthesis via favorable leaf water status and chloroplast structure, and NO3- uptake and long-distance transportation from the roots to the leaves via the production of excess roots, as a result, DCPTA application enhances drought tolerance during the pre-female inflorescence emergence stage of maize.