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Acta Horticulturae Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (2): 423-438.doi: 10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2024-0348

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The Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on the Growth and Physiological Characteristics of Walnut Seedlings Under Salt Stress

LI Ao, ZHENG Xu, WU Chengxu, NIE Ruining, JI Xinying, TANG Jiali, ZHANG Junpei*()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding,Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration,Research Institute of Forestry,Chinese Academy of Forestry,Beijing 100091,China
  • Received:2024-09-30 Revised:2024-11-22 Online:2025-02-25 Published:2025-02-23
  • Contact: ZHANG Junpei

Abstract:

In order to investigate the effect and regulatory mechanisms of walnut seedlings’ salt tolerance influenced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi(AMF),in this study,Juglans regia‘Wen 185’ seedings were used as experimental material. Pot experiments were conducted in a greenhouse where seedlings were inoculated with Funneliformis mosseae and Rhizophagus irregularis. The effects of these two AMFs on photosynthetic parameters,chlorophyll fluorescence,stomatal characteristics,antioxidant enzyme activity,and endogenous hormone levels were analyzed under different NaCl concentrations (0,100,200,and 300 mmol · L-1). Under NaCl stress,seedling growth and development were inhibited,photosynthetic performance decreased,and the activities of antioxidant enzymes(SOD,POD,APX)and proline(Pro)content increased. Seedlings inoculated with AMF exhibited significant increases in chlorophyll content,photosynthetic parameters,and levels of endogenous hormones(IAA,ABA,GA3,ZR),but the effects on the fluorescence intensity of the OJIP curve(I-P) and the efficiency of electron transport(ABS/RCTRo/RCETo/RC)were not significant. AMF inoculation reduced the accumulation of hydrogen peroxide(H2O2)and malondialdehyde(MDA),mitigated oxidative stress,and improved stomatal width at 100 mmol · L-1 NaCl. At 300 mmol · L-1 NaCl,inoculation with F. mosseae enhanced antioxidant enzyme activity and Pro content. Principal component analysis showed that AMF mainly improved the salt tolerance of‘Wen 185’walnut seedlings by promoting chlorophyll synthesis,enhancing photosynthetic performance,and increasing POD activity and Pro content,with the inoculation of F. mosseae being more effective.

Key words: walnut, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, photosynthetic characteristics, physiology and biochemistry, salt tolerance