%0 Journal Article %A Zhi-Meng ZHANG %A Liang-Xiang DAI %A Chang-Hao HU %A Shu-Ting DONG %A Kong-Jun WANG %A Tang-Yuan NING %T EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT WATER TREATMENTS ON STARCH ACCUMULATION AND RELATED ENZYME ACTIVITY IN GRAIN OF MAIZE DURING GRAIN-FILLING PERIOD %D 2005 %R 10.17521/cjpe.2005.0085 %J Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology %P 636-643 %V 29 %N 4 %X

Starch, one of the main products metabolized in the grain of maize, directly affects the yield and quality of maize. The synthesis of starch in maize grain is affected by the activities of several enzymes. We studied the effects of different water treatments on the grain starch content and components and related enzyme activity during the grain-filling period of two cultivars—the common corn, Yedan22, and the high oil corn, Gaoyou115. Three water treatments were chosen: W0 (no water irrigation after anthesis), W1 (irrigation one time after anthesis), W2 (irrigation two times after anthesis). The results showed that the patterns of starch accumulation and related enzyme activity were the same in the two cultivars, but their response to water treatments were different. Water duress significantly increased starch and amylopectin content and decreased amylose content in Yedan22, but increased the starch, amylopectin and amylose content in Gaoyou115. When sufficient levels of water were supplied, starch yield and its components significantly increased, as did the SS and SPS activities in ear leaves and ADPG-PPase, UDPG-PPase, SSS and GBSS activities in the grain, especially 10 to 30 days after anthesis. Increased enzyme activity in grain increased the amylopectin and amylose content in Gaoyou115. The activities of these enzymes in grain under water duress decreased early and quickly, and the activities of SPS, ADPG-PPase, and SSS were more sensitive to water duress than other enzymes.

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