不同淋洗水量下胶州湾养殖池塘土壤盐分淋洗规律

针对养殖池塘严重盐渍化现象,为确保土地资源和水资源的有效利用,通过室内土柱试验探讨不同淋洗水量下胶州湾养殖池塘土壤盐分淋洗规律,并确定最佳用水量。结果表明:随着淋洗水量的增加,土壤及其淋滤液的含盐量均以指数形式下降,为兼顾淋洗效果和节约用水,接近1:1的水土比可以达到较好的改良效果;在脱盐过程中,土壤中Ca~(2+)、Mg~(2+)、K~+、Na~+、Cl~-含量均呈下降趋势,SO_4~(2-)含量呈先上升后下降的趋势,CO_3~(2-)、HCO_3~-含量呈上升趋势;淋滤液中各盐离子浓度与土壤各盐离子变化规律类似;土壤各盐离子脱盐率大小大致表现为Cl~-Na~+K~+Ca~(2+)Mg~(2+)SO_4~(2-)HCO_3~-;随着淋洗水量的增加,土壤中离子组成由原来的Cl~-和Na~+为主先转变为以Na~+、K~+和SO_4~(2-)为主,最后转变为Na~+、HCO_3~-和K~+为主。土壤脱盐过程伴随着土壤碱化现象,因此需要对盐渍土脱盐过程中的碱化现象进行进一步研究。     

灌水定额对旱区苹果园土壤水盐再分布的影响

以甘肃省秦安县盐渍化苹果园土壤为研究对象,采用大田试验的方法在苹果花期研究了不同灌水定额(0、900、1800、2700、3600 m3.hm-2)对果园0～100 cm土层水盐再分布(10、20、30 d)的影响.结果表明:随着灌水定额的增大,Na+淋溶深度增加,且再分布的滞后效应明显;Ca2+的"零通量面"逐渐消失;Mg2+的"零通量面"面宽逐渐增加;Cl-淋溶迁移方式由波动式变为直线式,蒸发迁移方式由波动式变为阶梯式;SO42-再分布方式呈点穴式;HCO3-再分布累积层位逐渐上移.在地下水位埋藏较深的土壤剖面中部存在一个"盐分零通量面",在水分再分布过程中,"盐分零通量面"的位置逐渐向下移动,体现旱地土壤水分耗竭特征.灌水定额在2700～3600 m3.hm-2时,灌溉有利于土壤剖面0～100 cm土层盐分和水溶性Na+的淋洗;灌水定额在1800 m3.hm-2以下时,灌溉加速了土壤表层盐分的累积.从钠盐淋洗和节水两方面综合考虑,旱区盐渍化果园土壤春季适宜的灌水定额为1800～2700 m3·hm-2.     

山东寿光不同种植年限设施土壤的酸化与盐渍化

以山东寿光不同种植年限设施菜地为对象,研究并分析了土壤的酸化与盐渍化状况,结果表明:设施菜地土壤pH值平均为6.86,全盐含量为2.47g.kg-1,与露天菜地、自然土相比有较明显的酸化与盐渍化现象;设施菜地在连续种植0-12.7a间,土壤pH值随种植年限增加而降低,12.7a后则出现随种植年限增加而升高的现象,土壤全盐含量则表现出与pH值相反的变化趋势,其发生变化的转折年限约为8.4a;设施土壤中的Na+,Mg2+,Cl-,SO24-含量随种植年限的变化均表现出与土壤全盐量相同的趋势,且与种植年限的相关性均达到显著水平,这4种离子含量的变化可能是导致土壤全盐量随种植年限变化的重要原因;从土壤盐分离子组成来看,设施菜地土壤主要以SO42-、Cl-、Ca2+为主,分别占全盐量的62.4%、10.6%、9.3%,设施菜地中SO24-、Cl-、Mg2+、Na+含量与全盐量均呈极显著相关,其中相关性程度最大的为SO24-(r=0.9291)和Mg2+(r=0.7224)。设施菜地中SO24-含量与pH值变化存在极显著相关(r=-0.5508),其大量累积可能是造成调查区域设施土壤酸化的重要原因。     

盐分胁迫对啤酒大麦幼苗生长、离子平衡和根际pH变化的影响

盐分胁迫不仅影响植物的生长,而且会影响植物根际微域环境。根际pH的改变对土壤养分的有效性和微生物群落组成的变化有重要影响。为了探究啤酒大麦幼苗对不同类型盐分胁迫的生理生态响应机制和根际pH变化影响的生理机制,采用水培法,通过不同类型盐分(对照、混合Na盐、混合Cl盐和NaCl)胁迫处理啤酒大麦幼苗,对其生长、离子平衡和根际pH变化进行了研究。结果表明,1)在3种不同类型盐分胁迫下,啤酒大麦幼苗地上部干重、含水量均有所降低,而根冠比增加,尤其在NaCl胁迫下啤酒大麦幼苗地上部干重较对照显著降低了17.88%,而根干重和根冠比则分别增加了19.12%和43.86%。不同类型盐分胁迫抑制了啤酒大麦幼苗根长的生长,尤其在混合Na盐胁迫下根长降低明显(P0.05),但促进了根表面积和根体积的增加,尤其在混合Cl盐胁迫下,根表面积和根体积分别增加了41.76%和84.38%。2)不同类型盐分胁迫下啤酒大麦幼苗地上部离子平衡发生改变,在混合Na盐和NaCl胁迫下啤酒大麦幼苗主要吸收Na~+,地上部K~+/Na~+、Ca~(2+)/Na~+和Mg~(2+)/Na~+显著降低;混合Cl盐和NaCl胁迫下则过量吸收Cl~-,抑制了H_2PO_4~-、NO_3~-和SO_4~(2-)的吸收。3)在混合Na盐、混合Cl盐和NaCl盐分胁迫下,啤酒大麦幼苗对阴离子的吸收总量高于对阳离子的吸收总量,离子平衡计算结果表明根际呈碱化现象,与原位显色结果一致,且在混合Cl盐胁迫下根际碱化程度最大。     

塔克拉玛干沙漠不同区域柽柳沙包土壤盐分分布特征及其影响因素

柽柳(Tamarix chinensis)沙包是塔克拉玛干沙漠特殊的生物地貌景观, 对维持区域生态环境的稳定具有极其重要的作用。该研究采用野外调查与室内分析相结合的方法, 选取且末、阿拉尔、策勒、塔中4个典型区域的柽柳沙包为研究对象, 对柽柳沙包0-500 cm土壤垂直剖面进行采样, 测定土壤pH值、枯落物含量、电导率及HCO₃ ^-、Cl ^-、SO₄ ^2-、Ca ²⁺、Mg ²⁺、K ⁺、Na ⁺含量, 分析柽柳沙包中土壤盐分的空间变化规律及其影响因素。结果表明: 1)从且末、阿拉尔、策勒到塔中, 土壤pH值总体呈升高趋势, 土壤电导率及Na ⁺、Ca ²⁺、Mg ²⁺、SO₄ ^2-含量总体呈降低趋势, K ⁺、Cl ^-、HCO₃ ^-含量没有明显的变化规律。2)盐分在4个样区的垂直分布主要表现为: 且末和策勒样区柽柳沙包的土壤盐分呈表层聚集现象; 阿拉尔和塔中样区柽柳沙包的土壤盐分呈深层聚集现象。随着土层深度的增加, 土壤pH值总体呈升高的趋势, 土壤枯落物含量总体呈降低趋势; 土壤电导率在且末和策勒样区总体呈降低趋势, 阿拉尔样区呈先降低后升高再降低的变化趋势, 而塔中样区呈先升高后降低再升高的变化趋势。3)根据相关性分析和主成分分析, 且末样区土壤枯落物含量、SO₄ ^2-、Na ⁺、K ⁺为影响土壤盐分含量的主要因子, 且土壤盐分以硫酸盐为主; 阿拉尔样区影响土壤盐分组成的主要因子为Cl ^-、Na ⁺; 策勒样区为Cl ^-、K ⁺、Na ⁺; 塔中样区为Cl ^-、Na ⁺、Ca ²⁺、SO₄ ^2-, 且土壤盐分均以氯化物为主。综合分析表明, 不同区域柽柳沙包中土壤盐分存在空间变异性, 柽柳沙包土壤盐分的变化与干旱沙漠地区强烈的蒸发作用、地表风蚀强度、地下水埋深、土壤中枯落物及柽柳的生物积盐效应等因素密切相关, 是影响不同区域土壤盐分分布的关键因子。     

Distribution pattern and influencing factors of soil salinity at Tamarix cones in the Taklimakan Desert

柽柳(Tamarix chinensis)沙包是塔克拉玛干沙漠特殊的生物地貌景观, 对维持区域生态环境的稳定具有极其重要的作用。该研究采用野外调查与室内分析相结合的方法, 选取且末、阿拉尔、策勒、塔中4个典型区域的柽柳沙包为研究对象, 对柽柳沙包0-500 cm土壤垂直剖面进行采样, 测定土壤pH值、枯落物含量、电导率及HCO₃ ^-、Cl ^-、SO₄ ^2-、Ca ²⁺、Mg ²⁺、K ⁺、Na ⁺含量, 分析柽柳沙包中土壤盐分的空间变化规律及其影响因素。结果表明: 1)从且末、阿拉尔、策勒到塔中, 土壤pH值总体呈升高趋势, 土壤电导率及Na ⁺、Ca ²⁺、Mg ²⁺、SO₄ ^2-含量总体呈降低趋势, K ⁺、Cl ^-、HCO₃ ^-含量没有明显的变化规律。2)盐分在4个样区的垂直分布主要表现为: 且末和策勒样区柽柳沙包的土壤盐分呈表层聚集现象; 阿拉尔和塔中样区柽柳沙包的土壤盐分呈深层聚集现象。随着土层深度的增加, 土壤pH值总体呈升高的趋势, 土壤枯落物含量总体呈降低趋势; 土壤电导率在且末和策勒样区总体呈降低趋势, 阿拉尔样区呈先降低后升高再降低的变化趋势, 而塔中样区呈先升高后降低再升高的变化趋势。3)根据相关性分析和主成分分析, 且末样区土壤枯落物含量、SO₄ ^2-、Na ⁺、K ⁺为影响土壤盐分含量的主要因子, 且土壤盐分以硫酸盐为主; 阿拉尔样区影响土壤盐分组成的主要因子为Cl ^-、Na ⁺; 策勒样区为Cl ^-、K ⁺、Na ⁺; 塔中样区为Cl ^-、Na ⁺、Ca ²⁺、SO₄ ^2-, 且土壤盐分均以氯化物为主。综合分析表明, 不同区域柽柳沙包中土壤盐分存在空间变异性, 柽柳沙包土壤盐分的变化与干旱沙漠地区强烈的蒸发作用、地表风蚀强度、地下水埋深、土壤中枯落物及柽柳的生物积盐效应等因素密切相关, 是影响不同区域土壤盐分分布的关键因子。     

淋洗与植物作用耦合对盐渍化土壤的改良效应

以甘肃秦王川引大灌区盐渍化土壤为背景,以当地5种耐盐植物为材料,采用根袋法盆栽试验动态研究了淋洗结合植物种植对盐渍化土壤改良的效应。结果表明:与种前相比,单纯的淋洗作用对土壤pH值影响不大,而淋洗结合植物种植明显降低了土壤pH值,且根际土壤pH值小于非根际土壤的,5种耐盐植物中霸王根际土壤pH值降低幅度最大,达0.6个单位。K+、Ca2+、Na+、Mg2+、Cl-和SO2-4在5种植物根际土壤中均有不同程度的富集,富集程度因物种的不同而不同,随培养时间的延长而呈波动状态。5种供试植物和对照组土壤中的6种主要的可溶性盐分离子随淋洗次数和培养时间的延长呈下降趋势。在培养120d后,单纯淋洗的土壤中K+、Ca2+、Na+、Mg2+、Cl-和SO2-4的含量相比种前平均分别降低了33.3%、26.1%、35.6%、32.5%、35.5%和36.3%,植物吸收带走的上述各离子的含量平均分别占种前的46.2%、8.1%、30.2%、7.2%和21.6%,其中霸王吸收带走的盐分离子最多,而淋洗结合种植植物的土壤中上述各离子的含量与种前相比平均分别降低了67.25%、63.73%、83.8%、67.5%、81.55%和78.46%,由此可见,淋洗结合植物种植的脱盐效果优于单纯淋洗,且土壤中主要的盐分离子Na+、Cl-和SO2-4的含量降低幅度最大,通过计算得出,在Cl-、SO2-4和Na+减少的总量中还有37.73%的Na+、38.22%的Cl-和35.14%的SO2-4的减少量是由植物根系的物理化学作用机制引起的。     

基于电磁感应技术的土壤剖面盐分空间分布建模研究

土壤盐渍化问题是干旱半干旱地区农业发展的主要障碍,也是制约荒漠植物生长状况的关键因素之一,严重影响到绿洲生态环境的稳定与安全。研究土壤剖面盐分的分布情况,能及时探究盐渍化对生态的影响。以渭干河-库车河三角洲绿洲为研究靶区,利用电磁感应仪技术与传统采样方法获取该地区典型地块的土壤电导率,剖析其剖面分布特征,在建立磁感式表观电导率和土壤样本实测电导率之间的线性混合模型的基础上,采用自然邻近插值方法解析和评估研究区土壤剖面盐分的空间分布特征。结果表明:研究区土壤电导率具有较强的表聚性与空间变异强度,土壤主体属于中度盐渍化类型;基于各深度层土壤电导率与磁感表观电导率所构建的3种线性混合模型均能达到0.01的显著性水平,其中磁感表观电导率两种模式相结合解译模型预测精度最高;自然邻近法插值结果直观反映研究区土壤剖面盐分的空间分布状况,与水平模式和垂直模式相结合的土壤盐分解译模型相结合则能够更有效的提高土壤盐分空间分布的预测精度。研究结果表明,借助构建的土壤盐分解译模型可对研究区土壤盐渍化空间分布情况进行快速监测与评估,为该区土壤盐渍化的防治提供了一定的技术支撑。     

五种沙生植物根际土壤的盐分状况

以根袋模拟法,研究了古尔班通古特沙漠5种常见沙生植物梭梭(Haloxylon ammodendron Bge)、白梭梭(Haloxylon persicum Bge)、刺沙蓬(Salsola Rathenica Iljin)、骆驼蓬(Peganum harmala Linn)和骆驼刺(Alhagi sparsifolia Shap)根际土壤的pH值和盐分状况,结果表明:5种植物根际土壤的pH值均小于非根际土壤,其中梭梭根际土壤和非根际土壤差值最大,达0.3个单位;5种供试植物根际土壤的电导率均高于非根际土壤,除刺沙蓬外其它供试植物均差异显著(p<0.05);可溶性总盐含量在根际土壤中均出现了聚集的现象,主要是SO2-4、Ca2+和Mg2在根际的聚集,Cl-主要在骆驼刺根际中出现了聚集现象,在其他植物根际和非根际中没有显著变化;5种供试植物中骆驼刺根际土壤盐分聚集最为明显;从Cl- / SO2-4、Na+/ K+、Na+/ Ca2+和Na+/ Mg2+的值可以看出,沙生植物根际土壤主要是硫酸钙、镁盐的聚集,而非氯化钠的聚集.以上结果说明,沙生植物能够通过根际调节降低根际土壤的pH值,从而促进植物对土壤中养分以及水分的利用,同时沙生植物根际土壤中盐分聚集的现象为植物根际的"盐岛"效应的发生提供了很好的依据.     

咸水灌溉条件下土壤水盐分布特征

通过设置3种灌水量水平（100%ET_c、80%ET_c、60%ET_c）和3种灌水水质水平（0.7、3和6 g·L^-1）,研究了咸水灌溉条件下春小麦120 cm土层内水分动态和盐分累积特征.结果表明：水分在农田土壤中的分布主要受灌水量和土壤质地的影响,充分灌溉使水分存贮在较深土层中,而非充分灌溉则使水分存贮在表层;在相同灌水量的条件下,土体内的盐分积累程度随着灌溉水矿化度的增大而加剧;在相同矿化度条件下,土体内的盐分含量及积盐深度随着灌水量的增加而增大.在作物整个生育期内,连续使用咸水灌溉将导致土壤积盐,且非充分灌溉较充分灌溉更易使土壤表层积盐.     

Spatial variability of soil salinity in Bohai Sea coastal wetlands,China: Partition into four management zones

Soil salinization constitutes an environmental hazard worldwide. The Bohai Sea coastal wetland area is experiencing dramatic soil salinization, which is affecting its economic development. This study focused on the spatial variation and distribution characteristics of soil salinity in this area using geostatistical analysis combined with the kriging interpolation method, based on a large-scale field investigation and layered soil sampling (0–30, 30–60 and 60–100 cm). The results revealed that soil salinity in these layers demonstrated strong variability, obvious spatial structure characteristics and strong spatial autocorrelation. Soil salinity displayed a significant zonal distribution, gradually decreasing with increasing distance from the coastline. Apart from the northern part of the study area, which appeared to be not affected by soil salinization, there were varying degrees of soil salinization in nearly 70% of the total area. With increasing soil depth, the areas of non-salinized and mild salinized soil gradually decreased, while those of moderate salinized and strong salinized soils increased. The area of saline soil first decreased and then increased. The study area could be divided into four management zones according to soil salinities in the top 1-m soil body, and utilization measures, adapted to local conditions, were proposed for each zone. The results of our study present an important theoretical basis for the improvement of saline soils, for wetland re-vegetation and for the sustainable utilization of soil resources in the Bohai Sea coastal wetland.     

盐渍化对农田氮素转化过程的影响机制和增效调控途径

本文在回顾我国盐渍化农田氮肥利用现状的基础上,总结了盐渍化对农田土壤氮素转化关键过程的影响规律,剖析了其对参与氮素转化的微生物的作用机制,归纳了盐渍化农田氮素养分增效调控的主要途径。盐渍化对农田土壤氮素矿化、硝化和反硝化过程存在阈值效应,不同范围内影响差别较大。盐分以及次生障碍对相关微生物也具有不同的影响,且同样存在阈值效应。目前盐渍化农田氮素增效调控的途径主要包括土壤改良剂改良、生物质材料改良、种植耐盐植物、优化氮素形态配比和生物抑制剂改良,最后提出盐渍化农田氮素循环过程研究目前存在的不足以及未来的研究方向。本文对盐渍化农田氮素减损增效、化肥养分高效利用与农业面源污染阻控具有重要指导意义。     

Leaf gas exchange and solute accumulation in the halophyte Salvadora persica grown at moderate salinity

The domestication of halophytes has been proposed as a strategy to expand cultivation onto unfavorable land. However, halophytes mainly have been considered for their performance in extremely saline environments, and only a few species have been characterized in terms of their tolerance and physiological responses to moderately high levels of salinity. Salvadora persica is an evergreen perennial halophyte capable of growing under extreme conditions, from very dry environments to highly saline soils. It possesses high potential economic value as a source of oil and medicinal compounds. To quantify its response to salinity, S. persica seedlings were exposed to 200 mM NaCl for 3 weeks, and growth, leaf gas exchange and solute accumulation were measured. The presence of NaCl induced a 100% increase in fresh weight and a 30% increase in dry weight, relative to non-salinized controls. Increases in fresh weight and dry weight were not associated with higher rates of net CO(2) assimilation, however. Analysis of ion accumulation revealed that S. persica leaves accumulated Na(+) as a primary osmoticum. The concentration of Na(+) in leaves of salinized plants was approximately 40-fold greater than that measured in non-salinized controls, and this was associated with significant reductions in leaf K(+) and Ca(2+) concentrations. In addition, a significant accumulation of proline, probably associated with osmotic adjustment and protection of membrane stability, occurred in roots of salinized plants.     

Leaf water relations and net gas exchange responses of salinized Carrizo citrange seedlings during drought stress and recovery

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Since salinity and drought stress can occur together, an assessment was made of their interacting effects on leaf water relations, osmotic adjustment and net gas exchange in seedlings of the relatively chloride-sensitive Carrizo citrange, Citrus sinensis x Poncirus trifoliata. METHODS: Plants were fertilized with nutrient solution with or without additional 100 mm NaCl (salt and no-salt treatments). After 7 d, half of the plants were drought stressed by withholding irrigation water for 10 d. Thus, there were four treatments: salinized and non-salinized plants under drought-stress or well-watered conditions. After the drought period, plants from all stressed treatments were re-watered with nutrient solution without salt for 8 d to study recovery. Leaf water relations, gas exchange parameters, chlorophyll fluorescence, proline, quaternary ammonium compounds and leaf and root concentrations of Cl(-) and Na(+) were measured. KEY RESULTS: Salinity increased leaf Cl(-) and Na(+) concentrations and decreased osmotic potential (Psi(pi)) such that leaf relative water content (RWC) was maintained during drought stress. However, in non-salinized drought-stressed plants, osmotic adjustment did not occur and RWC decreased. The salinity-induced osmotic adjustment was not related to any accumulation of proline, quaternary ammonium compounds or soluble sugars. Net CO(2) assimilation rate (A(CO2)) was reduced in leaves from all stressed treatments but the mechanisms were different. In non-salinized drought-stressed plants, lower A(CO2) was related to low RWC, whereas in salinized plants decreased A(CO2) was related to high levels of leaf Cl(-) and Na(+). A(CO2) recovered after irrigation in all the treatments except in previously salinized drought-stressed leaves which had lower RWC and less chlorophyll but maintained high levels of Cl(-), Na(+) and quaternary ammonium compounds after recovery. High leaf levels of Cl(-) and Na(+) after recovery apparently came from the roots. CONCLUSIONS: Plants preconditioned by salinity stress maintained a better leaf water status during drought stress due to osmotic adjustment and the accumulation of Cl(-) and Na(+). However, high levels of salt ions impeded recovery of leaf water status and photosynthesis after re-irrigation with non-saline water.     

中国西北内陆盐渍化防治与可持续农业的研究

中国西北内陆分布着广袤的盐渍土是影响生态环境和农业可持续发展的一个重要因素。由于盐渍成因多样、盐渍程度强烈、盐分组成复杂、雨水淋盐微弱、表聚作用显著、次生盐渍普遍和单纯用水无法把盐排走等特点,因而相对治理难度比沿海地区更大。作者通过20多年的研究,采用生物防治为主的办法,通过引种盐地先锋植物、应用生物排盐、增大绿色覆盖、防止盐分表聚、培肥地力等措施,使土地能有效地脱盐。同时坚持对植物抗盐机理和盐地资源植物开发利用的研究,使内陆盐渍生物防治建立在理论和应用的基础上。并根据改善西部生态环境,调整种植结构,走农业可持续发展道路,提出了培植“盐地草产业”、“盐地药产业”的模式,使内陆盐渍区的可持续农业能释放出巨大的生态效益、社会效益和经济效益。     

黄河三角洲夏季典型田块土壤盐分的多尺度空间变异

土壤盐渍化严重阻碍黄河三角洲农业经济发展,掌握田间多尺度下土壤盐分的空间变异性特征对于盐渍土改良利用和农业生产有重要意义。选取黄河三角洲垦利区代表性夏季玉米田块,划分为大田、地块、垄间3个尺度,通过实地调查采样获取152 组电导率数据,运用经典统计学、地统计学和克里格插值方法,分析多尺度下田块土壤盐分的空间变异性特征及其尺度效应。结果表明: 试验区土壤为中度盐渍化,土壤盐分在3种尺度下均呈中等强度变异,从大田、地块到垄间,随着采样尺度的减小,土壤盐分的变异性趋强、标准差增大;垄间和地块尺度表现为强空间相关性,最优拟合模型为高斯模型,主要受结构性因素影响,大田尺度为中等空间相关性,最优拟合模型为指数模型,受随机性因素和结构性因素共同影响;不同尺度土壤盐分的空间分布特征有明显差异,小尺度的空间特征在大尺度下被掩盖,存在明显的尺度效应;垄间微域尺度下土壤盐分分布变异明显,土壤含盐量随微地貌由高到低、植被覆盖由疏至密而逐渐降低。     

Salinity tolerance of 'Valencia' orange trees on rootstocks with contrasting salt tolerance is not improved by moderate shade

The effects of shading in combination with salinity treatments were studied in citrus trees on two rootstocks with contrasting salt tolerance to determine if shading could reduce the negative effects of salinity stress. Well-nourished 2-year-old 'Valencia' orange trees grafted on Cleopatra mandarin (Cleo, relatively salt tolerant) or Carrizo citrange (Carr, relatively salt sensitive), were grown either under a 50% shade cloth or left unshaded in full sunlight. Half the trees received no salinity treatment and half were salinized with 50 mM Cl- during two 9 week salinity periods in the spring and autumn interrupted by an 11 week rainy period. The shade treatment reduced midday leaf temperature and leaf-to-air vapour pressure deficit regardless of salinity treatments. In non-salinized trees, shade increased midday CO2 assimilation rate (A(CO2)) and stomatal conductance, but had no effect on leaf transpiration (E(lf)). Shade also increased leaf chlorophyll and photosynthetic water use efficiency (A(CO2)/E(lf)) in leaves on both rootstocks and increased total plant dry weight in Cleo. The salinity treatment reduced leaf growth and leaf gas exchange parameters. Shade decreased Cl- concentrations in leaves of salinized Carr trees, but had no effect on leaf or root Cl- of trees on Cleo. There were no significant differences in leaf gas exchange parameters of shaded and unshaded salinized plants but the growth reduction from salinity stress was actually greater for shaded than for unshaded trees. Shaded trees on both rootstocks had higher leaf Na+ than unshaded trees after the first salinity period, and this shade-induced elevated leaf Na+ persisted after the second salinity period in trees on Carr. Thus, shading did not alleviate the negative effects of salinity on growth and Na+ accumulation.     

Potassium activities in cell compartments of salt-grown barley leaves

Triple-barrelled microelectrodes measuring K(+) activity (a(K)), pH and membrane potential were used to make quantitative measurements of vacuolar and cytosolic a(K) in epidermal and mesophyll cells of barley plants grown in nutrient solution with 0 or 200 mM added NaCl. Measurements of a(K) were assigned to the cytosol or vacuole based on the pH measured. In epidermal cells, the salt treatment decreased a(K) in the vacuole from 224 to 47 mM and in the cytosol from 68 to 15 mM. In contrast, the equivalent changes in the mesophyll were from 235 to 150 mM (vacuole) and 79 to 64 mM (cytosol). Thus mechanisms exist to ameliorate the effects of salt on a(K) in compartments of mesophyll cells, presumably to minimize any deleterious consequences for photosynthesis. Thermodynamic calculations showed that K(+) is actively transported into the vacuole of both epidermal and mesophyll cells of salinized and non- salinized plants. Comparison of the values of a(K) in K(+)-replete, non-salinized leaf cells with those previously measured in root cells of plants grown under comparable conditions indicates that cytosolic a(K) is similar in cells of both organs, but vacuolar a(K) in leaf cells is approximately twice that in roots. This suggests differences in the regulation of vacuolar a(K), but not cytosolic a(K), in leaf and root cells.     

Abscisic Acid Reduces Leaf Abscission and Increases Salt Tolerance in Citrus Plants

This paper describes the physiological effects of abscisic acid (ABA) and 100 mM NaCl on citrus plants. Water potential, leaf abscission, ethylene production, photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, and chloride accumulation in roots and leaves were measured in plants of Salustiana scion [Citrus sinensis (L) Osbeck] grafted onto Carrizo citrange (Citrus sinensis [L.] Osbeck × Poncirus trifoliata [L.] Raf) rootstock. Plants under salt stress accumulated high amounts of chloride, increased ethylene production, and induced leaf abscission. Stomatal conductance and photosynthetic rates rapidly dropped after salinization. The addition of 10 mM ABA to the nutrient solution 10 days before the exposure to salt stress reduced ethylene release and leaf abscission. These effects were probably due to a decrease in the accumulation of toxic Cl- ions in leaves. In non-salinized plants, ABA reduced stomatal conductance and CO2 assimilation, whereas in salinized plants the treatment slightly increased these two parameters. The results suggest a protective role for ABA in citrus under salinity.     

Diurnal cycles of leaf extension in unsalinized and salinized Beta vulgaris

Abstract. Continuous high resolution measurement of sugar beet leaf extension over 5 d in growth chambers showed average leaf extension rates (LER) in darkness to be from three to six times those in light for plants growing in non-salinized media. The changes in LER in light-dark transitions occurred within seconds, a response which was more rapid than stomatal opening or closing. When the growth medium was salinized to 100 mol m⁻³ NaCl, LER's were reduced by about 50% in darkness and 90% in light, markedly increasing the ratio of dark to light LER.
A 2-d episode of root-zone salinity imposed midway through a 5-d period of measurement decreased LER and produced higher leaf temperatures. LER and diurnal leaf temperature patterns reverted to their pre-salinized levels when root-zone salinity was removed. Thus, the effects of short episodes of high sodium chloride in the growth medium appear to be reversible, suggesting a water stress mechanism of growth reduction rather than toxicity effects of salt.