Abstract

GA3 is a common plant growth regulator used in production that can accelerate plant metabolism and significantly enhance the plant growth rate. We investigated the effects of exogenous GA3 on the physiological and biochemical indexes of Aglaonema under drought treatment. The effects of exogenous GA3 on the plant height, leaf blight rate, antioxidant enzyme activity, leaf pigment, and malondialdehyde content of Aglaonema were evaluated using Aglaonema ‘Red Ruyi’ as the test material and simulating natural drought treatment in nutrient soil pots. The spraying of exogenous GA3 significantly increased superoxide dismutase and peroxidase enzyme activities, promoted the accumulation of soluble sugars, reduced the accumulation of malondialdehyde, and slowed the decline of chlorophyll and carotenoids, which had good effects such as the reduction of the leaf wilting rate and increase in the plant height as well as the maintenance of the plant shape to maintain the ornamental appearance. The growth indexes such as plant height and wilting rate were mainly influenced by the changes of the leaf pigment and physiological and biochemical indexes of malondialdehyde.

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