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Acta Horticulturae Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (1): 171-184.doi: 10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2023-0891

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Physiological Changes Associated with Early Watercore in‘Orin’Apples

SHI Xingxiu1,2, FENG Beibei1, YAN Peng1,**(), GENG Wenjuan2,**(), Jumazira Sharshanmukhan2   

  1. 1 Institute of Horticultural Crops,Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Urumqi 830091,China
    2 College of Horticulture,Xinjiang Agricultural University,Urumqi 830052,China
  • Received:2024-05-17 Revised:2024-10-04 Online:2025-01-25 Published:2025-01-19
  • Contact: YAN Peng, GENG Wenjuan

Abstract:

To investigate changes in cell membrane integrity and the content and distribution of intracellular sugar fractions,reactive oxygen species metabolism and osmoregulatory substance content during the development of early watercore disease in‘Orin’apple fruits,and to analyse the changes in the expression of sorbitol transporter metabolism genes MdSDH and MdSOT. The results showed that the incidence of early watercore increased with fruit growth and higher ambient temperatures,and that early watercore may be associated with high temperatures. After the occurrence of watercore,the sorbitol content of vesicles,cytoplasm and intercellular space was higher than that of fructose and glucose;the permeability of vesicle membrane was significantly correlated with the sorbitol content of each organelle,the sorbitol content was always higher,the fructose content was decreased significantly;the permeability of vesicle membrane and cell membrane to different sugars was different;the content of superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide was significantly elevated compared with that of the watercore-free tissue(4.65% and 20.83% higher),the activities of antioxidant enzymes such as POD,SOD and CAT were significantly reduced,MDA content and relative conductivity were significantly increased,and the level of membrane peroxidation was serious,but the vacuole membrane and cell membrane still maintained a certain degree of permeability;the expression of MdSOT4 was significantly increased,and it was speculated that it might be an important regulator of sorbitol transport as well as metabolism in the tissue of the watercore. Early watercore symptoms can disappear with lower temperatures in October,further suggesting that high temperatures are associated with watery heart occurrence.

Key words: apple, watercore disease, membrane permeability, sorbitol, activated oxygen, gene expression