Journal of Marine Sciences ›› 2013, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (2): 78-85.

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Effects of exogenous salicylic acid on the growth and physiology of marine red algae Gracilaria lemaneiformis

WANG Qiao-qiao, XU Nian-jun*, ZHU Zhao-bo   

  1. Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology of the Ministry of Education,Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Zhejiang Province, School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
  • Received:2013-01-06 Revised:2013-03-27 Online:2013-06-15 Published:2022-11-29

Abstract: To investigate the effects of different mass concentration of exogenous salicylic acid on the marine red algae Gracilaria lemaneiformis, the physiological parameters and the chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics of G. lemaneiformis were studied. Results showed that salicylic acid could increase the growth rate and the 10 μg·mL-1 treatment group was better than other groups. The daily relative growth rate reached to 6.92%/d with a increase of 26.3% compared with the control group. When on the 3rd day, the 10 μg·mL-1 treatment group of salicylic acid reached the maximum value with proline increased 32.5%, SOD increased 24.3%, and phycoerythrin increased 24.6% respectively. It also promoted the accumulation of Ca2+ and K+ in G. lemaneiformis. The chlorophyll fluorescence ΦPSⅡbegan to increase on the fifth day after 10 μg·mL-1 treatment of salicylic acid and increased 9.6% compared with the control group. Fv/Fo reached a maximum on the fifth day, and increased 5.6% more than the control group. In conclusion, exogenous salicylic acid can enhance the growth of G. lemaneiformis and the 10 μg·mL-1 treatment group of salicylic acid is the best concentration.

Key words: Gracilaria lemaneiformis, salicylic acid, physiology and biochemical, chlorophyll fluorescence

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