Quantitative analysis of root morphology and phosphorus absorption in wheat and faba bean intercropping system
Quantitative analysis of root morphology and phosphorus absorption in wheat and faba bean intercropping system
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10.13287/j.1001-9332.202104.027
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2021-04-15
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Xiao Jing-xiu
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Bai Wen-lian;Zhang Meng-yao;Xiao Jing-xiu
The intercropping of legume and cereal crops could affect crop roots growth. The relation. ship among intercropping, root morphology and phosphorus (P) acquisition under different P levels is still unclear. With field experiments and a rhizo-box experiment, we examined the changes of yield, biomass, P acquisition and root morphology of wheat and faba bean under different planting patterns (monocropped wheat, MW; monocropped faba bean, MF; and wheat and faba bean inter. cropping, W//F) and different P levels. In the rhizo-box experiment, both root weight and root. shoot ratio were increased by 21.2% and 61.5%, respectively, but shoot weight was decreased by 14.6% when wheat intercropped with faba bean. Root P content and P uptake of intercropping wheat (IW) increased by 23.8% and 12.1% when compared to MW. Both shoot and root weight, root. shoot ratio, total root length, and root volume of intercropping faba bean (IF) increased by 16.5%, 47.3%, 24.0%, 3.5%, and 8.4% as compared to MF, respectively, which resulted in higher shoot and root P content and P acquisition of IF. In the field experiment, P uptake by IW decreased by 8.7% at tillering stage, but P acquisition increased by 40.6%, 19.7%, 7.8% and 12.4% at jointing, heading, filling, and maturity stages as compared to MW. By contrast, P acquisition of IF de. creased by 9.8%, 9.0% and 5.2% at flowering, podding, and maturity stages as compared to MF- Partial least squares (PLS) regression analysis showed that root surface area and total volume of wheat and root surface area of faba bean had the greatest contribution to crop P acquisition. Inter. cropping induced higher root volume and root surface area which resulted in higher P acquisition under low P stress. In conclusion, interspecific interaction amplified the root-soil interface zone and increased P uptake at seedling stage under low P stress, which could contribute to the intercropping advantages at later stage.