Limits to the height growth of Caragana korshinskii resprouts
Limits to the height growth of Caragana korshinskii resprouts
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柠条新芽高度生长的限制
DOI:
10.1093/treephys/tpt006
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发表时间:
2013-03-01
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4
通讯作者:
Li, Feng-Min
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作者:
Fang, Xiang-Wen;Turner, Neil C.;Li, Feng-Min
Predawn leaf water potential (LWP), the LWP between 09:00 and 10:30 h (termed minimum LWP), stem xylem hydraulic conductivity, foliar nitrogen, leaf gas exchange and leaf traits were measured on the same days in adults and 1-year-old to 7-year-old resprouts that had regrown after removing all the aboveground shoots. Height growth and accumulation of aboveground biomass quickly decreased with resprout age and there was no difference between 7-year-old resprouts and the uncut adults. Predawn LWP showed no significant difference between resprouts and adults, but the minimum LWP decreased gradually from -2.0 MPa in 1-year-old resprouts to -3.0 MPa in 7-year-old resprouts. The decrease in minimum LWP was associated with increased hydraulic resistance, as indicated by the gradual decrease in leaf area-specific hydraulic conductivity (K-L) and sapwood area-specific hydraulic conductivity (K-S) and the associated increase in stem native percentage loss of hydraulic conductivity in older than 2-year-old resprouts. The leaf nitrogen content per unit area (N-area) also decreased steadily from 3.6 g m(-2) in 1-year-old resprouts to 1.7 g m(-2) in 7-year-old resprouts. With the decline in LWP and N-area, the rate of leaf photosynthesis per unit area (A(area)) decreased from 20 mu mol m(-2) s(-1) in 1-year-old resprouts to 11 mu mol m(-2) s(-1) in 7-year-old resprouts. In adults, although K-S decreased further compared with 7-year-old resprouts, the minimum LWP, K-L, N-area and the rate of photosynthesis increased by 0.3 MPa, 29, 34 and 23%, respectively. The results show that a progressive loss of stem hydraulic conductivity and a steady decrease in foliar nitrogen with age were associated with a decrease in the photosynthetic rate of Caragana korshinskii Kom. resprouts, possibly changing the allocation of photosynthetic assimilates and slowing resprout height growth.