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KMID : 1098420230310040235
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Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
2023 Volume.31 No. 4 p.235 ~ p.246
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Effect of Soil Water Status on Growth, Photosynthesis, and Antioxidant Enzyme Activity in Rehmannia glutinosa var. ‘Togang’
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Kwon A-Reum
Jang Won-Suk
Kim Sun-Ick
Seong Bong-Jae
Guak Sung-Hee
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Abstract
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Background : Rehmannia glutinosa, a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant, is widely used as a medicinal plant in the Far East region. Although the influence of waterlogging on the growth and yield of R. glutinosa has been evaluated, few studies have focused on how these plants respond to a wide range of soil water status including wet and dry conditions, in terms of growth and physiological characteristics. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of contrasting soil moisture regimes on the growth, photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence, antioxidant enzyme activity, and bioactive compound content in R. glutinosa var. ‘Togang’.
Methods and Results : Potted ‘Togang’ plants were irrigated according to five different soil water statuses, ?10, ?20, ?30, ?40, and ?50 ㎪, with each moisture level controlled using tensiometers throughout the experiment. The effects on sprouting rate from rhizome propagules, vegetative growth, rhizome yield, photosynthetic characteristics, antioxidant enzyme activity, and rhizome catalpol content were determined. A significant reduction in the sprouting rate of propagules and vegetative growth (leaf number and growth) was found when plants were irrigated at ?50 ㎪. Yield components such as the number of rhizomes and the total and marketable weights of rhizomes were the highest at the ?30 ㎪ treatment. Although the total rhizome weight in the ?10 ㎪ and ?20 ㎪ treatments was as high as that in the -30 ㎪ treatment, the marketable weight was significantly reduced because root rot occurred under these high moisture conditions; root rot decay was the highest at ?10 ㎪ (7.6% of total rhizome weight), followed by 5.3% at ?20 ㎪, whereas it was negligible in the range of ?30 ㎪ and ?50 ㎪ soil water status. Regarding water stress-induced antioxidant levels, the superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, and catalase activities increased when the plants were stressed with water excess (?10 ㎪) or shortage treatment (?50 ㎪), compared to those with the ?30 ㎪ treatment. The net photosynthesis and transpiration rates were considerably higher at ?20 ㎪ and ?30 ㎪ than those at the other treatments. Chlorophyll fluorescence measurements showed that the ?20 ㎪ and ?30 ㎪ treatments showed a maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm) of higher than 0.8 (considered as the stress threshold), whereas the ?10 ㎪ or ?50 ㎪ treatments showed a quantum yield of less than 0.8. The content of catalpol, a bioactive compound in rhizomes, was the highest at ?30 ㎪ (35.9 ㎎/g FW).
Conclusions : Considering its effect on vegetative growth, yield, some physiological characteristics (photosynthesis and chlorophyll florescence), and rhizome catalpol content, our results indicate that approximately ?30 ㎪ of soil water potential is the appropriate soil water status for cultivating Rehmannia glutinosa var. ‘Togang’.
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KEYWORD
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Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch. ex Steud., Antioxidant Enzymes, Catalase, Chlorophyll Fluorescence, Peroxidase, Photosynthesis, Soil Water Status, Superoxide Dismutase, Quantum Yield of PSII
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