Influence of P Deficiency on Major Secondary Metabolism in Flavonoids Synthesis Pathway of Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study the influence of P deficiency on secondary metabolites of flavonoid in Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat. The regression equation between flavonoid and phenolic acid content was Y = −294.46X + 150.66 (R2 = 0.9205, P < 0.01) in check and Y = 42.62X + 2.49 (R2 = 0.9564, P < 0.01) in P deficient treatment (Y, flavonoid content; X, phenolic content). There were two principal components to control the flavonoid major synthesis process, that was principal 1 [phenolic acid, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), cinnamic acid and p-coumaric acid] (88.17%) and principal 2 [4-coumarate coenzyme A ligase (4CL), Cinnamate-4-hydroxylase (C4H)] (9.64%) domination under normal growth of C. moriloium. However, under P deficiency condition, the principal components were principal 1 (phenolic acid, cinnamic acid and p-coumaric acid and C4H) (81.46%) and principal 2 (PAL) (18.53%) domination, respectively. The influence of P deficiency on flavonoid major synthesis pathway was caused by the change of PAL and C4H activities.