Differential salt tolerance and similar responses to nitrogen availability in plants grown from dimorphic seeds of Suaeda salsa |
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Authors: | Li Jiang Lei Wang Chuan-Hua Yin Chang-Yan Tian |
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Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China;2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China |
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Abstract: | Suaeda salsa is an annual halophyte which produces two morphologically distinct types of seeds on the same plant. The main purpose of this study was to investigate growth responses of S. salsa plants to different levels of NaCl and nitrate nitrogen, and its significance from the viewpoint of photosynthetic physiology. In a pot experiment, we sowed seeds belonging to the two morphs into a substrate with three salinity and three nutrient levels. Plants derived from brown seeds grew well at moderate salinity (300 mmol L−1 NaCl). Shoot weight of plants from black seeds gradually decreased with the increase of salinity. Plants derived from both seed morphs had the same growth rates under similar nitrogen levels. Plant growth status was generally related to chlorophyll content and photosynthetic rates. Our study shows that plants grown from the two different seed morphs of S. salsa exhibit different salt tolerance, but have similar responses to nitrate nitrogen. This is the first report on different responses to salinity and nitrogen availability in plants with heteromorphic seeds. |
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Keywords: | Halophyte NaCl Nitrate Photosynthesis Seed heteromorphism Suaeda salsa |
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