Physiological traits and response strategies of four subtropical tree species exposed to drought

编号 040036505

推送时间 20221017

研究领域 森林培育 

年份 2022 

类型 期刊 

语种 英语

标题 Physiological traits and response strategies of four subtropical tree species exposed to drought

来源期刊 Environmental and Experimental Botany

期 第365期

发表时间 20220823

关键词 Drought adaptation strategy;  Photosynthesis;  Stomatal regulation;  Subtropical plantations;  Water relation; 

摘要 World-wide, forests are experiencing drought-induced mortality. However, physiological adaptation to drought is highly variable, which may lead to differential mortality patterns and alter community structure. In this study, saplings of four common tree species (Ormosia pinnata, Dalbergia odorifera, Castanopsis fissaMichelia macclurei) grown in subtropical plantations in southern China were subjected to average rainfall and three drought treatments, consisting of low (25% rainfall reduction), moderate (50% rainfall reduction) and high (75% rainfall reduction) drought. To investigate their drought response strategies and select tree species with higher drought tolerance, we examined plant traits, including tree growth, stomatal regulation, water relations, carbon dynamics and morphology, that might contribute to drought tolerance. We found that O. pinnata adapted to drought by decreasing turgor loss point (TLP) and increasing leaf dry matter content and leaf mass per area (LMA). D. odorifera exhibited low leaf minimum conductance and high LMA as the key drought traits to reduce water loss. C. fissa was slowest to initiate stomatal closure but completed stomatal closure more rapidly than the other species. Drought reduced light-saturated photosynthetic rates (Asat) for O. pinnata, D. odorifera and C. fissa primarily due to declining stomatal conductance (g), with lesser limitations due to the biochemical capacity of Rubisco carboxylation (VM. macclurei exhibiting the highest capacity to tolerate drought due to key stomatal (earlier stomatal closure) and hydraulic (lower TLP) traits reducing plant water loss with progressive drought stress.

服务人员 孙小满

服务院士 尹伟伦

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