Relationship between contents of lignin and soluble sugar in plants of kiwifruit cultivars and their resistance to kiwifruit bacterial canker infected by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae
Abstract:By means of methods for physiology and biochemistry, the content of lignin and soluble sugar in twig and foliage of kiwifruit cultivars, Jinkui, Zaoxian, Kuimi and Jinfeng, with different levels of resistance to kiwifruit bacterial canker infected by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae were compared in conditions of infection or not. The results showed that the contents of lignin and soluble sugar in the annual twig and foliage of healthful resistant cultivars were significantly higher than those in susceptible cultivars before natural infection. After natural infection, the content of soluble sugar decreased in the annual twig and foliage of both resistant and susceptible cultivars, and content of soluble sugar in susceptible cultivars decreased much more than those in resistant cultivars, the content of lignin increased in the annual twig and foliage of both resistant and susceptible cultivars, and the content of lignin in resistant cultivars increased much more than those in susceptible cultivars. The decrease percentage of the content of soluble sugar in the foliage of Jinkui and Jinfeng was 4.20% and 55.35%, respectively. The increase percentage of lignin content in foliage of Jinkui and Jinfeng was 7.17% and 3.01%, respectively. The increase percentage of lignin content in twig of Jinkui and Jinfeng was 110.39% and 68.98% , respectively. The means are significantly at 5% level. Related coefficient between content of lignin and soluble sugar in twig of kiwifruit cultivars and incidence were -0.9583 and -0.9282, respectively, and in foliage was -0.8099 and -0.8266, respectively, These data indicated the cultivars resistance related to the contents of lignin and soluble sugar in the annual twig and foliage. But the contents of starch were no significant disciplinary changes in the annual twig and foliage between resistant and susceptible cultivars in pre and post natural infection, and it was not necessarily associated with the resistance level.