The improvement of grain quality in aromatic rice is very important for farmer to increase their income. Present study was conducted with a two-year field experiment and three aromatic rice cultivars in order to study the effects of exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid on yield formation, grain quality characters and the biosynthesis of 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2-AP, key component of aromatic rice’s fragrance) in aromatic rice. At heading stage, 0.50 mmol L–1 (T1) and 1.00 mmol L–1 (T2) α-ketoglutaric acid solutions were overhead sprinkle to aromatic rice plants, respectively while the treatment which was overhead sprinkled with distilled water was set as control (CK). The results showed that 17.34%–33.04% and 21.39%–34.74% higher grain 2-AP contents were recorded in T1 and T2 treatments, respectively. Compared with CK, T1 and T2 treatments significantly reduced the transcript level of gene BADH2 which is related to the 2-AP biosynthesis in aromatic rice. 3.86%–7.51% higher grain protein contents and 1.15%–3.37% higher head rice rates were also recorded in α-ketoglutaric acid treatments than CK. Moreover, T1 and T2 treatments remarkably decreased the chalky rice rate, chalkiness and grain amylose content. However, there was no remarkable difference in grain yield and related trails (effective panicle number, grain number per panicle, seed-setting rate and 1000-grain weight) among CK, T1 and T2 treatments. In conclusion, application of exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid enhanced 2-AP biosynthesis and improved grain quality of aromatic rice.
As a special type of rice for special aroma and great quality, aromatic rice is popular by people around the world. The compounds of the aroma in aromatic rice are very complicated and many studies have been conducted to identify them in the past. For example, Maraval et al. [1] determinated more than 100 volatile compounds in the aroma of aromatic rice. The research of Yang et al. [2] indicated that there might be 13 volatile compounds which contribute to the differences in aromatic rice aroma. In recent years, it has been established that 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (2-AP) is the main flavour compound in aromatic rice cultivars which endows the characteristic roasted popcorn-like flavour [3].
The grain quality characters including milling, appearance, nutrient, smell and taste are the points get attention in aromatic rice production because they directly influence the price, popularity and economy. Therefore, Numerous studies were conducted to explore how to improve the grain quality of aromatic rice. Recently, Luo et al. [4] showed that the foliar application of selenite in aromatic rice production was able to increase the grain protein content and decreased both chalky rice rate and chalkiness of aromatic rice. The study of Mo et al. [5] revealed that interaction between water management and nitrogen application would induce the regulation in both yield formation and grain 2-AP biosynthesis in aromatic rice. The research of Li et al. [6] also showed that exogenous manganese significantly affected the yield formation, grain quality characters and rice aroma of aromatic rice.
α-ketoglutaric acid is one of two keto derivatives of glutaric acid while it is also an important intermediate product in plant tricarboxylic acid cycle and a key node connecting carbon and nitrogen metabolism in cells, and the position of α-ketoglutaric acid in the tricarboxylic acid cycle is after isocitrate and before succinyl coenzyme A [7]. Although α-ketoglutaric acid has potential to be a plant regulator in rice production, there was no more study about the effect of exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid on the growth and development of rice especially aromatic rice.
Hence, present study was conducted with a two-year field experiment in order to investigate the effects of exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid on 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, yield formation and grain quality characters of aromatic rice cultivars.
Materials and MethodsExperiment Details
Field experiment was conducted at Experimental Research Farm, Feng village, Zengcheng (23°13′N, 113°81′E, altitude 11 m), China between July and November in 2018 and repeated in 2019. The experimental site enjoys a subtropical-monsoon climate. Three aromatic rice cultivars, “Guangliangxiangyou-66” (GLXY-66), “Exiang-1” (EX-1) and “Wangeng-505” (WG-505), were used in present study. At heading stage of each aromatic rice cultivar, 0.50 mmol L–1 and 1.00 mmol L–1α-ketoglutaric acid solution were overhead sprinkled respectively and those treatments were named as T1 and T2. Another treatment which was overhead sprinkled with distilled water was set as control (CK). The treatments were arranged in randomized complete block design (RCBD) in triplicate in each year with net plot size of 20 m2. At grain filling stage (ten days of receiving α-ketoglutaric acid treatment), fresh leaves from each treatment were separated from the main plant and stored at −80°C till physio-biochemical analysis. At maturity, fresh grains from each treatment were collected and stored at −80°C till physio-biochemical analysis.
Estimation of Yield and Related Attributes
At the maturity stage, the rice grains were harvested from six-unit sampling area (1 m2) in each plot and threshed by machine. Then after sun drying, the grain yield was determined on basis of the dry weight. Average effective panicle number per area (1 m2) was calculated form six-unit sampling area (1 m2) in each plot. Then six representative hills of rice plants from each plot were taken to determine the other yield- related traits including seed-setting rate, 1000-grain weight and grain number per panicle.
Estimation of Grain 2-AP Content
The determination of 2AP content in grains was determinated based on the method of synchronization distillation and extraction method (SDE) combined with GCMS-QP 2010 Plus (Shimadzu Corporation) [8].
Estimation of Grain Quality
The dried grains of each aromatic rice cultivar from each treatment was taken from storage and then brown rice rate was estimated using a rice huller (Jiangsu, China) while milled rice and head rice recovery rates were calculated by using a Jingmi testing rice grader (Zhejiang, China). Grains with chalkiness and chalkiness degree were estimated by using an SDE-A light box (Guangzhou, China) while an Infratec-1241 grain analyzer (FOSS-TECATOR) was used to determine the grain amylose and protein contents.
Estimation of Malondiadehyde (MDA) Content and Antioxidant Enzymes Activities
The content of MDA and activities of antioxidant enzymes including superoxide (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1), peroxidase (POD EC 1.11.1.7) and catalase (CAT, EC 1.11.1.6) were determinated according to the methods described by Kong et al. [9]. After reacting with thiobarbituric acid, the absorbance was read at the 532, 600 and 450 nm while the MDA content was expressed as μmol g–1 FW. POD (EC 1.11.1.7) activity was estimated after the reaction in the solution including enzyme extract, H2O2, guaiacol and sodium phosphate buffer (SPB, pH 7.0). One POD unit of enzyme activity was expressed as the absorbance increase by 0.01 (U g–1 FW) due to guaiacol oxidation. SOD (EC 1.15.1.1) activity was measured by using nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT). In brief, 0.05 ml of an enzyme extract was added into the reaction mixture which contained SPB (pH 7.8), methionine buffer, NBT buffer, ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA)-2Na buffer and lactoflavin. After the reaction, the absorbance was recorded at 560 nm. One unit of SOD activity was equal to the volume of the extract needed to cause 50% inhibition of the color reaction. CAT (EC 1.11.1.6) activity was estimated by adding an aliquot of enzyme extract to the reaction solution containing 0.3% H2O2 and SPB and then the absorbance was read at 240 nm. One CAT unit of enzyme activity was defined as the absorbance decrease by 0.01 (U g–1 FW).
Statistical Analysis
The experiment data was analyzed using the statistical software ‘Statistix 8.1’ (Analytical Software, Tallahassee, FL, USA) and differences among means were separated by using the least significant difference (LSD) test at the 5% probability level. Graphical representation was performed via Sigma Plot 14.0 (Systat Software Inc., California, USA).
ResultGrain 2-AP Content
As shown in Fig. 1, exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid treatments (T1 and T2) significantly increased the grain 2-AP content compared with CK. There was no significant difference between two applied concentrations of α-ketoglutaric acid. For GLXY-66, compared with CK, α-ketoglutaric acid treatments significantly increased grain 2-AP content by 23.14%–32.22% in 2018 and by 34.74%–26.58% in 2019; For EX-1, T1 and T2 treatments significantly increased 2-AP content by 33.04%, 28.38% in 2018 and 29.12%, 23.60% in 2019 compared with CK respectively; For WG-505, compared with CK, T1 and T2 treatments significantly increased 2-AP content by 18.01%, 21.39% in 2018 and 17.34%, 24.49% in 2019, respectively.
Effects of exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid on grain 2-AP content of aromatic rice. Capped bars represent S.E. of three replicates. Means sharing a common letter do not differ significantly at (P ≤ 0.05) according to least significant difference (LSD) test for both the years. The same as below
Transcript Level of Gene BADH2
As shown in Fig. 2, lower transcript levels of gene BADH2 were recorded in T1 and T2 treatments than CK. For GLXY-66, compared with CK, T1 and T2 treatments reduced the transcript level of BADH2 by 17.82%, 24.05% in 2018 and 23.07%, 31.90% in 2019, respectively; For EX-1, compared with CK, T1 and T2 treatments decreased the transcript level of BADH2 by 42.13%, 33.58% in 2018 and 24.08%, 22.31% in 2019, respectively; For WG-505, compared with CK, T1 and T2 treatments reduced the transcript level of BADH2 by 19.29%, 22.08% in 2018 and 29.61%, 31.26% in 2019, respectively. Further, we observed that there was a significant and positive correlation between grain 2-AP content and transcript level of gene BADH2 (Fig. 3).
Effects of exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid on transcript level of gene BADH2 in aromatic rice
Correlation analyses between grain 2-AP content and transcript level of gene BADH2. Significant correlations at *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01
Grain Protein and Amylose Contents
As shown in Fig. 4, exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid significantly increased the grain protein content and decreased grain amylose content of aromatic rice cultivars. In 2018, compared with CK, 1.17%–4.22% lower grain amylose contents and 4.27%–7.44% higher grain protein contents were recorded in α-ketoglutaric acid treatments; In 2019, 1.94%–5.25% lower grain amylose contents and 3.86%–7.51% higher grain protein contents were recorded in α-ketoglutaric acid treatments than CK.
Effects of exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid on grain protein and amylose content of aromatic rice
Grain Milling and Appearance Quality
Exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid treatments significantly influenced the grain milling and appearance quality characters of aromatic rice (Tab. 1). Compared with CK, both T1 and T2 treatments significantly increased the head rice rate for GLYX-66, EX-1, WG-505 in both years but there was no significant difference among CK, T1 and T2 treatments in brown rice rate and milled rice rate for three aromatic rice cultivars. On the other hand, lower chalk rice rates and chalkiness were both recorded in T1 and T2 than CK for all aromatic rice cultivars in 2018 while the similar trends were also observed in 2019.
Effects of exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid on grain milling and appearance quality of aromatic rice
Year
Cultivar
Treatment
Brown rice rate (%)
Milled rice rate (%)
Head rice rate (%)
Chalk rice rate (%)
Chalkiness
2018
GLYX-66
CK
80.56a
73.83a
65.33b
20.47a
3.39a
T1
80.71a
74.69a
66.68a
16.33b
2.70b
T2
79.97a
74.68a
66.89a
16.49b
2.17b
EX-1
CK
80.58a
70.91a
57.50b
5.53a
1.06a
T1
80.04a
70.67a
59.40a
4.56b
0.69b
T2
80.53a
70.79a
59.40a
4.39b
0.69b
WG-505
CK
83.51a
76.67a
71.71b
27.13a
1.65a
T1
83.23a
75.90a
74.13a
24.19b
1.30b
T2
83.17a
76.06a
73.80a
24.01b
1.20b
2019
GLYX-66
CK
80.97a
74.36a
65.99b
19.97a
3.64a
T1
80.83a
74.16a
66.94a
15.75b
2.66b
T2
80.58a
73.94a
66.76a
15.61b
2.52b
EX-1
CK
79.76a
71.36a
57.62b
6.08a
1.32a
T1
80.39a
71.20a
59.24a
4.54b
0.81b
T2
80.66a
70.72a
58.37a
4.28b
0.79b
WG-505
CK
83.60a
76.19a
72.22b
27.02a
1.74a
T1
83.25a
75.98a
74.00a
23.25b
1.24b
T2
83.09a
76.01a
73.91a
24.52b
1.28b
Values sharing a common letter within a column do not differ significantly at (P ≤ 0.05) according to least significant difference (LSD) test for both the years. The same as below.
MDA Contents and Antioxidant Responses
Exogenousα-ketoglutaric acid regulated the antioxidative enzymatic activities in terms of SOD, POD and CAT and lowered lipid peroxidation (MDA production) as shown in Fig. 5. Compared with CK, T1 and T2 treatments significantly enhanced the POD activities for all aromatic rice cultivars in both years. Higher SOD and CAT activities were also recorded in T1 and T2 treatments than CK. There was no remarkable difference between T1 and T2 in POD, SOD and CAT activities. Meanwhile, MDA contents significantly decreased under T1 and T2 treatments compared with CK.
Effects of exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid on MDA content and activities of antioxidant enzymes including SOD, POD and CAT
Yield and Related Attributes
As shown in Tab. 2, exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid did not have significant effects on yield and related attributes of aromatic rice cultivars. There was no remarkable difference among CK, T1 and T2 treatments in grain yield for three aromatic rice cultivars in both 2018 and 2019. Similar trends were also observed in effective panicle number, grain number per panicle and seed-setting rate as well as 1000-grain weight.
Effects of exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid on yield and related attributes
Year
Cultivar
Treatment
Effective panicle number per m2
Grain number per panicle
Seed-setting rate (%)
1000-grain weight (g)
Grain yield (t ha–1)
2018
GLYX-66
CK
229.50a
181.27a
79.09a
29.93a
8.88a
T1
231.50a
183.03a
78.97a
30.05a
9.00a
T2
239.00a
179.12a
78.67a
30.14a
8.91a
EX-1
CK
327.66a
111.88a
66.18a
27.87a
6.62a
T1
326.00a
112.75a
65.78a
27.84a
6.56a
T2
325.33a
117.79a
65.81a
28.21a
6.68a
WG-505
CK
385.33a
79.62a
85.77a
25.40a
6.40a
T1
392.16a
80.15a
85.66a
25.51a
6.65a
T2
390.83a
79.32a
85.99a
25.33a
6.23a
2019
GLYX-66
CK
230.16a
182.11a
79.12a
30.02a
8.83a
T1
232.83a
182.96a
78.62a
30.07a
9.07a
T2
238.16a
178.43a
78.46a
30.24a
8.86a
EX-1
CK
329.16a
112.87a
66.20a
27.82a
6.52a
T1
325.66a
113.35a
65.68a
27.73a
6.51a
T2
325.33a
117.17a
66.24a
28.08a
6.67a
WG-505
CK
385.00a
77.68a
85.90a
25.30a
6.23a
T1
392.83a
79.96a
85.44a
25.47a
6.55a
T2
391.50a
79.42a
86.33a
25.36a
6.17a
Discussion
Present study revealed that the effects of exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid on yield formation, grain quality and grain 2-AP content of three aromatic rice cultivars. According to the results, the application of α-ketoglutaric acid improved the appearance, nutrient, taste quality as well as aroma although didn’t have significant influences on the grain yield of aromatic rice. As far as the aroma of aromatic rice was concerned, 2-AP is the key compound and the level of 2-AP represents the intensity of the aroma which would significant affected the price of aromatic rice in international market [10]. In our study, grain 2-AP contents of three aromatic rice cultivars all increased under exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid treatments. The biosynthesis of 2-AP in aromatic rice is a very complicated phenomenon which involves many enzymes and substances whilst in recent years, it has been identified that the 2-AP production in aromatic rice is mainly controlled by the expression of gene BADH2 for encoding the betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase to inhibit the 2-AP biosynthesis [11]. The results showed that application of α-ketoglutaric acid at heading stage substantially reduced the transcript level of BADH2 while the grain 2-AP concentration was significantly increased. Our results agreed with the study of Bao et al. [11] which showed that lower expression of BADH2 led to the higher content of 2-AP in aromatic rice.
Rice is an important protein source for human. Normally, most farmers would choose to apply more nitrogen fertilizer to increase grain protein content of rice [12,13], however, the use of large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer not only increased greenhouse gas emissions, but also caused surface water eutrophication and soil acidification [14]. The results of present study showed that the foliar application of α-ketoglutaric acid in rice production was able to achieve the goal to increase grain protein content. Meanwhile, because α-ketoglutaric acid is an organic matter and the lower dosage applied, less environment pollution would be caused during the application process. On the other hand, present study showed that exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid significantly decreased the grain amylose content which affects the texture of cooked rice, increases hardness and reduces stickiness of rice [15–17]. Lower content of amylose in grain means better texture with less harness and stickiness. Therefore, the application of α-ketoglutaric acid would improve the nutrient and texture of aromatic rice.
In addition, we observed that exogenous α-ketoglutaric acid improved the appearance of aromatic rice for significantly decreasing both chalk rice rate and chalkiness. Chalkiness refers to the white opaque part of rice endosperm formed by the loose tissue. As one of the important characters to measure rice quality, Chalkiness directly affects the appearance quality, commodity circulation and processing quality of rice [18]. The chalky area of rice grain is caused by the accumulation of starch and protein grains in endosperm and easy to be broken during processing [19]. The main reason of the decreased chalkiness might relate to the antioxidative system of aromatic rice during the grain-filling stage. The study of Kong et al. [19] revealed that the conditions of antioxidant system and lipid peroxidation significantly affected the appearance quality of aromatic rice. Normally, because the paddy environment is very complicated, the rice plant would face many and different degrees stress such as unsuitable air or soil temperature, strong wind, pest bite, large temperature difference, unsuitable soil pH and so on during the growth and development while the MDA content is an important indicator of oxidative stress [20–22]. In our study, lower MDA contents was observed in α-ketoglutaric acid treatments than CK. Less MDA means less lipid peroxidation and this might be attributed to the enhanced activities SOD, POD and CAT. Previous studies has revealed that SOD, POD and CAT are the antioxidant enzymes in rice and play significant roles in maintaining cellular structures and functions and protect the rice plant from abiotic stresses [23]. For example, SOD dismutases superoxide radical whereas POD and CAT involved in scavenging H2O2. The higher antioxidative enzymatic activities under α-ketoglutaric acid treatments would be beneficial for the grain-filling process and it also could be the reason for the higher head rice rate in present study.
Moreover, there was no remarkable difference between two applied concentrations of α-ketoglutaric acid on aromatic rice performances. Considered the cost, the optimum applied concentration of α-ketoglutaric acid in aromatic rice production might be 0.50 mmol L–1 and more studies should be done in the physiological and molecular level to reveal the metabolism of how α-ketoglutaric acid affecting the 2-AP concentration of aromatic rice in the future.
Conclusion
Foliar applications of α-ketoglutaric acid not only significantly improved the head rice rate, protein content and 2-AP content, but also significantly decreased the amylose content, chalk rice rate and chalkiness of aromatic rice. But α-ketoglutaric acid applications had no significant influence on grain yield and related attributes of aromatic rice.
Funding Statement: This work is supported by Hubei special fund for agricultural science and technology innovation (2018skjcx01) and the Engineering Research Center of Ecology and Agricultural Use of Wetland, Ministry of Education (KFT201904).
Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to report regarding the present study.
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