Abstract: In order to explore the chemical regulation measures to alleviate the salt stress effect of cherry radish, the effects of NaCl (0, 50, 100, 150 mmol/L) stress on seed germination and seedling growth of cherry radish and the regulation of gibberellin (0, 10, 20, 30, 40 mg/L) under 100 mmol/L NaCl stress condition were studied. The results showed that NaCl stress significantly inhibited the seed germination and seedling growth of cherry radish, and the higher the concentration of NaCl the greater the inhibition. Under 100 mmol/L NaCl treatment, seed germination rate, germination vigor, germination index, vitality index, plant height, fresh weight per plant, root length, root surface area, root projection area, root volume, root average diameter, root tip number, root branch number, root vigor, chlorophyll a content, chlorophyll b content significantly
decreased by 4.33 percentage points, 5.33 percentage points, 30.05%, 26.01%, 20.88%, 19.52%, 50.08%, 70.27%, 70.83%, 100.00%, 23.08%, 15.69%, 22.73%, 10.67%, 12.86%, 23.81% than that of the control, respectively, while the activity of catalase (CAT) significantly increased by 13.51% compared with the control. Under 100 mmol/L NaCl
and 30 mg/L gibberellin treatment, the germination rate, germination vigor, germination index, vitality index, root length, root surface area, root projection area, root average diameter, root tip number, root branch number, plant height, chlorophyll a content, chlorophyll b content significantly increased by 4.78 percentage points, 12.96 percentage points, 23.09%, 42.03%, 108.44%, 135.29%, 140.00%, 79.17%, 15.45%, 114.29%, 15.38%, 41.67%, 70.00% than that of the control, respectively, while the activity of CAT significantly decreased by 33.33% compared with the control, the growth and development of root were significantly improved, and both of plant height and leaf chlorophyll content were significantly increased. However, when the concentration of gibberellin was 40 mg/L, the alleviated effect began to weaken. It indicated that low concentration of gibberellin could alleviate the inhibition of salt stress on cherry radish, but high concentration might cause new stress, 30 mg/L gibberllin was the appropriate concentration to alleviate salt stress of cherry radish. |