Abstract:The experiment was carried out by sweet pepper cultivar ‘P13201’ in light growth incubator and nutrient solution to investigate the effects of pre-spraying different concentrations of 6-BA(5,10,20,50 μmol/L) on the growth and physiological and biochemical indexes of the sweet pepper seedlings under high temperature stress(40 ℃/30 ℃ day/night).The results showed that:(1)Growth index and chlorophyll content were significantly descended under high temperature stress,while plant height,stem diameter,shoot and root dry matter weight of sweet pepper treated with 10 μmol/L 6-BA concentration had no significant difference compared with the control check(CK),reduction of shoot and root fresh matter weight,contents of chlorophyll a,chlorophyll b and total chlorophyll of sweet pepper with this concentration were the smallest as well,among all the treatments.(2)Actual photochemical yield of PSⅡ(Yield),actual photochemical efficiency of PSⅡ(ФPSⅡ),optimal photochemical efficiency of PSⅡ in the dark(Fv/Fm) were significantly decreased under heat stress,while the non-photochemical fluorescence quenching(NPQ) showed a reverse trend.The extent of variation of four fluorescence parameters mentioned above in leaves of sweet pepper treated with 10 μmol/L 6-BA were the lowest among the all treatment groups,especially NPQ,displaying no significance with CK.(3)Affected by high temperature stress,the productivity of O-·2,activities of superoxide dismutase(SOD),ascorbic acid peroxidase(APX),peroxidase(POD) and malondialdehyde(MDA) content,relatively conductivity rate increased significantly.However,the productivity of O-·2.MDA content and relatively conductivity rate in leaves of sweet pepper treated with 10 μmol/L 6-BA were significantly smaller than those of T0 treatment group(distilled water+high temperature).The activities of SOD,APX and POD revealed a remarkably increased tendency,namely,to rise by 50.5%,79.4% and 50.3% respectively.The study indicated that high temperature inhibited the growth of sweet pepper seedlings and made the above indexes in leaves changed a lot.There were dosage effect of 6-BA on the alleviation of high temperature in sweet pepper seedlings,10 μmol/L 6-BA,by means of enhancing activities of antioxidant enzymes,capturing and converting the light energy greatly,to maintain a normal growth,was the best relieving concentration to sweet pepper under heat stress.