Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve physiological metabolism and ameliorate root damage of <i>Coleus scutellarioides</i> under cadmium stress.

Yanan HOU; Fan JIANG; Shuyang ZHOU; Dingyin CHEN; Yijie ZHU; Yining MIAO; Kai CENG; Yifang WANG; Min WU; Peng LIU

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve physiological metabolism and ameliorate root damage of Coleus scutellarioides under cadmium stress.

Author: Yanan HOU ¹ ; Fan JIANG ¹ ; Shuyang ZHOU ¹ ; Dingyin CHEN ¹ ; Yijie ZHU ¹ ; Yining MIAO ¹ ; Kai CENG ¹ ; Yifang WANG ¹ ; Min WU ¹ ; Peng LIU ¹
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1. College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, Zhejiang, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Coleus scutellarioides; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); cadmium stress; physiological metabolism; root damage
MeSH: Cadmium/toxicity*; Mycorrhizae/physiology*; Plant Roots/drug effects*; Soil Pollutants/toxicity*; Stress, Physiological; Superoxide Dismutase/metabolism*
From: Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2025;41(2):680-692
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Soil cadmium pollution can adversely affect the cultivation of the ornamental plant, Coleus scutellarioides. Upon cadmium contamination of the soil, the growth of C. scutellarioides is impeded, and it may even succumb to the toxic accumulation of cadmium. In this study, we investigated the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on the adaptation of C. scutellarioides to cadmium stress, by measuring the physiological metabolism and the degree of root damage of C. scutellarioides, with Aspergillus oryzae as the test fungi. The results indicated that cadmium stress increased the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT), and the content of malondialdehyde (MDA) and proline (Pro) within the cells of C. scutellarioides, but inhibited mycorrhizal infestation rate, root vigour and growth rate to a great degree. With the same cadmium concentration, the inoculation of AMF significantly improved the physiological indexes of C. scutellarioides. The maximum decrease of MDA content was 42.16%, and the content of secondary metabolites rosemarinic acid and anthocyanosides could be increased by up to 27.43% and 25.72%, respectively. Meanwhile, the increase of root vigour was as high as 35.35%, and the DNA damage of the root system was obviously repaired. In conclusion, the inoculation of AMF can promote the accumulation of secondary metabolites, alleviate root damage, and enhance the tolerance to cadmium stress in C. scutellarioides.