Low Light Intensity, Inorganic Fertilizer Application and the Leaf Life Span of Quercus acutissima and Q. serrata seedlings (Fagaceae)
Low Light Intensity, Inorganic Fertilizer Application and the Leaf Life Span of Quercus acutissima and Q. serrata seedlings (Fagaceae)
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低光强度、无机肥施用与麻栎和锯缘栎幼苗(壳斗科)叶片寿命
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1999
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A. Saito
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G. Banez;K. Gyokusen;A. Saito
Leaves of Quercus acutissima and Q. serrata seedlings were observed from the time of unfolding to leaf fall to determine the effects of low relative light intensity (RLI) and additional inorganic fertilizer application to leaf life span (LLS). Seedlings oi both species grown under low RLI (25%, 12%, 6% and 3%) retained leaves longer and the LLS increased significantly (p<0.01) as RLI decreased. Although it has been reported that leaf nitrogen content negatively correlated with LLS (Reich and Waiters, 19921, and it was predicted that the artificial addition of nitrogen would shorten LLS (Rikuzawa, 1995), additional inorganic fertilizer did not decrease the LLS of Q. acutissima and Q. serrata seedlings significantly (p<0.01). Fertilizer application promoted leaf production which led to self shading. Self shading may have reduced photosynthetic rates in shaded leaves extending the mean LLS of fertilized seedlings longer than expected. Although there may have been an increase in photosynthetic rate due to fertilizer application self shading may have offset this increase. Comparatively, Q. acutissima had a longer LLS than Q. serrata seedlings under all treatments.