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Acta Agron Sin ›› 2013, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (11): 2099-2105.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1006.2013.02099

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Sucrose Accumulation and Key Enzyme Activities in Different Parts of Seed in Vegetable Soybean

LI Yan-Sheng1,2,NAN Hai-Yang1,2,DU Ming3,LIAN Teng-Xiang1,2,ZHANG Qiu-Ying1,*,LIU Xiao-Bing1   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Mollisol Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China;
    2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3 Rice Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Land Reclamation Sciences, Jiamusi 154007, China
  • Received:2013-04-17 Revised:2013-06-01 Online:2013-11-12 Published:2013-08-12
  • Contact: 张秋英, E-mail: zhangqy@neigaehrb.ac.cn, Tel: 0451-86601320

Abstract:

Three vegetable soybean varieties with different soluble sugar contents were grown in field condition. Sucrose contents and four critical enzymes activities in different parts of seed were analyzed at R5.5, R6, R6.2, R6.5, and R7 stages, respectively. Sucrose contents of different seed parts increased at early seed filling stage and then decreased at late stage with the peak value at R6.2 stage. Sucrose content in hypocotyl was 57.6%, 53.6%, 44.2% greater than that of cotyledon, and 71.6%, 75.3%, 73.6% greater than that of seed coat at R6.2 stage for the three varieties, respectively. The cotyledon contributed 90% dry weight to the total seed dry weight, and thus the sucrose content of the whole seed was primarily determined by sucrose content in cotyledon. Cotyledon had the highest activity of sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS). The cotyledon SPS activity of cv. 121 was much higher than that of the other two varieties. The sucrose synthase (SS) activity of different seed parts was higher in early seed filling stage than in late filling stage. The highest value of SS activity was observed in hypocotyl at R5.5 stage. Greater differences were found between acid invertase (AI) and neutral invertase (NI) activities. NI activity was higher in early seed filling stage and then decreased till R7 stage. Significant differences were observed for AI activities among three seed parts at the same seed filling stage but there were no differences for NI activities. AI activity in seed coat was much higher than that in hypocotyl and cotyledon. Negative relationship was found between AI activity and sucrose content in seed coat (r= –0.59**). The correlation analysis between sucrose accumulation and four critical enzymes activities showed that seed sucrose content was not controlled dominantly by one enzyme. The difference between sucrose synthesis enzyme activity (SPS) and sucrose decomposition enzyme activity (SS+AI+NI) was positively correlated with seed sucrose accumulation (r=0.53**).

Key words: Sucrose phosphate synthase, Photosynthate, Vegetable soybean, Soluble sugar

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