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Effects of shading on the photosynthetic capacity, endogenous hormones and root yield in purple-fleshed sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam)

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A field experiment was conducted to examine the effects of shading on the photosynthetic capacity, endogenous hormones and root yield in purple-fleshed sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas L. cv. Jishu18 and Ayamuraski (Aya)]. Sweetpotato plants were treated with two shading levels, 40 and 70 % shading, with full radiation used as a control. The results showed that the photosynthetic rate, adenosine triphosphatase activity, Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase activity and soluble sugar content decreased under both shading treatments. Leaf indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and abscisic acid content increased, whereas leaf gibberellic acid content, zeatin riboside (ZR) content, root IAA, and ZR content decreased in the plants under both shading treatments. Shading also altered the production of sweetpotato storage root, including reductions in the root yield and dry matter accumulation, increase in the top/root (T/R) ratio, and the difference between the treatments and control for the T/R value and storage root yield was significant. Therefore, the responses of the photosynthetic parameters and endogenous hormones to shading were closely correlated with the variation in the storage root yield of the different cultivars. In response to shading, the reduction of root ZR contents, the fresh dry weight of the above-ground parts and the root yield for Jishu18 were higher than that for cv. Aya, indicating that cv. Jishu18 might be more sensitive to weak light than cv. Aya.

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This research was supported by the China Agriculture Research System of Sweetpotato (CARS-11-B-06 and CARS-11-B-11), the National High-tech R&D Program (863 Program, 2012AA101204-1-4) and Shandong Province Agricultural Improved Seed Program.

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    Qingmei Wang, Fuyun Hou, Shunxu Dong, Beitao Xie, Aixian Li, Haiyan Zhang & Liming Zhang

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Wang, Q., Hou, F., Dong, S. et al. Effects of shading on the photosynthetic capacity, endogenous hormones and root yield in purple-fleshed sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam). Plant Growth Regul 72, 113–122 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-013-9842-3

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