Genotypic variation for potassium efficiency in wild and domesticated watermelons under ample and limited potassium supply
Genotypic variation for potassium efficiency in wild and domesticated watermelons under ample and limited potassium supply
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10.1002/jpln.201200007
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发表时间:
2013-06
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2.5
通讯作者:
M. Fan;Z. Bie;Huiying Xie;Fang Zhang;Shuang Zhao;Hongyan Zhang
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作者:
M. Fan;Z. Bie;Huiying Xie;Fang Zhang;Shuang Zhao;Hongyan Zhang
Abstract Potassium (K) is an important nutrient for watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus Thunb. Matsum. & Nakai).However, there is little knowledge about genetic variations in K efficiency in watermelon. Sixty-four watermelon genotypes were grown under conditions of ample (6 mM) and limited (0.1 mM)K supply in a glasshouse. Thirty-eight wild genotypes ( C. lanatus var. citroide ) and 26 domesti-cated genotypes ( C. lanatus var. lanatus ) were cultivated hydroponically for 30 d. Shoot dryweight, shoot K concentration, K uptake, K-use index (shoot dry weight / shoot K concentration),relative shoot dry weight (shoot dry weight under limited K / shoot dry weight under ample K),and relative shoot K concentration (shoot K concentration under limited K / shoot K concentra-tion under ample K) were determined. Significant differences were observed among genotypes.The K efficiency was classified based on a medium-efficiency interval which is equivalent to the95% confidence interval of the mean relative shoot dry weight and relative shoot K concentra-tion. Genotypic data above or below this interval were classified as either K-efficient or K-ineffi-cient. We identified eight K-efficient genotypes, of which four were wild types. Thus, wild water-melons can be used in breeding programs to improve the K efficiency of domesticated waterme-lons.