摘要
Flavonoids in plants is very important in its ecological role and economicvalue. The dynamic features of flavonoids content in different organs of larch (Larix gmelinii) atdifferent light and temperature conditions were investigated in this study. Results showed that theorder of flavonoids content in different organs from high to low was 7.78% (stem bark) > 2.79%(leaves) > 1.72% (branches) > 1.19% (stem xylem)and different organs had a great seasonal variationin flavonoids content, but the change of flavonoids content at different temperature was not obviousin different organs., The content of flavonoids in barck had, a positive correlation withtemperature (R^2=0.75), but that in other organs had slight variation with the change oftemperatures. For all the tested organs, the flavonoids content in summer and autumn wasapproximately 3-4 times higher than in spring and winter. This is attributed to the great stressfrom environmental physical variables such as UV radiation, high temperature that induce theaccumulation of flavonoids. The flavonoid content of sun leaves was evidently higher than that ofshade leaves, and leaves at upper part of canopy had a higher flavonoids content compared with thatat other parts. This result indicates that sun radiation could improve flavonoids production inleaves (R^2=0.76). The flavonoids may actively evolve in plant defenses to environmental stress,protecting larch from the damage of high temperature and radiation, and its main function isdifferent in different organs.
Flavonoids in plants is very important in its ecological role and economicvalue. The dynamic features of flavonoids content in different organs of larch (Larix gmelinii) atdifferent light and temperature conditions were investigated in this study. Results showed that theorder of flavonoids content in different organs from high to low was 7.78% (stem bark) > 2.79%(leaves) > 1.72% (branches) > 1.19% (stem xylem)and different organs had a great seasonal variationin flavonoids content, but the change of flavonoids content at different temperature was not obviousin different organs., The content of flavonoids in barck had, a positive correlation withtemperature (R^2=0.75), but that in other organs had slight variation with the change oftemperatures. For all the tested organs, the flavonoids content in summer and autumn wasapproximately 3-4 times higher than in spring and winter. This is attributed to the great stressfrom environmental physical variables such as UV radiation, high temperature that induce theaccumulation of flavonoids. The flavonoid content of sun leaves was evidently higher than that ofshade leaves, and leaves at upper part of canopy had a higher flavonoids content compared with thatat other parts. This result indicates that sun radiation could improve flavonoids production inleaves (R^2=0.76). The flavonoids may actively evolve in plant defenses to environmental stress,protecting larch from the damage of high temperature and radiation, and its main function isdifferent in different organs.
基金
This paper is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30300271) and the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (104191).
