2.1. Plant materials and treatments
Healthy 1-year-old seedlings with similarly growth rate were used in
this research. Dendrobium nobile were cultivated with pine bark
as substrate, 20 seedlings as a pot and 75% shading. After 50 days of
planting, the plants were treated by different concentrations of zinc
solution every 7 days for 3moths (the exudate was recycled and irrigated
repeatedly until evenly mixed with the cultivated substrate). The test
was performed without adding Zn2+ as a control
group(CK), and the Zn2+ treatment groups were: T1
group (50 μmol/L), T2 group (100 μmol/L), T3 group (200 μmol/L), T4
group (400 μmol/L), T5 group (800 μmol/L), T6 group (1000 μmol/L), and
T7 group (2000 μmol/L). After the end of treatment, the leaves and stems
of the Dendrobium nobile with similar growth were selected to
test on the 7th, 14th, and 21st days. On the 21st day, the roots ofDendrobium nobile were pulled out, which were washed, then dried
in an oven for index determination. Each indicator was tested 3 times.