Hort. Sci. (Prague), 2018, 45(3):131-138 | DOI: 10.17221/7/2017-HORTSCI

The effect of endogenous hormones on plant morphology and fruit quality of tomato under difference between day and night temperatureOriginal Paper

Xiao Kang Yuan*,1,2, Zai Qiang Yang1
1 College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China
2 Hunan Institute of Meteorological Sciences, Changsha, China

The difference between day and night temperature (DIF) was reported to influence plant morphology and fruit quality, but the mechanism was poorly known. Therefore, controlled-environment experiments were carried out to investigate the mechanism of DIF influenced plant morphology and fruit quality attributes of tomato during fruit stage. Five day/night temperature regimes 16/34, 19/31, 25/25, 31/19 and 34/16°C with respective DIFs of -18, -12, 0, +12 and +18 at a common 25°C mean daily temperature were used. The results showed that gibberellin 3, indoleacetic acid and zeatin content of stem tip were enhanced significantly by positive DIF and inhibited by negative DIF, while abscisic acid was not significantly influenced by DIF. Plant height, stem diameter, fruit diameter and leaf area were enhanced significantly by positive DIF regimes and inhibited by negative DIF regimes. The soluble sugars, vitamin C and soluble protein content increased under positive DIF while decreased under negative DIF. Both plant morphology and fruit quality of tomato were significantly related to endogenous hormones.

Keywords: growth hormone; plant height; leaf area; solubel sugar; vitamin C

Published: September 30, 2018  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago Chicago Notes IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Yuan XK, Yang ZQ. The effect of endogenous hormones on plant morphology and fruit quality of tomato under difference between day and night temperature. Hort. Sci. (Prague). 2018;45(3):131-138. doi: 10.17221/7/2017-HORTSCI.
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. Archbold D.D. (1988): Abscisic acid facilitates sucrose import by strawberry fruit explants and cortex disks in vitro. Hortscience, 23: 880-881. Go to original source...
    2. Berghage R.D. (1998): Controlling height with temperature. HortTechnology, 8: 535-539. Go to original source...
    3. Berghage R.D., Flore J.A., Heins R.D., Erwin J.E. (1990): The relationship between day and night temperature influences photosynthesis but not light compensation point or flower longevity of easter lily, Lilium longiflorum Thunb. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 272: 91-95. Go to original source...
    4. Booth A., Lovell P.H. (1972): The effect of pretreatment with GA on the distribution of photosynthate in intact and disbudded plants of potato. New Phytologist, 71: 795-804. Go to original source...
    5. Bradford Marion M. (1976): A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding. Analytical Biochemistry, 72: 248-254. Go to original source...
    6. Brenner M.L. (1989): Hormonal control of assimilate partitioning: regulation in the sink. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 239: 141-146. Go to original source...
    7. Brenner M.L., Cheikh N. (1995): The role of hormones in photosynthate partitioning and seed filling. In: Davies P.J. (ed.): Plant Hormones: Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht: 649-670. Go to original source...
    8. Bunce J.A. (1985): Effects of day and night temperature and temperature variation on photosynthetic characteristics. Photosynthesis Research, 6: 175-181. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    9. Davies L.J., Brooking I.R., Catley J.L., Halligan E.R. (2002): Effect of day/night temperature differential and irradiance on the flower stem quality of Sandersonia aurantiaca. Scientia Horticulturae, 95: 85-98. Go to original source...
    10. Erwin J.E., Heins R.D., Karlsson M.G (1989): Thermomorphogenesis in Lilium longiforum Thunb. American Journal of Botany, 76: 47-52. Go to original source...
    11. Fales F.W. (1951): The assimilation and degradation of carbohydrates by yeast cells. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 193: 113-24. Go to original source...
    12. Fujioka S., Yamane H., Spray C.R. (1988): Qualitative and quantitative analyses of gibberellins in vegetative shoots of normal, dwarf-1, dwarf-2, dwarf-3 and dwarf-5 seedlings of Zea mays L. Plant Physiology, 88: 1367-1372. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    13. Ghasemnezhad M., Sherafati M., Payvast G.A. (2011): Variation in phenolic compounds, ascorbic acid and antioxidant activity of five coloured bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) fruits at two different harvest times. Journal of Functional Foods, 3: 44-49. Go to original source...
    14. Grimstad S.O., Frimanslund E. (1993): Effect of different day and night temperature regimes on greenhouse cucumber young plant production, flower bud formation and early yield. Scientia Horticulturae, 53: 191-204. Go to original source...
    15. Ihlebekk H., Eilertsen S., Junttila O. (1995): Control of plant height in Campanula isophylla by temperature alternations: Involvement of GAs. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), 394: 347-352. Go to original source...
    16. Jacobs M., Ray P. (1976): Rapid auxin-induced decrease in free space pH and its relationship to auxin-induced growth in maize and pea. Plant Physiology, 58: 203-209. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    17. Jiang Xianming (1996): Vegetable Cultivation Physiology. Beijing, Agriculture Press: 42-54 (in Chinese).
    18. Lepage I., Dejong J., Smeets L.(1984): Effect of day and night temperatures during short periods on growth and flowering chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat. Scientia Horticulturae, 22: 373-381. Go to original source...
    19. Li C.J., Guevara E., Herrera J., Bangerth F. (1995): Effect of apex excision and replacement by 1-naphthylacetic acid on cytokinin concentration and apical dominance in pea plants. Physiologia Plantarum, 94: 465-469. Go to original source...
    20. Li L.L., Shao T.Y., Yang H., Chen M.X, Gao X.M., Long X.H., Shao H.B., Liu Z.P. et al. (2016): The endogenous plant hormones and ratios regulate sugar and dry matter accumulation in Jerusalem artichoke in salt-soil. Science of the Total Environment, 578: 40-46. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    21. Mao L.P., Li Y.L., Zhao J.L., Zhang J.G., Wu D.T. (2012): Effects of difference between day and night temperature on photosynthesis mechanism of tomato seedlings. Acta Agriculturae Boreali Sinica, 27: 128-133 (in Chinese).
    22. Miao M., Zhang Z., Xu X., Wang K., Cheng H., Cao B. (2009): Different mechanisms to obtain higher fruit growth rate in two cold-tolerant cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) lines under low night temperature. Scientia Horticulturae, 119: 357-361. Go to original source...
    23. Miller W.B. Hammer P.A., Kirk T.I. (1993): Reversed greenhouse temperatures alter carbohydrate status in Lilium longiflorum Thumb 'Nellie White'. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 18: 736-740. Go to original source...
    24. Moe R. (1990). Effect of day and night temperature alternations and of plant growth regulators on stem elongation and flowering of the long-day plant Campanula isophylla Moretti. Scientia Horticulturae, 43: 291-305. Go to original source...
    25. Slack G., Hand D.W. (1983): The effect of day and night temperatures on the growth, development and yield of glasshouse cucumbers. Journal of Horticultural Science, 58: 567-573. Go to original source...
    26. Stavang J.A., Pettersen R.I., Wendel M., Solhaug K.A., Junttila O., Moe R., Olsen J.E. (2010). Thermoperiodic growth control by gibberellin does not involve changes in photosynthetic or respiratory capacities in pea. Journal of Experimental Botany, 61: 1015-1029. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    27. Sun Y., Holm P.E., Liu F. (2014): Alternate partial root-zone drying irrigation improves fruit quality in tomatoes. Horticultural Science (Prague), 41: 85-191. Go to original source...
    28. Swarup R., Parry G., Graham N., Allen T., Bennett M. (2002): Auxin cross-talk: integration of signalling pathways to control plant development. Plant Molecular Biology, 49: 411-426. Go to original source...
    29. Thingnaes E., Torre S., Ernstsen A. (2003): Day and night temperature responses in Arabidopsis: Effects on Gibberellin and Auxin content, cell size, morphology and flowering time. Annals of Botany, 92: 601-612. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    30. Wu C. T., Zhou B.L, Zhang T.Z. (2009): Isolation and characterization of a sterile-dwarf mutant in Asian cotton (Gossypium arboreum L.). Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 36: 343-353. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    31. Xie Z.J., Jiang D., Cao W.X.et al. (2003): Relationships of endogenous plant hormones to accumulation of grain protein and starch in winter wheat under different post-anthesis soil water statuses. Plant Growth Regulation, 41: 117-127. Go to original source...
    32. Xu Z., Wang Q.M., Guo Y.P. et al. (2008): Stem-swelling and photosynthate partitioning in stem mustard are regulated by photoperiod and plant hormones. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 62: 160-167. Go to original source...
    33. Yang R.C., Yang T., Zhang H.J., Qi Y., Xing Y.X., Zhang N., Li R., Weeda S. et al. (2014): Hormone profiling and transcription analysis reveal a major role of ABA in tomato salt tolerance. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 77: 23-34. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY NC 4.0), which permits non-comercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.


    Return to the content