A new morphological method to identify cold tolerance of melon at seedling stage
Meng Li
A , Xiaoyu Duan A , Qian Wang A , Wei Chen A and Hongyan Qi A B
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A Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Education Ministry and Liaoning Province, College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, National and Local Joint Engineering Research Centre of Northern Horticultural, Facilities Design and Application Technology (Liaoning), Shenyang, 110866, Liaoning, PR China.
B Corresponding author. Email: qihongyan@syau.edu.cn
Functional Plant Biology 47(1) 80-90 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP19163
Submitted: 24 January 2019 Accepted: 6 September 2019 Published: 9 December 2019
Abstract
Low temperature restrains the growth and development of melons, as well as severely impairing the yield and quality. To obtain a rapid and accurate method for evaluating cold tolerance of melon, 10 genotypes were selected to investigate their cold tolerance at seedling stage. Chilling stress (15°C/6°C, day/night) increased leaf angles and caused leaves wilted: the phenotypes of the 10 genotypes were obviously different. Thus, a new predicted method for chilling injury index (CII) of melon was constructed based on the change of leaf angle and leaf state. The CII showed significant correlation with survival rate, maximum photochemical quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm) and changes of SPAD value. Moreover, the validity of the method was further verified by seedlings growth, photosynthesis, membrane permeability and metabolites accumulation of four screened genotypes. Taken together, this work provides a morphological and accurate method for evaluating cold tolerance in melon.
Additional Keywords: chilling injury index, Cucumis melo, petiole angle.
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