Causes of sterility in seed set of rice under salinity stress

被引:146
作者
Abdullah, Z
Khan, MA
Flowers, TJ
机构
[1] Natl Agr Res Ctr, Stress Physiol Programme, Islamabad, Pakistan
[2] Univ Sussex, Brighton, E Sussex, England
来源
JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ACKER UND PFLANZENBAU | 2001年 / 187卷 / 01期
关键词
floral parts; potassium; salinity stress; seed set; sodium; soluble carbohydrates; starch synthetase activity; sterility;
D O I
10.1046/j.1439-037X.2001.00500.x
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
The effects of salinity at 50 mm NaCl on floral characteristics, yield components, and biochemical and physiological attributes of the sensitive rice variety IR-28 were studied under controlled conditions to determine the causes of sterility in seed set under salinity stress. The results showed significant decreases in panicle weight, panicle length, primary branches/panicle, filled seeds/panicle, unfilled seeds/panicle, filled seeds/plant, unfilled seeds/plant, total seeds/panicle, total seed weight/panicle, 1000-seed weight and total seed weight/plant. The sodium content in different leaves and floral parts increased significantly. In contrast, the potassium content was decreased significantly in leaves and floral parts. A reduction in chlorophyll a and b was also noted in different parts of the leaves. Inhibition of transpiration and photosynthesis was observed in flag leaves at the grain-filling stage. Soluble carbohydrates in different leaves were reduced significantly in salinized plants but their content in different floral parts was increased, with the exception of primary and secondary branch spikelets. Under salinity stress, total protein concentration in flag, second and third leaves were higher than in control plants. The viability of rice pollen was reduced significantly in salinized plants. It was further observed that starch synthetase activity (alpha1-4-glucan glucosyle transferases) in developing rice grains was inhibited very significantly under salinity stress. From these results, it is inferred that sterility and significant reductions in seed set in rice were not merely due to reduction or inhibition of different biochemical constituents and physiological functions, but were mainly due to limitation of soluble carbohydrate translocation in primary and secondary spikelets, accumulation of more sodium and less potassium in all the floral parts, and highly significant inhibition of specific activity of starch synthetase in developing rice grains, thus resulting in failure of seed set.
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