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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2023, Vol. 59 ›› Issue (10): 99-112.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20230055

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Physiological and Biochemical Traits of Grafted Seedlings of Catalpa bungei with Various Combinations of Rootstocks and Scions

He He,Ruirui Jia,Yu Fu,Yanyan Zhu,Lianggui Wang,Xiulian Yang*()   

  1. College of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037
  • Received:2023-02-12 Online:2023-10-25 Published:2023-11-01
  • Contact: Xiulian Yang E-mail:.xly@njfu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Objective: This study aims to compare and analyze the differences in physiological indicators among different combinations of rootstocks and scions of Catalpa bungei, so as to provide a reference basis for the selection of rootstock and scion combinations and the evaluation of their affinity and growth status. Method: The grafting was carried out with Catalpa bungei ‘Nanlin No.1’, Catalpa bungei ‘Luoqiu’ and Catalpa bungei ‘Suqiu No.1’ as scions, and Catalpa ovata and Catalpa fargesii as rootstocks, and the survival rate, osmoregulatory substance content, antioxidant enzyme activity, endogenous hormone content of each grafting combination were determined. Correlation analysis was conducted on various physiological indicators, and the principal component analysis and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis were used to comprehensively evaluate each grafting combination. Result: 1) The survival rate of the C. fargesii/C. bungei ‘Nanlin No.1’ combination was the greatest among the six rootstock and scion combinations, reaching up to 76.91%, and the survival rate of the C. fargesii/C. bungei ‘Suqiu No.1’ combination was the lowest, as low as 32.05%. 2) The soluble sugar and starch contents of each grafting combination showed a general trend of decreasing, then increasing and then decreasing, and the antioxidant enzyme activities showed a trend of increasing and then decreasing, and all of them reached the maximum after 5 months of grafting. However, the endogenous hormone contents reached the maximum after 4 months of grafting in general. 3) Throughout the measurement period, the soluble sugar content, starch content, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity, and abscisic acid (ABA) content of C. fargesii rootstock grafting combinations were all to varying degrees greater than those of C. ovata rootstock grafting combinations, except for the grafting combination with C. bungei ‘Suqiu No.1’ as the scion. 4) The overall evaluation scores of the six combinations were as follows: C. fargesii/C. bungei ‘Nanlin No.1’ > C. ovata/C. bungei ‘Nanlin No.1’ > C. ovata/C. bungei ‘Suqiu No.1’ > C. fargesii/C. bungei ‘Luoqiu’ > C. ovata/C. bungei ‘Luoqiu’ > C. fargesii/C. bungei ‘Suqiu No.1’. Conclusion: C. fargesii is suitable as rootstock for C. bungei ‘Nanlin No.1’ and C. bungei ‘Luoqiu’, and C. ovata is suitable as rootstock for C. bungei ‘Suqiu No.1’. Among the six combinations, C. fargesii/C. bungei ‘Nanlin No.1’ has the best-combined performance and C. fargesii/C. bungei ‘Suqiu No.1’ has the worst-combined performance. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity, auxin (IAA) content, and abscisic acid (ABA) content can be used as the main physiological indicators to reflect the affinity and growth status of grafted plants of C. bungei.

Key words: Catalpa bungei, grafting, rootstock and scion combination, physiological and biochemical characteristics, multivariate statistical analysis

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