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Differences in Endogenous Hormone Levels and Their Relationship with Yield and Phosphorus Use Efficiency in Rice Varieties With Various Tolerance to Low Phosphorus Stress

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  • Agricultural College, Yangzhou University/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology / Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou 225009, China

Received date: 2024-10-12

  Revised date: 2025-03-06

  Online published: 2025-03-19

Abstract

【Objective】This study aimed to investigate the differences in endogenous hormone levels among rice varieties with varying tolerance to low phosphorus (P) stress and their relationship with grain yield, P uptake, and utilization. 【Method】Two rice varieties with strong tolerance to low P (STVs, low P tolerance index > 0.9) and two varieties with weak tolerance to low P (WTVs, low P tolerance index < 0.5) were grown hydroponically under normal P level (NP, 8.02 mg /L) and low P level (LP, 0.401 mg/ L). 【Results】Compared to NP, LP significantly reduced grain yield and P uptake in both types of rice varieties but increased dry matter production per unit of P and internal P use efficiency. Under LP treatment, the STVs exhibited higher grain yield, P uptake and utilization efficiency, root dry weight, and root oxidation activity compared to the WTVs. Additionally, the STVs had higher content of indole-3-acetic acid, zeatin + zeatin riboside, abscisic acid, jasmonates (jasmonic acid and methyl jasmonate), and brassinosteroids (24-epibrassinolide and 28-homobrassinolide) in both roots and leaves, as well as higher content of strigolactones in roots. These hormone levels were significantly or very significantly positively correlated with grain yield, P uptake and utilization efficiency, root dry weight, and root oxidation activity. Furthermore, a lower ethylene emission rate and lower 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid content were observed in both roots and leaves of the STVs compared to the WTVs, which were significantly or very significantly negatively correlated with grain yield and P use efficiency. Random forest analysis indicated that jasmonates and brassinosteroids served as the predominant contributors to grain yield and P use efficiency. 【Conclusion】Under LP stress, the balance among endogenous hormones, particularly higher levels of jasmonates and brassinosteroids, plays a key role in optimizing root morphology, maintaining higher root activity, promoting P uptake and utilization, and achieving a higher grain yield in STVs.

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XU Yuemei, PENG Shiyan, SUN Zhiwei, WANG Zhiqin, ZHU Kuanyu, YANG Jianchang . Differences in Endogenous Hormone Levels and Their Relationship with Yield and Phosphorus Use Efficiency in Rice Varieties With Various Tolerance to Low Phosphorus Stress[J]. Chinese Journal OF Rice Science, 2025 , 39(2) : 231 -244 . DOI: 10.16819/j.1001-7216.2025.241004

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