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Bulletin of Botanical Research ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (1): 51-61.doi: 10.7525/j.issn.1673-5102.2024.01.008

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Phenotype and Pigment Analysis of Flower Organs of Iris lactea var. chinensis

Nan LI1,2, Xiaoxia TIAN2, Peichun MAO2, Mingli ZHENG2, LIN MENG2, Lan YUN1()   

  1. 1.College of Grassland,Resources and Environment,Inner Mongolia Agricultural University,Hohhot  010000
    2.Institute of Grassland,Flowers and Ecology,Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences,Beijing  100097
  • Received:2023-06-05 Online:2024-01-20 Published:2023-12-27
  • Contact: Lan YUN E-mail:yunlan@imau.edu.cn

Abstract:

To analyze the phenotypic traits of the floral organs of Iris lactea var. chinensis germplasm resources and to clarify the pigment composition of the petals, 22 I. lactea germplasm resources under different habitat conditions in six provinces and cities of China were used as experimental materials to systematically study the phenotypic characteristics and anthocyanin of this important ornamental part of flower organs. The phenotypic traits of the floral organs were described by RHSCC colorimetry and colorimeter colorimetry, and the mass fraction of floral pigment was determined by sodium nitrite-aluminum nitrate colorimetry and pH differential analysis, and the differences in the expression of floral pigments in different color lines were analyzed. The results showed that the flower color of 22 germplasm resources could be divided into four color families: light blue, light blue-violet, dark blue-violet and violet. The brightness(L*) of the fall and standard petals was negatively correlated with a*, positively correlated with b*, and negatively correlated with color(c*) respectively. Among the four color families, violet petals were the largest, flower branch length was the highest, and fall spot was the smallest. While light blue petals were the smallest, flower branch length was the lowest, and fall spot was the largest. It indicated that the darker the petal color, the larger the petal, and the smaller the fall spot. The mass fraction of pigment in the petals of different colors of I. lactea differed significantly. The mass fraction of carotenoid in the light blue petals was significantly higher than that in the violet color, while the mass fraction of flavonoid and anthocyanin in the violet petals were significantly higher than that in the light blue color. As the petal color deepened, the mass fraction of carotenoid decreased and the mass fraction of flavonoid and anthocyanin increased correspondingly. The correlation analysis revealed that the mass fraction of carotenoid was significantly positively correlated with fall and standard petal L*(P<0.05), and significantly negatively correlated with fall and standard petal a* and c*(P<0.05).The mass fraction of flavonoid was highly significantly negatively correlated(P<0.01) with fall and standard petal L* and b*, highly significantly positively correlated(P<0.01) with fall and standard petal a*, significantly positively correlated(P<0.05) with fall and standard petal c*. The correlation results between the mass fraction of anthocyanin and colorimetric parameters were similar to those of flavonoids, indicating that the mass fraction of flavonoids and anthocyanins played an important role in the coloration of I. lactea.

Key words: Iris lactea var. chinensis, floral organ, carotenoids, flavonoids, anthocyanins

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