Feature of the photosynthetic pigment fund in seedlings of different varieties of spring barley when affected by the fungus Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoem

Abstract

The objects of research were the first leaves of green seedlings of spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) of the varieties of Belarusian breeding − filmy (Magutny, Raider) and naked (Adamant). Seedlings of different age (3, 5, and 10 days old) were infected with spores of the fungus Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoem. − a causative agent of helminthosporiasis, and were analyzed 2 days after infection. Varietal and ontogenetic differences between barley cultivars in morphological parameters of the first leaves, the content of photosynthetic pigments (chlorophylls (Chl) and carotenoids), and the ratio of spectral forms of Chl at the seedling stage were found. Different amplitudes of changes in the photosynthetic pigment content between the barley varieties with helminthosporiasis at different stages of development of the first leaf were established.