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Effects of elevated O3 concentration and UV-B radiation on the chlorophyll content and active oxygen metabolism of soybean leaves.

ZHAO Tian-hong, LIU Yi-ou, WANG Yan, LIU Bo, ZHAO Yi-xin, CAO Ying   

  1. (College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China)
  • Online:2013-05-18 Published:2013-05-18

Abstract:

Taking the soybean (Glycine max) cultivar Tiefeng 29 as test material, and by using open0top chamber, this paper studied the effects of elevated O3 concentration and UVB radiation on the leaf chlorophyll content, lipid peroxidation, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production rate, antioxidation enzymes activities, and the grain yield. During the growth period of soybean, as compared with the control, the leaf Chl a, Chl b and Chl(a+b) contents under the stresses of O3 and UV-B had a decreasing trend, the relative electrical conductivity, malondialdehyde  content, superoxide anion (O2-·) production rate, and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content increased, and the activities of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase  and catalase as well as the grain yield decreased. O3+UV stress aggravated the leaf membrane lipid peroxidation, promoted the ROS production, and decreased the plant antioxidant capacity and leaf chlorophyll content. The negative effects of O3 stress on soybean leaves were more close to the impacts of O3+UV-stress, suggesting that O3 might play an important role in the combined stress.