Effect of Different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth and Physiology of Maize at Ambient and Low Temperature Regimes

The effect of four different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on the growth and lipid peroxidation, soluble sugar, proline contents, and antioxidant enzymes activities of Zea mays L. was studied in pot culture subjected to two temperature regimes. Maize plants were grown in pots filled with a mixt...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiaoying Chen, Fengbin Song, Fulai Liu, Chunjie Tian, Shengqun Liu, Hongwen Xu, Xiancan Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/956141
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1832550112793985024
author Xiaoying Chen
Fengbin Song
Fulai Liu
Chunjie Tian
Shengqun Liu
Hongwen Xu
Xiancan Zhu
author_facet Xiaoying Chen
Fengbin Song
Fulai Liu
Chunjie Tian
Shengqun Liu
Hongwen Xu
Xiancan Zhu
author_sort Xiaoying Chen
collection DOAJ
description The effect of four different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on the growth and lipid peroxidation, soluble sugar, proline contents, and antioxidant enzymes activities of Zea mays L. was studied in pot culture subjected to two temperature regimes. Maize plants were grown in pots filled with a mixture of sandy and black soil for 5 weeks, and then half of the plants were exposed to low temperature for 1 week while the rest of the plants were grown under ambient temperature and severed as control. Different AMF resulted in different root colonization and low temperature significantly decreased AM colonization. Low temperature remarkably decreased plant height and total dry weight but increased root dry weight and root-shoot ratio. The AM plants had higher proline content compared with the non-AM plants. The maize plants inoculated with Glomus etunicatum and G. intraradices had higher malondialdehyde and soluble sugar contents under low temperature condition. The activities of catalase (CAT) and peroxidase of AM inoculated maize were higher than those of non-AM ones. Low temperature noticeably decreased the activities of CAT. The results suggest that low temperature adversely affects maize physiology and AM symbiosis can improve maize seedlings tolerance to low temperature stress.
format Article
id doaj-art-04ab7e6749274a0787f316ab880330cc
institution Kabale University
issn 2356-6140
1537-744X
language English
publishDate 2014-01-01
publisher Wiley
record_format Article
series The Scientific World Journal
spelling doaj-art-04ab7e6749274a0787f316ab880330cc2025-02-03T06:07:31ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal2356-61401537-744X2014-01-01201410.1155/2014/956141956141Effect of Different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth and Physiology of Maize at Ambient and Low Temperature RegimesXiaoying Chen0Fengbin Song1Fulai Liu2Chunjie Tian3Shengqun Liu4Hongwen Xu5Xiancan Zhu6Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, ChinaNortheast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, ChinaDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2630 Taastrup, DenmarkNortheast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, ChinaNortheast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, ChinaSchool of Urban and Environmental Science, Huaiyin Normal University, Huai’an 223300, ChinaNortheast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, ChinaThe effect of four different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on the growth and lipid peroxidation, soluble sugar, proline contents, and antioxidant enzymes activities of Zea mays L. was studied in pot culture subjected to two temperature regimes. Maize plants were grown in pots filled with a mixture of sandy and black soil for 5 weeks, and then half of the plants were exposed to low temperature for 1 week while the rest of the plants were grown under ambient temperature and severed as control. Different AMF resulted in different root colonization and low temperature significantly decreased AM colonization. Low temperature remarkably decreased plant height and total dry weight but increased root dry weight and root-shoot ratio. The AM plants had higher proline content compared with the non-AM plants. The maize plants inoculated with Glomus etunicatum and G. intraradices had higher malondialdehyde and soluble sugar contents under low temperature condition. The activities of catalase (CAT) and peroxidase of AM inoculated maize were higher than those of non-AM ones. Low temperature noticeably decreased the activities of CAT. The results suggest that low temperature adversely affects maize physiology and AM symbiosis can improve maize seedlings tolerance to low temperature stress.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/956141
spellingShingle Xiaoying Chen
Fengbin Song
Fulai Liu
Chunjie Tian
Shengqun Liu
Hongwen Xu
Xiancan Zhu
Effect of Different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth and Physiology of Maize at Ambient and Low Temperature Regimes
The Scientific World Journal
title Effect of Different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth and Physiology of Maize at Ambient and Low Temperature Regimes
title_full Effect of Different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth and Physiology of Maize at Ambient and Low Temperature Regimes
title_fullStr Effect of Different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth and Physiology of Maize at Ambient and Low Temperature Regimes
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth and Physiology of Maize at Ambient and Low Temperature Regimes
title_short Effect of Different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth and Physiology of Maize at Ambient and Low Temperature Regimes
title_sort effect of different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on growth and physiology of maize at ambient and low temperature regimes
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/956141
work_keys_str_mv AT xiaoyingchen effectofdifferentarbuscularmycorrhizalfungiongrowthandphysiologyofmaizeatambientandlowtemperatureregimes
AT fengbinsong effectofdifferentarbuscularmycorrhizalfungiongrowthandphysiologyofmaizeatambientandlowtemperatureregimes
AT fulailiu effectofdifferentarbuscularmycorrhizalfungiongrowthandphysiologyofmaizeatambientandlowtemperatureregimes
AT chunjietian effectofdifferentarbuscularmycorrhizalfungiongrowthandphysiologyofmaizeatambientandlowtemperatureregimes
AT shengqunliu effectofdifferentarbuscularmycorrhizalfungiongrowthandphysiologyofmaizeatambientandlowtemperatureregimes
AT hongwenxu effectofdifferentarbuscularmycorrhizalfungiongrowthandphysiologyofmaizeatambientandlowtemperatureregimes
AT xiancanzhu effectofdifferentarbuscularmycorrhizalfungiongrowthandphysiologyofmaizeatambientandlowtemperatureregimes