Water status indicators of lemon trees in response to flooding and recovery

Potted 2-year-old lemon trees [Citrus limon (L.) Burm. fil, cv. Verna] grafted on sour orange (C. aurantium L.) rootstock were subjected to flooding for 3 d. Control plants were irrigated daily to field capacity. Continuously (sap flow, trunk diameter fluctuations) and discretely (predawn and midday leaf water potential, leaf conductance) measured plant-based water status indicators were compared. The sensitivity of the maximum daily trunk shrinkage signal intensity to flooding and its behaviour during the recovery period demonstrated that this indicator is more feasible than the others for use in automatic irrigation. The responses to flooding of continuously and discretely measured plant-based water status indicators were very similar to those observed in response to drought stress indicating that it necessary to use soil water measurement automatic sensors to detect the cause of the stress. The results underlined the robustness of the compensation heat-pulse technique for estimating instantaneous and daily transpiration rates on flooding stress and recovery.     

Irrigation effects on daily and seasonal variations of trunk sap flow and leaf water relations in olive trees

Irrigation effects on whole-plant sap flow and leaf-level water relations were characterised throughout a growing season in an experimental olive (Olea europaea L.) orchard. Atmospheric evaporative demand and soil moisture conditions for irrigated and non-irrigated olive trees were also monitored. Whole-plant water use in field-grown irrigated and rain fed olive trees was determined using a xylem sap flow method (compensation heat-pulse velocity). Foliage gas exchange and water potentials were determined throughout the experimental period. Physiological parameters responded diurnally and seasonally to variations in tree water status, soil moisture conditions and atmospheric evaporative demand. There was a considerable degree of agreement between daily transpiration deduced from heat-pulse velocity and that determined by calibration using the Penman–Monteith equation in the field. Summer drought caused decreasing leaf gas exchange and water potentials, and a progressive increase in hydraulic conductance (stronger in non-irrigated than irrigated trees), probably attributable to modifications in hydraulic properties at the soil-root interface. Negligible hysteresis, attributable to low plant capacitance, was observed in the relationship between leaf water potential and sap flow. A proportional decrease in maximum daily leaf conductance with increasing vapour pressure deficit was observed, while mean daytime canopy stomatal conductance decreased with the season. As a result, plant water use was limited and excessive drought stress prevented. Non-irrigated olive trees recovered after the summer drought, showing a physiological behaviour similar to that of irrigated trees. In addition to physiological and environmental factors, there are endogenous keys (chemical signals) influencing leaf level parameters. Olive trees are confirmed to be economical and sparing users of soil water, with an efficient xylem sap transport, maintenance of significant gas exchange and transpiration, even during drought stress.     

祁连山青海云杉树干液流密度的优势度差异

以祁连山排露沟小流域青海云杉林为研究对象,选取有代表性的优势木、亚优势木、中等木和被压木各3—5株,2015年6月16日至10月14日应用热扩散技术对不同优势度青海云杉树干液流密度进行测定,并同步测定相关的林外气象因子。结果表明:(1)青海云杉液流密度呈昼高夜低趋势,晴天液流密度变化幅度较大,而阴雨天变化幅度较小。(2)晴天树木优势度越大,其液流在日内的启动越早,结束越晚,峰值也越大;优势木的平均液流密度为(0.0758±0.0475)m L cm~(-2)min~(-1),是亚优势木的1.5倍,是中等木和被压木的1.68倍。(3)青海云杉平均液流密度基本呈现6月份最大,其次是8月份,9、10月份明显减小,且优势木亚优势木中等木被压木。(4)相关性分析和逐步回归表明,青海云杉日均液流密度与太阳辐射强度、饱和水气压差和空气温度呈正相关关系,与空气相对湿度和降雨量呈负相关关系。影响优势木、亚优势木和中等木液流密度的主要气象因子是太阳辐射强度,被压木液流密度主要受空气相对湿度的影响。     

雷州半岛尾叶桉和湿加松人工林的蒸腾耗水规律

为正确认识大径材桉树及湿加松耗水规律,为地区人工林树种选择、栽培及抚育提供指导,应用TDP热扩散探针技术,对10年生尾叶桉和湿加松树干液流进行连续监测,并同步测定各气象因子,分析了雷州半岛地区尾叶桉和湿加松蒸腾耗水的日变化特征和季节变化规律,并与气象因子建立了相关模型。结果表明:尾叶桉和湿加松边材液流均表现出典型的昼高夜低的单峰型日变化特征,各月平均液流速率不同,且旱雨季差异显著;其中峰值尾叶桉雨季(0.127 cm/min)和旱季(0.096 cm/min)分别是湿加松雨季和旱季的1.30倍和1.57倍;日平均液流速率尾叶桉雨季(0.045 cm/min)和旱季(0.033 cm/min)分别是湿加松雨季和旱季的1.27倍和1.54倍;启动时间和迅速下降时间雨季两树种间差异不大,但旱季尾叶桉要提前湿加松约1—1.5 h启动,并晚0.5—1 h迅速下降。影响两树种边材液流速率的主要气象因子相同。尾叶桉人工林年平均单株日耗水量为12.79 L/d,是湿加松的1.33倍,林分蒸腾耗水量尾叶桉(582.16 mm)和湿加松(483.24 mm),分别占同期年降雨量的34.2%和28.4%,且两树种旱雨季蒸腾耗水量均雨季显著大于旱季。     

Urban tree root systems and their survival near houses analyzed using ground penetrating radar and sap flow techniques

Root systems of two mature Field maple trees (Acer campestre L.) growing in both shaded and non-shaded sites, on clay soil in an urban environment, were analyzed by ground penetrating radar (GPR), light microscope and sap flow techniques. The ground surface above the root systems was covered by asphalt. However, a small piece of garden existed near the non-shaded tree, and root area of roots growing in this direction increased significantly, due to a presumed increase in available water and nutrients. However, no garden was present near the shaded tree, therefore roots remaining under the asphalt surface did not increase in area in any particular direction. Maximum rooting depth of shaded and exposed trees, as determined by GPR, was approximately 1.4 and 1.7 m, respectively. The trees utilized relatively large amounts of water for transpiration, i.e. 65–140 l per fine summer day and in average 10 m³ per growing season. However, transpiration expressed per root surface area (and/or whole root system enveloping area) was practically the same in both trees, i.e. 1 dm³ m^-2 d^-1 or almost 100 dm³ m^-2 per growing season. These figures represented about 50% of potential evapotranspiration when considering projected crown areas. Increased transpiration under long-term high evaporation demands may cause occasional local drying of soil around roots, associated with soil shrinking in clay, which can be followed by serious damage to buildings.     

半干旱地区城市环境下樟子松蒸腾特征及其对环境因子的响应

作为我国半干旱地区重要的造林绿化树种之一,樟子松在城市林业建设中被广泛使用,研究樟子松在半干旱地区城市环境下的蒸腾耗水及其环境响应对于城市森林建设具有重要的理论意义和应用价值。从2012年8月至10月,以位于内蒙古呼和浩特市树木园内的30年生樟子松为研究对象,按照其径阶分布,选定8株样木,采用热扩散探针法对其树干边材液流进行了连续动态监测,并采用小型自动气象站和土壤水分传感器同步连续测定小气候因子与土壤含水量动态变化。结果表明:在不同天气条件下,樟子松树干液流密度日变化存在差异,晴天时液流密度曲线表现为单峰曲线,且液流密度较大,阴天与雨天液流密度相对较小;液流密度的大小与供试树木胸径无显著相关关系(P0.05);太阳辐射(r=0.731,P0.01)和大气饱和水汽压亏缺(VPD)(r=0.877,P0.01)是影响樟子松蒸腾的主要因子,风速与液流密度极显著相关(P0.01),但相关系数仅为0.518;土壤水分并未显著影响液流密度(r=-0.071,P0.05)。以太阳辐射Ra、VPD作为自变量建立的模型能够分别解释樟子松68%、71%的液流变化。     

华北落叶松夜间树干液流特征及生长季补水格局

在宁夏六盘山北侧半干旱区的叠叠沟小流域,采用热扩散探针法在2011年生长季监测了华北落叶松(Larix principisrupprechtii)人工林的树干液流速率,分析了夜间树干液流和补水量的变化特征及与气象、土壤水分等环境因子的关系.结果表明:树干液流速率日变化表现为典型的单峰宽峰曲线,且整个生长季均存在微弱的夜间液流,一般表现为逐渐减小,特别是在晴天,且晴天的变幅显著大于雨天.除生长季中期雨天夜间液流平均速率显著高于晴天,生长季初期及末期雨天与晴天的差异并不显著.生长季内,夜间树干补水总量为11.03 mm,占总蒸腾量的7.22％;5月份的树干补水量最大(4.19mm),其他月份的树干补水量明显减小,在0.9-1.7mm的范围波动.但不同月份间的补水贡献率存在明显差异,表现为生长季末期(9、10月)＞初期(5月)＞中期(6-8月).相关分析表明,日补水量与各气象因子关系不大,仅与降水量显著正相关(P＜0.05),与土壤含水率、日间蒸腾量、日蒸腾总量极显著正相关(P＜0.01).夜间补水的月蒸腾贡献率与月均土壤含水率、月均气温、月均日间蒸腾量、月总蒸腾量等显著相关(P＜0.05);而夜间补水的日蒸腾贡献率与日最高气温、日均气温、日间蒸腾量、日均饱和水汽压差、日总蒸腾量、日均太阳辐射强度、日最低气温、日均空气相对湿度、日降水量、土壤含水率等极显著相关(P＜0.01),经逐步回归分析建立了日补水量蒸腾贡献率与环境因子的多元线性模型.     

疏伐对黄土丘陵区刺槐林蒸腾的影响

黄土高原地区植被建设已达到土壤水分承载力的阈值,需要对现有林分进行结构优化并提升其生态功能。不合理的林分密度是导致黄土丘陵区刺槐林土壤干化、生长衰退的主要原因之一。疏伐可以优化林分结构,并能够通过控制蒸腾耗水来调控土壤水分,是促进刺槐林可持续生长的有效手段。疏伐对黄土丘陵区刺槐林蒸腾有何影响,目前并不清楚。研究基于树干液流法估算了4个不同疏伐强度（样地1：52%、样地2：48%、样地3：35%、样地4：未疏伐）下刺槐单株尺度的液流速率与林分尺度的日平均蒸腾量,并分析了不同时间尺度下液流速率与环境因子的关系,以阐明疏伐对黄土丘陵区刺槐林蒸腾的影响。结果表明：（1） 单株尺度刺槐蒸腾速率（即液流速率）随疏伐强度减小（林分密度增大）呈现下降趋势（样地1：0.53 kg cm^-2 d^-1、样地2：0.41 kg cm^-2 d^-1、样地3：0.31 kg cm^-2 d^-1、样地4：0.33 kg cm^-2 d^-1）;（2） 观测期林分尺度日平均蒸腾量随疏伐强度减小呈现上升趋势（样地1：0.90 mm/d、样地2：1.18 mm/d、样地3：1.04 mm/d、样地4：1.44 mm/d）;（3） 在半小时尺度与日尺度上,各样地液流速率与环境因子的关系没有显著差异,半小时尺度单株液流速率均与太阳辐射相关性最高（相关系数0.883-0.908）,液流速率日变化过程与环境因子日变化过程存在时滞现象;日尺度单株液流速率与饱和水汽压亏缺相关性最高（相关系数0.843-0.913）,样地间日尺度单株液流速率的差异性随着饱和水汽压亏缺增大而增大。研究结果初步反映了疏伐导致的林分密度变化对刺槐蒸腾的影响,将为黄土丘陵区刺槐林的结构改造、功能提升和土壤水分调控提供理论支持。     

Transpiration from a mature Eucalyptus globulus plantation in Portugal during a spring-summer period of progressively higher water deficit

The rates of transpiration from a mature Eucalyptus globulus Labill. stand in Portugal were evaluated during a drying period of the spring-summer 1994. Transpiration was measured by the Granier sap flow method and estimated by the Penman-Monteith model. During the experimental period daily transpiration varied between 3.64 and 0.50 mm day⁻¹. For high-transpiration days, a good agreement was observed between Penman-Monteith estimates and sap flow measurements, both on a daily and on an hourly basis. However, for low-transpiration days, the Penman-Monteith model overestimated transpiration in comparison with the sap flow method. The diurnal variation of sap flow was then smoother and lagged behind the estimates of the Penman-Monteith model. E. globulus showed an efficient control of transpiration losses during dry periods through a progressive stomatal closure. As soil moisture deficit increased, the daily maximum stomatal conductance decreased from 0.46 to 0.14 cm s⁻¹. The results also show that, on a seasonal basis, stomatal conductance and daily transpiration were mainly related to predawn leaf water potential and, thus, to soil moisture content. Received: 26 January 1996 / Accepted: 20 October 1996     

Water relations of indigenous versus exotic tree species,growing at the same site in a tropical montane forest in southern Ethiopia

The objective of the study was to compare the water relations of two indigenous [Podocarpus falcatus (Thunb.) Endl., Croton macrostachys Hochst. ex. Del.] and two exotic tree species (Eucalyptus globulus Labille., Cupressus lusitanica Miller) growing in the same location in the montane Munessa State Forest, southern Ethiopia. Stem flow was measured with Granier type thermal dissipation probes. Sap flux, normalized per unit sapwood area, and the total sapwood areas of the particular trees were used to estimate daily transpiration. Maximum daily transpiration values (60 kg water) were recorded for Croton when at full foliage. After shedding most of its leaves in the dry season transpiration was reduced to 8 kg per day. Eucalyptus had the next highest transpiration (55 kg), in this case at the peak of the dry season. It transpired 4–5 times more than Podocarpus and Cupressus trees of similar size. Maximum stem flux density was tree-size dependent only in Croton. Diurnal patterns of stem flux indicated that Croton, Eucalyptus and Podocarpus, in contrast to Cupressus, responded more directly to light than to atmospheric water pressure deficit. At high VPD (>1.0 kPa) stem flux reached a plateau in Croton and Podocarpus indicating stomatal limitation. Per unit leaf area Croton had the highest and Podocarpus and Cupressus the lowest daily transpiration rates. In summary, the pioneer tree Croton had the lowest and Podocarpus the highest water use efficiency. The contribution of the study to the understanding of the role of each tree species in the hydrology of the natural forest and the plantations is discussed.     

Early innate immune response and redistribution of inflammatory cells in the bony fish gilthead seabream experimentally infected with <Emphasis Type="Italic">Vibrio anguillarum</Emphasis>

An obvious difference between the immune system of fish and mammals is that fish lack both bone marrow and lymph nodes; in their place, the head-kidney acts as a major haematopoietic and lymphoid organ in adult fish, whereas the thymus, spleen and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues are common to both fish and mammals. This suggests that differences exist in antigen presentation and naïve lymphocyte stimulation, a prerequisite for the initiation of adaptive immune responses. Intraperitoneal injection of the bony fish gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.) with intact Vibrio anguillarum, as a particulate bacterial antigen, results in the mobilisation of head-kidney leucocytes to the peritoneal cavity and priming of their respiratory burst activity. We have also observed the rapid infiltration of acidophilic granulocytes, which are leucocytes functionally equivalent to mammalian neutrophils, into the spleen. These cells may be involved in antigen capture and transport to the spleen, since an apparent association between mobilised acidophilic granulocytes, bacterial antigens and proliferating lymphocytes has been seen in this organ. Collectively, these results suggest that, in addition to being actively involved in bacterial clearance, fish phagocytic granulocytes play a role in the initiation and support of the adaptive immune response.This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (grants BIO2001-2324-C02-02, AGL2002-03529 and AGL2002-04306-C03-01 to V.M. and J.M. and Programa Ramón y Cajals contract to P.M.), Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (fellowship to E.C.-P.) and the Fundación Séneca (grant PI-51/00782/FS/01 to J.M. and fellowship to P.P.).     

基于树干液流及涡动相关技术的葡萄冠层蒸腾及蒸散发特征研究

针对西北干旱区绿洲经济作物葡萄树冠层蒸腾及蒸散发特征的相关问题,在甘肃省敦煌市南湖绿洲开展无核白葡萄树液流速率及蒸散发观测试验,采用基于热平衡原理的包裹式茎流计,详细分析了典型生长季7—9月份葡萄树蒸腾耗水规律,使用"单位叶面积上的平均液流速率SF×叶面积指数LAI"的方法,实现了从单株到林分冠层蒸腾的尺度扩展,并通过与涡动相关技术所测蒸散发数据对比,详细研究了葡萄地冠层蒸腾及蒸散发规律。结果表明:典型生长季中葡萄树液流速率日变化为单峰型曲线,日均耗水量从2.76 kg到10 kg不等,胸径越大的葡萄树日均耗水量越大;冠层蒸腾及蒸散发日变化曲线亦为单峰型,白天8:00—12:00与17:00—20:00期间,葡萄冠层蒸腾与蒸散发曲线均比较吻合,该时间段葡萄地蒸散发绝大部分来源于葡萄冠层蒸腾,而12:00—17:00之间由于午后太阳辐射强烈土壤蒸发量增加,葡萄蒸散发大于冠层蒸腾;典型生长季3个月中,葡萄冠层蒸腾量的变化范围在1.88—8.12 mm/d之间,日均冠层蒸腾量为6.12 mm/d,蒸散发在1.74 mm/d至10.78 mm/d之间,日均蒸散发量为7.13 mm/d;日均土壤蒸发量约为1.01 mm/d,只占总蒸散发量的14.2%,日均冠层蒸腾占日均蒸散发的比重达到85.8%,说明该生长阶段冠层蒸散发以作物蒸腾为主。     

Transpiration of Pinus rotundata on a wooded peat bog in central Europe

Transpiration of a central European endemic tree species, Pinus rotundata Link, growing on a wooded peat bog in the Třeboň Basin, Czech Republic, was studied in 1999–2000. Transpiration was measured by sap flow techniques (heat field deformation method) on individual trees and scaled up to stand level. The radial patterns of sap flow density showed narrow peaks in the outer part of the xylem, sapwood accounted for 47–60% of the xylem radius and 72–84% of the xylem basal area. Adult trees tolerated well both short-term flooding during the growing season and drawdown of the water table to a depth of 60 cm below ground level. The maximum and mean daily transpiration rates were 3.0 and 1.8 mm per day, and were thus similar to published data for Scots pine. The seasonal total transpiration (25 April–20 October 2000, 180 days) amounted to 322 mm, or 62% of the potential evapotranspiration over this period. This canopy transpiration was compensated by 319 mm of precipitation. The difference between the accumulated precipitation and the accumulated transpiration (derived from seasonal sap flow measurements) closely mimicked the seasonal course of the water table.     

Whole-tree sap flow is substantially diminished by leaf herbivory

Ecohydrological models consider the relationship between tree size and structure (especially leaf area index) and water use but generally treat herbivory as a source of unwanted noise in the data. Little is known of how insect damage to leaves influences whole-plant water use in trees. Water use is driven by environmental demand and the total leaf area through which transpiration can occur, but the effects of insects are expected to be complex. Different kinds of insects could have different effects; for example, chewing insects reduce leaf area, whereas sucking and tissue mining insects reduce leaf function without reducing area. Further, plants respond to herbivory in a range of ways, such as by altering leaf production or abscising leaves. We examined the effect of insects on Eucalyptus blakelyi in a woodland near Canberra, Australia, using sap flow velocity as a measure of whole-plant water use. We applied insecticide to 16 trees matched to an untreated control group. After 6 months, we examined the effects on sap flow velocity and crown condition. There was a general increase in sap flow velocity as trees produced leaves over the growing season, but the increase in sap flow for trees without insecticide protection was half that of the protected trees (increase: 4.4 vs. 9.0 cm/h, respectively). This dramatic effect on sap flow was consistent with effects on crown condition. Unprotected trees had 20% less leaf mass per unit stem in the crown. In addition, unprotected trees had a 20% greater loss of leaf functional area from necrosis. It should be noted that these effects were detected in a year in which there was not an outbreak of the psyllids (Homoptera) that commonly cause severe leaf damage to this tree species. It is predicted that the effect in a psyllid outbreak year would be even more substantial. This result underscores the significant impact that insect herbivores can have on an ecological process of significance to the ecosystem, namely, the movement of water from the soil to the atmosphere.     

A comparison of sap flux and water relations of leaves of various isolated trees with special reference to foundation movement in clay soil

Diurnal variation in sap flux (S) through stems of six trees, two each of Ulmus procera SALISB., Melaleuca styphelioides SM. and Prunus cerasifera EHRH. ‘Nigra’ (referred to hereafter by their generic names), were estimated from measurements of heat pulse velocities. Leaf water potential (ψ), stomatal conductance (g _s ) and transpiration from leaves (T) of all replicate trees were measured at 1300–1500h, once during the summer. On two separate occasions measurements were made of S, ψ, (g _s ) and T for one each of Ulmus and Melaleuca trees to study diurnal variations in these parameters. A 12×12 m² area around each tree was kept covered to simulate the condition of trees growing on pavements adjacent to residential properties. Sap flux for these tree species was in the order Melaleuca>Ulmus>Prunus. It is suggested that the smaller canopy and sapwood area in Prunus compared to the other two species is responsible for lower water potential and lower transpiration rate than the other species. Detailed analysis of the diurnal variation in sap flux and water relation of leaves of Melaleuca and Ulmus indicated sap flux of Melaleuca to be greater than that of Ulmus at the same transpiration rate per unit leaf area although the sapwood area of the two species was marginally different. This may have been due either to the difference in canopy conductance or in leaf area between the two species. With the assumption that sap flux closely resembles the rate of soil water extraction for both species, results indicate that Melaleuca is likely to extract soil water at a higher rate than Ulmus and hence is capable of causing greater shrinkage and soil movement than Ulmus.     

半干旱区城市环境下油松林分蒸腾特征及其影响因子

在城市环境下,由于不透水地面面积的增加,土壤-植物-大气之间水汽循环减弱,水汽调节能力差,因而研究城市树木蒸腾对环境因子的响应对于城市进行合理的水汽调节具有重要意义。于2017年生长季,在内蒙古呼和浩特市区树木园内选择58年生油松(Pinus tabulaeformis Carr.)作为研究树种,采用热扩散法测定其树干液流,并同步监测气象因子和土壤含水量变化,利用彭曼公式计算冠层气孔导度。结果表明:(1)生长季内,油松林分蒸腾存在明显日、月变化,晴天天气下林分蒸腾日变化呈单峰曲线,月林分蒸腾量5月最大,其次是7月、8月、6月和9月,分别为20.96、19.89、18.09、17.25 mm和7.49 mm。(2)油松林分蒸腾与饱和水汽压差、太阳总辐射、土壤含水量和风速均存在极显著相关关系(P0.01),太阳总辐射、饱和水汽压差和土壤含水量是影响林分蒸腾的主要环境因子(R~2=0.47、R~2=0.31和R~2=0.16),风速对林分蒸腾的影响程度最小(R~2=0.12);不同降雨量对林分蒸腾的影响作用不同,10 mm以上的日降雨量对油松林分蒸腾作用明显。(3)除环境因子外,油松叶片气孔通过响应环境变化控制蒸腾作用,当饱和水汽压差1.5 kPa时,叶片气孔对饱和水汽压差的响应更敏感;当太阳总辐射250 W/m~2时,叶片气孔对蒸腾起促进作用,超过该阈值,叶片气孔关闭从而抑制树木蒸腾。     

Sap flow as an indicator of transpiration and the water status of young apricot trees

The relationship between water loss via transpiration and stem sap flow in young apricot trees was studied under different environmental conditions and different levels of soil water status. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse over a 2-week period (November 2–14, 1997) using three-year-old apricot trees (Prunus armeniaca cv. Búlida) growing in pots. Diurnal courses of leaf water potential, leaf conductance and leaf turgor potential also were recorded throughout the experiment. Data from four days of different enviromental conditions and soil water availability have been selected for analysis. On each of the selected days the leaf water potential and the mean transpiration rates were well correlated. The slope of the linear regression of this correlation, taken to indicate the total hydraulic resistance of the tree, confirmed an increasing hydraulic resistance under drought conditions. When the trees were not drought stressed the diurnal courses of sap flow and transpiration were very similar. However, when the trees were droughted, measured of sap flow slightly underestimated actual transpiration. Our heat-pulse measurements suggest the amount of readily available water stored in the stem and leaf tissues of young apricot trees is sufficient to sustain the peak transpiration rates for about 1 hour. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Assessing transpiration in the tussock grass Stipa tenacissima L.: the crucial role of the interplay between morphology and physiology

Plant transpiration has a key role on both plant performance and ecosystem functioning in arid zones, but realistic estimates at appropriate spatial-temporal scales are scarce. Leaf and tiller morphology and crown architecture were studied together with leaf physiology and whole plant water balance in four individual plants of Stipa tenacissima of different sizes to determine the relative influence of processes taking place at different spatial and temporal scales on whole plant transpiration. Transpiration was estimated in potted plants by leaf-level gas exchange techniques (infrared gas analyzer and porometer), by sap flow measurements, and by integrating leaf physiology and crown architecture with the 3-D computer model Yplant. Daily transpiration of each individual plant was monitored using a gravimetric method, which rendered the reference values. Leaves on each individual plant significantly varied in their physiological status. Young and green parts of the leaves showed five times higher chlorophyll concentration and greater photosynthetic capacity than the senescent parts of the foliage. Instantaneous leaf-level transpiration measurements should not be used to estimate plant transpiration, owing to the fact that extrapolations overestimated individual transpiration by more than 100%. Considering leaf age effects and scaling the estimates according to the relative amount of each foliage category reduced this difference to 46% though it was still significantly higher than gravimetric measurements. Sap flow calculations also overestimated tussock transpiration. However, 3-D reconstruction of plants with Yplant and transpiration estimates, considering both the physiological status and the daily pattern of radiation experienced by each individual leaf section within the crown, matched the gravimetric measurements (differences were only 4.4%). The complex interplay of leaf physiology and crown structure must be taken into account in scaling up plant transpiration from instantaneous, leaf-level measurements, and our study indicates that transpiration of complex crowns is easily overestimated.     

Leaf gas exchange characteristics,daily carbon and water balances of the host/mistletoe pair Eucalyptus behriana F. Muell. and Amyema miquelii (Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh. at permanently low plant water status in the field

Summary Leaf gas exchange and xylem pressures of the xylem-tapping mistletoe, Amyema miquelii (Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh., and its host, Eucalyptus behriana F. Muell., both growing under permanently low plant water status, are studied under controlled and naturally fluctuating field conditions. Stomata of both plants regulate transpiration with respect to light and air humidity, but leaf conductances and total daily transpiration are up to 7.3 times higher in the host. Despite this, water-use efficiency in the mistletoe is lower than in the host. In the light of the mistletoe's low transpiration rates observed in spring, a commonly accepted pattern of higher water losses from parasites is likely to be inconsistent over a season. The role of partial parasitic carbon heterotrophy is discussed.     

风沙流持续吹袭对樟子松幼树光合蒸腾作用的影响

为了解风沙流持续吹袭对樟子松幼树光合蒸腾特征影响,2013年春季在内蒙古科尔沁沙地研究了0(CK)、6、9、12、15、18m/s等6个梯度风速处理30min持续风沙流吹袭下樟子松幼树光合蒸腾速率和水分利用效率等指标的变化规律。结果表明:随着风沙流吹袭强度的增加,光合速率、气孔导度和水分利用效率的日变化规律发生了明显改变,而蒸腾速率和胞间CO2浓度日变化曲线没有显著变化。和CK相比,6m/s和12m/s风沙流吹袭下其日均光合速率分别提高13.8%和38.9%,18m/s风沙流吹袭下则下降18.9%;6m/s和15m/s风沙流吹袭下其日均蒸腾速率分别提高16.9%和53.0%,18m/s风沙流吹袭下其日均蒸腾速率降低18.54%。和CK相比,其日均胞间CO2浓度在6—12m/s风沙流吹袭下没有显著变化,15m/s和18m/s风沙流吹袭下则分别提高16.2%和3.3%。6m/s和15m/s风沙流吹袭使其日均气孔导度较CK分别增加26.6%和45.2%,18m/s风沙流吹袭则使其降低13.7%。6、9、12、18m/s风沙流吹袭使其日均水分利用效率分别较CK增加7.3%、1.9%、18.2%和3.1%,而15m/s风沙流吹袭下其水分利用效率下降13.5%。