Effects of varying gibberellin and abscisic acid levels on embryo development and endogenous hormones in recalcitrant Panax notoginseng seeds during the after-ripening process
Effects of varying gibberellin and abscisic acid levels on embryo development and endogenous hormones in recalcitrant Panax notoginseng seeds during the after-ripening process
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DOI:
10.19675/j.cnki.1006-687x.2019.08033
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2020-01-01
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Chen Junwen
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Ge Na;Yang Ling;Chen Junwen
To understand the mechanisms behind the dormancy and germination of recalcitrant seed from Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen, seeds were treated by exogenous hormone gibberellin (GA3) and abscisic acid (ABA). Embryo development was then observed and six endogenous hormone levels were analyzed during the after-ripening process. The results showed that the ratio of embryos to endosperm increases gradually during the after-ripening process. Germination rate significantly increased when seeds were treated with exogenous hormone GA(3) at a concentration of 500 mg/L, and it was significantly inhibited with treatment by ABA at a concentration of 10 mg/L. The concentration of endogenous hormones ABA and GA(3) reached 2.83 ng/g and 27.85 ng/g, respectively. These concentrations were significantly higher in the treated seeds than in the control groups at the initial after-ripening stage and the two hormones gradually decreased during the after-ripening process. The IAA concentration also gradually decreased during the after-ripening process, but there was no significant difference between the two groups. The concentration of salicylic acid (SA) varied little during the process. Methyl jasmonate (JA) gradually increased in both the control groups and the ABA treated groups, with the maximum value reaching 1.25 ng/g in the ABA treatment group at 50 d of the after-ripening process. However, in the GA(3) treatment group, JA initially increased and then decreased. The concentration of transzeicin (tZT) was generally unchanged in the control group, but gradually increased in the GA(3) treatment group and gradually decreased in the ABA treatment group. Our results indicate that the application of exogenous phytohormones may effectively regulate endogenous phytohormones, thereby indirectly influencing the afterripening process and germination of P. notoginseng seeds. In addition, high GA(3) concentration may break dormancy and shorten the after-ripening process, while low ABA concentration may significantly prolong the dormancy of P. notoginseng seeds.