Effect of Drought Stress on Morphological and Physiological Characteristics of Nepeta cataria
In order to understanding the drought tolerence of Nepeta cataria, this experiment studied the drought stress, leaf water content, MDA, the transformation of proline and relative permeability of membrane of Nepeta cataria by 3-year seedlings.The experiment result showed that under drought stress time, the plant height, crown width and leaf area were all lower than the control level.With the increase of drought stress time, the contect of MDA, conductivity and proline showed a continually increasing trend.After 60d of drought, all these indicators were 35.56%(P<0.05), 98.56%(P<0.01), and 174.37%(P<0.05)higher than those of the control re-spectively.In conclusion, Nepeta cataria have strong endurance to drought stress, and it can endure more than 60 days of nature drought.
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