An Enhanced Interaction of Graft and Exogenous SA on Photosynthesis, Phytohormone, and Transcriptome Analysis in Tomato under Salinity Stress

作者：Chen Miao, Yongxue Zhang, Jiawei Cui, Hongmei Zhang, Hong Wang, Haijun Jin, Panling Lu, Lizhong He, Qiang Zhou, Jizhu Yu, Xiaotao Ding · 发表于：International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.3390/ijms251910799 · 被引用次数：15 · 研究领域：Plant Disease Management Techniques、Growth and nutrition in plants、Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies

Salt stress can adversely affect global agricultural productivity, necessitating innovative strategies to mitigate its adverse effects on plant growth and yield. This study investigated the effects of exogenous salicylic acid (SA), grafting (G), and their combined application (GSA) on various parameters in tomato plants subjected to salt stress. The analysis focused on growth characteristics, photosynthesis, osmotic stress substances, antioxidant enzyme activity, plant hormones, ion content, and transcriptome profiles. Salt stress severely inhibits the growth of tomato seedlings. However, SA, G, and GSA improved the plant height by 22.5%, 26.5%, and 40.2%; the stem diameter by 11.0%, 26.0%, and 23.7%; the shoot fresh weight by 76.3%, 113.2%, and 247.4%; the root fresh weight by 150.9%, 238.6%, and 286.0%; the shoot dry weight by 53.5%, 65.1%, and 162.8%; the root dry weight by 150.0%, 150.0%, and 166.7%, and photosynthesis by 4.0%, 16.3%, and 32.7%, with GSA presenting the most pronounced positive effect. Regarding the osmotic stress substances, the proline content increased significantly by more than 259.2% in all treatments, with the highest levels in GSA. Under salt stress, the tomato seedlings accumulated high Na+ levels; the SA, G, and GSA treatments enhanced the K+ and Ca2+ absorption while reducing the Na+ and Al3+ levels, thereby alleviating the ion toxicity. The transcriptome analysis indicated that SA, G, and GSA influenced tomato growth under salt stress by regulat...