Responses of Two Asian Pear Rootstocks (Pyrus spp.) to Fe-deficiency Chlorosis Induced by Addition of Bicarbonate to Nutrient Solution

Accession number;06A0413491
Title;Responses of Two Asian Pear Rootstocks (Pyrus spp.) to Fe-deficiency Chlorosis Induced by Addition of Bicarbonate to Nutrient Solution
Author; MA CHUNHUI (Tottori Univ., Tottori, Jpn) TANABE KENJI (Tottori Univ., Tottori, Jpn) ITAI AKIHIRO (Tottori Univ., Tottori, Jpn) TAMURA FUMIO (Tottori Univ., Tottori, Jpn) TENG YUANWEN (Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, Chn) CHUN JONG-PIL (Chungnam National Univ., Daejeon, Kor)
Journal Title;Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
Journal Code:F0626A
ISSN:0013-7626
VOL.75;NO.3;PAGE.219-223(2006)
Figure&Table&Reference;TBL.5, REF.24
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;To evaluate the tolerance of two Asian pear rootstock species, Pyrus xerophila Yue and Pyrus betulaefolia Bunge, to lime-induced Fe chlorosis, seedlings were grown in a nutrient solution with or without bicarbonate. After 20 days in the bicarbonate solution, P. betulaefolia seedlings became chlorotic, a symptom of Fe-deficiency, whereas those of P. xerophila did not. Leaves of the P. xerophila had higher chlorophyll (SPAD value) while the stem amassed more Fe than did those of P. betulaefolia, which indicates that the former may be more tolerant to lime-induced Fe chlorosis than may be the latter. Furthermore, higher Fe'3+'-chelate reductase activity in root tips was observed in two pear rootstocks grown in the bicarbonate solution; seedling of P. xerophila had twice the activity than had those of P. betulaefolia seedlings. Hence, we propos that Fe'3+'-chelate reductase activity in roots tips may be a useful physiological index to select rootstock genotypes that are tolerant to Fe-deficiency chlorosis. (author abst.)
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