title: [Reponses of sugar metabolism in seed germination of three various acid-fast plants to acid rain].
abstract: Responses of sugar metabolism during germination of rice (O. sativa ), wheat (T. aestivum) and rape (B. chinensis var. oleifera) seeds to simulated acid rain (pH 2.0, pH 2.5, pH 3.0, pH 3.5, pH 4.0, pH 4.5, pH 5.0) were investigated. The purpose was to clarify the mechanism of acid rain affecting seed germination. The results show that the alpha-amylase activity, contents of soluble sugar and reducing sugar of the rice, wheat and rape seeds decrease with increased stress level (pH 5.0 - 2.0), and are lower than CK. The response order of three indexes to stress level of acid rain is that rice (pH 3.5 - 4.0/53.88% - 77.7%) is smaller than wheat (pH 3.5 - 4.5/58.60% - 89.41%), and rape (pH 4.0 - 5.0/60.14% - 100%) is the smallest, alpha-amylase activity, contents of soluble sugar and reducing sugar of rice increase with prolonged stress time, but the three indexes of wheat and rape increase at first, and then decrease. In the same stress time (3 - 7 d), the three indexes of the three species for all treatment groups are lower than CK, and decrease with increased stress level. The stress time when the maximum damage of a-amylase activity, contents of soluble sugar and reducing sugar appeared is that rice (7 d, 7 d, 7 d) > wheat (7 d, 6 d, 5 d) > rape (3 d, 7 d, 5 d). Responses of three indexes to stress level and stress time of acid rain show that the ability of sugar metabolism resisting acid rain is that rice is stronger than wheat and rape is the worst, and the difference in sugar metabolism of 3 species is one of the internal reasons why the germination indexes behave differently.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China. wlh456@sohu.com
authors.forename: Li-Hong
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Qing-Ling
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D015258:Acid Rain; D029741:Brassica rapa / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002681:China; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D018525:Germination / Q000502:physiology*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D012275:Oryza / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D063245:Plant Development; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D014908:Triticum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015258:Acid Rain