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Varietal Differences in Wet Damage of Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) Under Waterlogging Conditions Cover

Varietal Differences in Wet Damage of Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) Under Waterlogging Conditions

Journal of Horticultural Research
Volume 31 (2023): Issue 2 (December 2023)
By: Ryo Hara,  Yutaka Jitsuyama and  Takashi Suzuki  
Open Access
|Dec 2023

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Wet treatment in the pot experiment (upper, A) and in the field experiment (lower, B and C)
Wet treatment in the pot experiment (upper, A) and in the field experiment (lower, B and C)

Figure 2.

The entire site of the field experiment (A), three broccoli cultivars on the 6th day after waterlogging treatment (71–74 days after sowing) in 2021 (white and blue arrows indicate CONT and WET, respectively): ‘Shigemori’ (B), ‘Sawayutaka’ (C), and ‘First Star’ (D), head of ‘Shigemori’ in CONT at harvest stage (E), “leafy” head of ‘Shigemori’ (white arrows indicate leafy symptom) in CONT (F), flower head of ‘First Star’ in WET (G)
The entire site of the field experiment (A), three broccoli cultivars on the 6th day after waterlogging treatment (71–74 days after sowing) in 2021 (white and blue arrows indicate CONT and WET, respectively): ‘Shigemori’ (B), ‘Sawayutaka’ (C), and ‘First Star’ (D), head of ‘Shigemori’ in CONT at harvest stage (E), “leafy” head of ‘Shigemori’ (white arrows indicate leafy symptom) in CONT (F), flower head of ‘First Star’ in WET (G)

Figure 3.

Plants of three broccoli cultivars 5–6 days after waterlogging treatment (65–66 days after sowing) in the 2021 pot experiment (scale bars represent 50 cm)
Plants of three broccoli cultivars 5–6 days after waterlogging treatment (65–66 days after sowing) in the 2021 pot experiment (scale bars represent 50 cm)

Figure 4.

Shoot fresh weight of three broccoli cultivars at 79–80 days after sowing in the 2020 and 2021 pot experimentSm – ‘Shigemori’, Sy – ‘Sawayutaka’, FS – ‘First Star’; the asterisks (*, ***) within a cultivar indicate significant differences from CONT at the 5% and 0.1% level according to Dunnett's test (n = 5), ns – nonsignificant; vertical bars represent standard errors; the number above the standard error shows the percentage compared with CONT of the same cultivar in the same experimental year; treatment WET2 was not conducted in 2020
Shoot fresh weight of three broccoli cultivars at 79–80 days after sowing in the 2020 and 2021 pot experimentSm – ‘Shigemori’, Sy – ‘Sawayutaka’, FS – ‘First Star’; the asterisks (*, ***) within a cultivar indicate significant differences from CONT at the 5% and 0.1% level according to Dunnett's test (n = 5), ns – nonsignificant; vertical bars represent standard errors; the number above the standard error shows the percentage compared with CONT of the same cultivar in the same experimental year; treatment WET2 was not conducted in 2020

Figure 5.

Water content of leaf (A) and stem (B) of three broccoli cultivars at 65–66 days after sowing in the 2021pot experimentSm – ‘Shigemori’, Sy – ‘Sawayutaka’, FS – ‘First Star’; different letters within the same cultivar indicate significant differences at the 5% level according to the Tukey–Kramer test (n = 5), ns – nonsignificant; vertical bars represent standard errors
Water content of leaf (A) and stem (B) of three broccoli cultivars at 65–66 days after sowing in the 2021pot experimentSm – ‘Shigemori’, Sy – ‘Sawayutaka’, FS – ‘First Star’; different letters within the same cultivar indicate significant differences at the 5% level according to the Tukey–Kramer test (n = 5), ns – nonsignificant; vertical bars represent standard errors

Figure 6.

Mean leaf area index (A) and net assimilation rate (B) of 3 broccoli cultivars calculated from the dry weight measurements between the wet treatment period (65–66 days after sowing) and the later growth stage (79–80 days after sowing) in the 2021 pot experimentNote: see Figure 5
Mean leaf area index (A) and net assimilation rate (B) of 3 broccoli cultivars calculated from the dry weight measurements between the wet treatment period (65–66 days after sowing) and the later growth stage (79–80 days after sowing) in the 2021 pot experimentNote: see Figure 5

Figure 7.

Relationships between shoot biomass and flower head yield of broccoli at the harvest stage in the 2021 field experimentSm – ‘Shigemori’, Sy – ‘Sawayutaka’, FS – ‘First Star’; closed symbols represent the control group (CONT), opened symbols represent the wet treatment group (WET); the asterisks (***) represent significance in the regression analysis at the 0.1% level using Pearson correlation coefficient
Relationships between shoot biomass and flower head yield of broccoli at the harvest stage in the 2021 field experimentSm – ‘Shigemori’, Sy – ‘Sawayutaka’, FS – ‘First Star’; closed symbols represent the control group (CONT), opened symbols represent the wet treatment group (WET); the asterisks (***) represent significance in the regression analysis at the 0.1% level using Pearson correlation coefficient

Figure 8.

Flower head diameter (A) and head yield (B) of three broccoli cultivars at harvest in the 2021 field experimentSm – ‘Shigemori’, Sy – ‘Sawayutaka’, FS – ‘First Star’; the asterisks (**, ***) within a cultivar indicate significant differences from CONT at the 1% and 0.1% level according to Student's t-test (n = 5), ns – nonsignificant; vertical bars represent standard errors; the number above the standard error shows the percentage compared with CONT of the same cultivar
Flower head diameter (A) and head yield (B) of three broccoli cultivars at harvest in the 2021 field experimentSm – ‘Shigemori’, Sy – ‘Sawayutaka’, FS – ‘First Star’; the asterisks (**, ***) within a cultivar indicate significant differences from CONT at the 1% and 0.1% level according to Student's t-test (n = 5), ns – nonsignificant; vertical bars represent standard errors; the number above the standard error shows the percentage compared with CONT of the same cultivar

Comparison of variables between treatments and cultivars at 65–66 days after sowing (just after wet treatment) in the 2021 pot experiment

Water content (%)z
shootsleavesstems
Treatment (T)CONT88.5 ± 0.3 a88.5 ± 0.2 a88.1 ± 0.4 a
WET287.5 ± 0.1 a87.5 ± 0.1 a87.5 ± 0.3 a
WET379.4 ± 0.7 b78.9 ± 0.7 b81.4 ± 0.7 b
Cultivar (C)Sm85.5 ± 0.9 a85.4 ± 1.1 a85.5 ± 0.6 a
Sy85.2 ± 1.5 a85.0 ± 1.5 a85.9 ± 1.2 a
FS84.8 ± 1.5 a84.6 ± 1.5 a85.6 ± 1.2 a
ANOVAydfMSSig.MSSig.MSSig.
T2371.1***418.3***201.0***
C21.9ns2.5ns0.9ns
T × C410.6*9.6*20.3*

Comparison of variables between treatments and cultivars between 65–66 days after sowing (just after wet treatment) and 79–80 days after sowing (later growth stage) in the 2021 pot experiment

CGR (g DW·m−2·d−1)Mean LAI (m2·m−2)NAR (g DW·m−2·d−1)
Treatment (T)CONT98.5 ± 2.8 a5.6 ± 0.2 a17.5 ± 0.6 a
WET276.1 ± 5.8 b5.0 ± 0.3 a15.5 ± 1.4 a
WET37.1 ± 6.4 c3.1 ± 0.3 b0.6 ± 3.0 b
Cultivar (C)Sm70.9 ± 12.1 a5.3 ± 0.4 a12.2 ± 1.7 a
Sy51.0 ± 12.1 b4.3 ± 0.3 ab11.5 ± 2.2 a
FS59.9 ± 14.1 b4.1 ± 0.5 b9.8 ± 4.6 a
ANOVAydfMSSig.MSSig.MSSig.
T234010.8***26.4***1268.8***
C21489.2*6.6***22.4ns
T × C4349.4ns1.7*165.9*

Comparison of variables over years of experiment, treatments, and cultivars at 82–83 days after sowing (later growth stage) in the pot experiment

Fresh weight (g FW)z
shootsleavesstems
Year (Y)2020445.9 ± 57.1 a291.2 ± 38.6 a154.7 ± 24.1 a
2021409.4 ± 39.0 a293.5 ± 28.0 a115.9 ± 14.6 b
Treatment (T)CONT668.2 ± 16.9 a452.1 ± 13.6 a216.1 ± 18.0 a
WET3187.1 ± 23.0 b132.6 ± 18.1 b54.5 ± 6.9 b
Cultivar (C)Sm423.6 ± 45.2 a330.0 ± 35.2 a93.6 ± 10.9 b
Sy412.5 ± 63.9 a226.1 ± 32.0 b186.4 ± 33.4 a
FS385.7 ± 69.5 a279.2 ± 51.3 ab106.5 ± 19.0 b
ANOVAydfMSSig.MSSig.MSSig.
Y120018†79ns22613***
T13471190***1530891***391652***
C28368ns59574***55733***
Y × T1138018**45899**24733**
Y × C24530ns4079ns3374ns
T × C282750***47534***42691***
Y × T × C25460ns410ns4386†
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2023-0026 | Journal eISSN: 2353-3978 | Journal ISSN: 2300-5009
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Language: English
Page range: 115 - 128
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2023
Accepted on: Sep 1, 2023
Published on: Dec 11, 2023
Published by: National Institute of Horticultural Research
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
broccoli yield,
net assimilation rate,
shoot biomass,
water content,
waterlogging,
wet injury
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Biotechnology,
Plant science,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other

© 2023 Ryo Hara, Yutaka Jitsuyama, Takashi Suzuki, published by National Institute of Horticultural Research
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