Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (05): 293-300.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6362.2019.05.003

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Effect Analysis of Anti-UV-B Enhancement of Two Sweet Potato Cultivars

MENG Fan-lai, GUO Hua-chun   

  1. 1. College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China; 2. Wenshan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Yunnan Province, Wenshan 663000
  • Online:2019-05-20 Published:2019-05-11

Abstract: The effects of artificial UV-B enhancement on osmoregulation substance contents and specific activity of the antioxidant enzymes and their interspecific differences of the mature leaves of potted ‘Dianziganshu24’(‘DZS24’) and ‘Huishu’(‘HS’) were studied by using colorimetry. The results showed that: under enhanced UV-B, the soluble sugar contents (SSC) significantly reduced with the UV-B enhancement, the soluble protein contents (SPC) decreased at the earlier stage and increased at the later stage with the enhancement for two cultivars. Moreover, the variation range of SSC and SPC of ‘HS’ was larger than that in ‘DZS24’. The free proline contents (FPC) increased in ‘DZS24’ and decreased in ‘HS’ with the enhancement. The specific activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) increased, while the peroxidase (POD) specific activity decreased with the enhancement for the two cultivars. However, the increasing range of SOD specific activity of ‘DZS24’ was larger than ‘HS’ and the variation range of POD and CAT specific activity was less than ‘HS’ under the same UV-B. Therefore the osmotic regulation and antioxidant capacity of ‘DZS24’ is stronger than ‘HS’ and more suitable for planting in low latitude plateau with the intense UV-B.

Key words: Sweet potato, UV-B radiation, Osmoregulation substance, Antioxidant enzyme specific activity