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Chinese Journal of Tropical Crops ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 1265-1272.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-2561.2020.06.027

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Iron Plaque Formation on Roots from Different Oryza rufipogon Populations

TANG Lu,WANG Sheng,DAN Jianguo()   

  1. Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan 570228, China
  • Received:2019-02-10 Revised:2019-10-26 Online:2020-06-25 Published:2020-07-30
  • Contact: DAN Jianguo

Abstract:

In order to determine the effects of root characteristics on iron plaque formation on the roots of O. rufipogon, eight populations were collected from different areas in Hainan, and investigated with hydroponic experiments. Iron plaque was induced by exposing the roots to a Kimura B nutrient solution supplemented with 0.532 mmol/L FeSO4 for 24 h. All the four iron plaque indices showed that iron plaque formation on the roots was significantly different among the O. rufipogon populations. The relative amount of iron plaque for HLY, XLB, and HQF populations was 480.58, 382.66, 364.05 mg Fe/(cm·plant), respectively, which was much higher than those for the others. The amount of iron plaque per plant was positively related to most parameters of the roots, such as root biomass, surface area of adventitious roots, surface area of lateral roots, surface area and volume of root system. The relative amount of iron plaque on the roots had positive correlation with surface area of the lateral roots and its proportion, as well as root biomass and volume of root system. The content of iron plaque on the roots was only positively related to the proportion of surface area of the lateral roots. However, the amount of iron plaque per root surface area was not significantly correlated with the above parameters of the roots. All the four iron plaque indices had no correlation with root porosity. In summary, the major factors influencing iron plaque formation on the roots were surface area of lateral roots and its proportion, which could be used as the pivotal root parameters for confirming the populations of O. rufipogon with more iron plaque on roots.

Key words: Oryza rufipogon, iron plaque, root characteristics

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