极端干旱条件下多年生植物水分关系参数变化特性

通过对生长在塔克拉玛干沙漠南缘极端干旱区野外生境条件下的4种多年生植物胡杨、柽柳、沙拐枣和骆驼刺的主要水分关系参数(P100为膨压最大时的渗透势;P0为膨压为零时的渗透势;emax为最大细胞弹性模量;RWCa为细胞在质壁分离点时的相对含水量)在植物生长周期内的变化特征进行了分析,结合对植物清晨水势和土壤含水率变化的系统进行测定。结果表明:4种植物在低水势下保持膨压能力大小的排序为柽柳>胡杨>骆驼刺>沙拐枣。4种植物应对水分胁迫的共同反应是在细胞出现质壁分离时,保持高的体内含水量;在耐旱机理上,沙拐枣和骆驼刺属于高水势延迟脱水类型,胡杨和柽柳属于低水势忍耐脱水类型;在植物生长期内,4种植物清晨水势的变化特征是,骆驼刺的清晨水势值最高,沙拐枣和胡杨的清晨水势值的季节变化较为稳定,柽柳的清晨水势值最低;植物清晨水势的变化趋势同其水分关系参数的变化特性基本一致;4种植物没有受到严重的水分胁迫,灌溉对植物水分关系参数变化的影响不显著;植物处并利用地下水来满足其生存和生长需求,维持地下水位的基本稳定,是保证多年生植物恢复重建的重要前提。     

新疆策勒绿洲外围四种多年生植物的水分生理特征

对新疆策勒绿洲外围多年生植物胡杨、柽柳、沙拐枣和骆驼刺的水分生理特性进行了试验研究.结果表明：4种植物在生长季内没有受到严重的水分胁迫,灌溉对植物水分生理指标变化的影响不显著(P＞0.05).4种植物水分生理特性的季节变化各不相同.其中,骆驼刺的清晨水势和日均茎流量最高,但其平均水分利用效率最低;沙拐枣的平均水分利用效率最高,而且其清晨水势与日均茎流量的变化最为稳定,季节变幅不大;柽柳的清晨水势最低,具有较好的环境适应性;胡杨水分生理指标的季节变化相对平稳.在新疆策勒绿洲外围的极端干旱环境中,4种植物通过深根系和地下水相连接,并利用地下水来维持其生存与生长.     

沙漠-绿洲过渡带四种多年生植物水分关系特征

沙漠一绿洲过渡带地区植被的可持续性在防止绿洲沙漠化的过程中非常重要。对过渡带主要植物种骆驼刺(Alhagi sparsifolia Shap)、多枝柽柳(Tamarix ramosissima Lebed．)、胡杨(Populus euphratica Oliv．)和头状沙拐枣(Calligonum caputmedusae Schrenk．)水分关系的研究表明：4种植物的水分恢复状况良好,清晨水势一直较高,水分亏缺并不严重。渗透势和正午水势的降低幅度不大,变化比较平稳,更像是一种生长过程中的结果．植物的水分胁迫状况并不明显。4种植物的水势和渗透势都高于典型的荒漠植物,属于中生植物的范围。水分参数的变化显示在同样的环境节律下,四种植物在水分生理的变化特征上有一致性。一直很高的RWCp值表明植物不能适应剧烈的水分损失和较低的水分含量,植物需要稳定充足的水分供应来适应塔克拉玛干极端气候条件下的生长环境。植物对环境胁迫也有各自不同的生理适应特点,胡杨的△Ⅱ值大,能忍受较多的水分损失维持气孔的开放;骆驼刺的ψp值最高,水分亏缺的平衡与恢复效果明显;C4植物头状沙拐枣能维持较高的水势和渗透势,而盐土植物多枝柽柳能忍受水势的很大降低。夏季一次性灌溉对骆驼刺、多枝柽柳和胡杨水分状况的改善基本没有影响,对头状沙拐枣有一定的帮助。植物群落和地下水关系密切,过渡带地区地下水位稳定在植物可接触的范围内是保证植物长期存活的关键。4种植物对干旱胁迫的适应为躲避型。     

策勒绿洲多枝柽柳灌溉前后水分生理指标变化的初步研究

在位于塔克拉玛干沙漠南缘的策勒绿洲对引洪灌溉后枝柽柳清晨叶水势、水势日变化和蒸腾速率的变化特点进行了研究。结果表明,灌溉后柽柳的清晨水势值（－0．93MPa）比灌溉前的清晨水势值（－1．04Ma）有所增加,但幅度不大,因此,灌溉对柽柳清晨水势的恢复有一定的作用,灌溉后柽柳水势的日变化均值（－2．29MPa）比灌溉前的水势日变化均值（－1．69Ma）有较大降低,灌溉后柽柳蒸腾速率的日变化值（0．505mmol.m^-2s^-1）比灌溉前的蒸腾速率日变化值（0．18mmol.m^-2s^-1）有较大增加,从灌溉前后样地土壤含水量的树柳的根系分布情况看,这是柽柳利用地下水的结果。柽柳通过深根系和地下水相接,地表灌溉对柽柳水分状况改变的作用不明显。     

绿洲前沿地区多枝柽柳水分关系的特征及灌溉的影响

 对塔克拉玛干沙漠南缘策勒绿洲前沿地区多枝柽柳（Tamarix ramosissima）进行了研究,生长季节和灌溉前后水分关系的特征表明：多枝柽柳在生长季节保持了较高较稳定的清晨水势,植物能够平衡白天水分损失造成的水分亏缺,水分恢复状况良好。环境气候变化对渗透势等水分参数的影响不及植物水分恢复状况对它们的影响。除了个别数据,多枝柽柳水势和渗透势的降低幅度很小,更像是生长过程的结果,植物水分胁迫的特征并不明显。对比水分生理上对干旱胁迫的适应——渗透势的迅速降低和质外体水含量的增加,膨压消失点相对含水量(RWCp)和渗透势差值(ΔΠ)等参数显示的生理特征表明,植物更加依靠稳定充足的水分供应来适应生长环境中极端的高水压差和与此相应的高大气蒸发要求。与此适应,植物和地下水发生了联系,并且一次性灌溉对植物水分状况的恢复基本没有帮助,保持地下水位稳定在根系的可吸收范围内成为保护绿洲前沿多枝柽柳长期存在的关键。多枝柽柳的水分特征属于中生植物的范畴,对极端环境的适应属于躲避的类型。     

塔克拉玛干沙漠南缘防护林和自然群落中多枝柽柳的光合特征及水分利用效率

干旱区植物的生长和生存主要受水分限制,采用滴灌方式对防护林植物进行水分补给是维持人工生态屏障稳定性的重要手段.本研究通过测定塔克拉玛干沙漠南缘防护林和自然群落多枝柽柳的气体交换参数和稳定性碳同位素值,研究不同水分来源多枝柽柳的光合特征和水分利用效率.结果表明: 滴灌群落多枝柽柳受灌溉和土壤盐分的影响水势普遍较低;自然群落多枝柽柳清晨和正午水势较其他植物低,表明其遭受到严重的水分胁迫;滴灌群落多枝柽柳叶片净光合速率(P_n)、气孔导度(g_s)、胞间CO₂浓度(C_i)和最大光合速率(P_{n max})均明显低于自然群落多枝柽柳,表明滴灌群落多枝柽柳光合能力弱于自然群落多枝柽柳;灌溉造成的盐分胁迫导致滴灌群落多枝柽柳比自然群落拥有较高的长期水分利用效率.总之,现行的灌溉模式虽能提供防护林植物生长所需水分,但技术的缺陷和土壤盐分的积累可能会影响防护林体系的长期稳定性.     

柽柳的水分生理特性研究进展

研究和了解柽柳的水分生理特性,是对柽柳合理利用和科学管理的重要前提。在对柽柳水分生理特性多年综合研究（P－V曲线、清晨水势及水势日变化和蒸腾速率）的基础上,对国内外研究柽柳水分生理特性的一些方法和手段进行了评述,以期尽快掌握柽柳的生态特性,为干旱、半干旱区域柽柳的恢复和保护提供一定的理论依据。     

不同土壤水盐条件下多枝柽柳(Tamarix ramosissima)对胡杨(Populus euphratica)幼苗的影响

目前胡杨更新困难,种群处于退化阶段,而与其生态位高度重叠的多枝柽柳却在扩张。为探讨多枝柽柳对胡杨生长的影响,本研究设置了3个水平的水分、盐分梯度,对胡杨进行了单种和混种的盆栽控制实验,通过测定胡杨幼苗的生长和存活状况,分析不同水、盐梯度下多枝柽柳如何影响胡杨生长。结果表明：（1）多枝柽柳伴生降低当年生胡杨幼苗的存活率,随着水分条件改善,胡杨存活率提高,而盐分对存活率没有显著的影响。（2）水分、盐分和伴生模式几个因子对胡杨的生长特征的影响存在显著的交互作用（P<0.05）。各水盐条件下,多枝柽柳会不同程度降低胡杨幼苗的株高、主根长和地上地下生物量,而根冠比增大。混种条件下,胡杨幼苗对水盐的响应更为敏感。（3）相对竞争强度对水盐环境有明显的响应（P<0.05）,随水分条件改善,地上、地下相对竞争强度降低。多枝柽柳对胡杨的生长产生不良影响的机制是通过快速消耗土壤的水分,从而导致胡杨幼苗水分亏缺。土壤水分条件是胡杨和多枝柽柳幼苗共存的关键因素,在水分供给不足的情况下,对水分偏好的差异导致胡杨无法通过实生苗进行有效的更新从而加剧胡杨种群的衰退,而多枝柽柳更为耐旱的特性使其逐步占据河岸的生境。我们的研究结果强调了两个树种对环境因子的适应性差异决定了河岸带植被发育过程中植物-土壤的相互作用导致胡杨在演替过程中表现出的衰退现象。     

准噶尔盆地南缘"丰收林"胡杨水势

以准噶尔盆地南缘150团丰收林的胡杨为研究对象,通过比较其与梭梭和柽柳水势变化的规律,以及与土壤含水量和大气温、湿度的关系,探讨了干旱环境下胡杨水势的变化特点.结果表明:胡杨叶、茎水势日变化呈"V"型,梭梭和柽柳水势日变化呈"W"型.相关分析表明,胡杨老林叶、茎水势与温度呈极显著负相关(r分别为-0.839和-0.818),胡杨幼林的茎水势与温度呈显著负相关(r=-0.650);胡杨幼林叶水势与空气湿度呈正相关(r=0.786).胡杨老林2 m处叶、茎的清晨水势与5和10 m处均存在显著性差异(P<0.05),而5和10 m处叶、茎的清晨水势无显著差异(P>0.05);2、5和10 m处的叶、茎正午水势均存在显著差异(P<0.05);在20:00,胡杨老林在不同高度叶水势存在显著性差异(P<0.05).     

库姆塔格沙漠典型植物种群特征与自然环境要素的因子分析

通过对库姆塔格沙漠区的典型植物梭梭、胡杨、沙生柽柳的种群特征及其地理、土壤、水分三类要素的7种因子进行实地样方调查,并采用因子分析法,对影响三种群生长与分布的环境因子进行分析。结果表明:(1)土壤养分是区域三种群生存和发展的最主要影响因子,表明区域环境严酷、土壤贫瘠,对植物生长发育的限制作用明显。(2)海拔影响较小,并均与其它因子共同产生作用,表明地理因子对植物或植物种群的影响主要是通过对其它因子的作用而产生的间接影响。(3)水分对三种群的影响明显,且各不相同,水分与海拔高度变化具有一定的相关性,共同影响了三种群的分布和种群发展。(4)水分是影响梭梭和胡杨种群分布的主要因子,水分对沙生柽柳的影响反映了其生存环境的地下水位及其矿化度特征。研究认为,由于库姆塔格沙漠区域长期地质及气候环境变化形成的土壤基质在短期内难以得到改善,土壤养分匮乏的影响将长期存在,植物种群的保护与恢复存在较大难度,因此防治区域沙漠化发展、保护植物现有生境将是维持库姆塔格沙漠区域植物生长和种群发展的有效手段。     

Physiological Responses of Three Contrasting Plant Species to Groundwater Level Changes in an Arid Environment

Plants growing on both sides of the Tarim River in western China serve as a natural barrier containing the deserts and protecting the oasis, and their growth is greatly affected by water conditions In their local habitat. We studied the physiological responses of three different types plants （i.e. Populus euphratlca Oliver, Tamarix ramosissima L., and Apocynum venetumas Linn） to changing groundwater levels by analyzing changes in chlorophyll, soluble sugar, proline （Pro）, malondialdehyde （MDA）, superoxlde dlsmutase （SOD）, peroxidase （POD）, indoleacetic acid （IAA）, giberellic acid, abscisic acid （ABA） and cytokinin （CK）. Relationships between these physiological characteristics and groundwater levels were analyzed in order to assess the drought tolerance of the three plant species based on the values of average membership function. We found that MDA, SOD and ABA were more susceptible to changes in groundwater level, followed by POD, IAA and CK. Among the three plant species, Populus euphratica responded physiologically less to changing groundwater level than T. ramosissima and A. venetumas.     

Physiological response of riparian plants to watering in hyper-arid areas of Tarim River,China

The physiological responses and adaptive strategies of Populus euphratica Oliv.(arbor species),Tamarix ramosissima Ldb.(bush species),and Apocynum venetum L.(herb species)to variations in water and salinity stress were studied in the hyper-arid environment of the Tarim River in China.The groundwater table,the saline content of the groundwater,as well as the content of free proline,soluble sugars,plant endogenous hormones (abscisic acid (ABA),and cytokinins (CTK))of the leaves of the three species were monitored and analyzed at the lower reaches of the Tarim River in the study area where five transects were fixed at 100 m intervals along a vertical sampling line before and after water release.Saline stress dramatically increased soluble sugar concentration of the three species.Differences in sugar accumulation were determined among the species at different transects.The free proline concentration of the leaves of T.ramosissima and P.euphratica showed a proportional decrease with various degrees of elevation of the groundwater table after water release.There was a least correlation between the soluble sugars and proline stimulation in T.ramosissima.It was strongly suggested that T.ramosissima developed a different strategy to accumulate organic solutes to adapt to the stress environment.The soluble sugars and proline accumulation responded to the changes of groundwater table independently:the former occurred under salt stress,whereas the latter was more significant under drought stress.The concentration and the increase in concentration of ABA and CTK involved in stress resistance of the three species were also determined.This increase in the hormone concentration in P.euphratica was different from that of the other two species.Expressed as a function of increase of ABA concentration in leaves,A.venetum and T.ramosissima showed a different solute accumulation in response to groundwater table.There was a significant correlation between ABA accumulation and A [proline] in A.venetum as well as between ABA accumulation and △ [sugar] in T.ramosissima.     

Clonal structure and genetic diversity of three desert phreatophytes

The objective of this paper was to assess clone sizes of three perennial desert plant species with AFLP markers and to relate them to clonal and genetic diversity and to hydroecology. The study was carried out at the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert, where sexual regeneration is only possible shortly after rare flooding events, resulting in rarely established cohorts with subsequent extensive vertical growth and horizontal clonal spread. In this environment, repeated seedling establishment is excluded. We expected decreasing clonal and genetic diversity with increasing clone size and increasing distance to the groundwater table and a common response pattern among all study species. Maximum sizes of Populus euphratica and Alhagi sparsifolia clones were 121 ha and 6.1 ha, respectively, while Tamarix ramosissima clones reached a maximum size of only 38 m(2). In P. euphratica and A. sparsifolia, clonal diversity declined with increasing clone size and increasing distance to the groundwater table, while genetic diversity remained unaffected. Tamarix ramosissima differed from the other species because of a much smaller clonality. Clone size and clonal diversity were found to be good proxy variables for clone age. Despite the considerable age of the clones, genetic diversity is maintained in the populations.     

沙漠腹地天然绿洲胡杨和柽柳叶片δ13C值对不同地下水埋深的响应

干旱区植物的水分利用效率对植物的分布及水分利用状况具有重要意义。基于不同地下水埋深条件下沙漠腹地绿洲优势种胡杨和柽柳叶片δ¹³C值,分析了胡杨和柽柳的水分利用效率对不同地下水埋深的响应。结果表明: 随着地下水埋深由2.1 m增加到4.3 m,柽柳叶片的δ¹³C值先略有增加后处于较为稳定状态,柽柳采取较为稳定的水分利用效率适应干旱环境;胡杨叶片的δ¹³C值呈现先略有减小后增加的趋势,胡杨通过提高水分利用效率的策略适应干旱胁迫。同一地下水埋深条件下柽柳叶片的δ¹³C值高于胡杨叶片,表明柽柳的水分利用效率高于胡杨。     

Seedling competition between native Populus deltoides (Salicaceae) and exotic Tamarix ramosissima (Tamaricaceae) across water regimes and substrate types

Populus deltoides subsp. wislizinii (Salicaceae), a cottonwood native to the Middle Rio Grande of New Mexico, must potentially compete against exotic Tamarix ramosissima (Tamaricaceae) during establishment after flooding. We investigated competitive interactions between seedlings of Tamarix and Populus in two substrates representing field textures and declining (i.e., draw-down) or stagnant water tables. The experiment was performed using a full-additive series design and interpreted with response surface models for each species. As reflected in both aboveground mass and height, Populus suppressed aboveground growth of Tamarix across all treatments, whereas competitive effects of Tamarix against Populus could only be seen at low Populus densities. Clay substrates with draw-down stimulated the greatest growth and created the most intense competitive environment for both species. Tamarix was competitively suppressed in every substrate tested, with the weakest response in sand with no draw-down, where growth of Populus was poorest. These results suggest that stream flow management that promotes Populus establishment could also aid in controlling Tamarix invasion across a range of substrates.     

塔里木河中游地区3种植物的抗旱机理研究

对塔里木河中游地区沙吉力克、阿其河等断面地下水位进行监测并对胡杨、柽柳、芦苇3种植物的可溶性糖、脯氨酸等生理指标进行测定分析.研究显示：（1）塔里木河中游地区植物生长与地下水位变化关系密切,随着不同断面地下水位埋深程度的增加,植物体内可溶性糖与脯氨酸含量呈增加趋势;（2）在干旱胁迫情况下,植物通过可溶性糖、脯氨酸等渗透调节物质的积累来提高自身的抗旱性;（3）植物叶片可溶性糖和脯氨酸的积累存在互相补偿的关系.研究表明在相同水分胁迫下,柽柳和芦苇对地下水位的变化更为敏感,胡杨的抗旱性较强.     

Ecological adaptation characteristics of Populus euphraticaeuphratica and Tamarix ramosissima leaf microstructures in the lower reaches of Tarim River

In order to explore the ecological adaptation in leaf microstructures of Populus euphratica and Tamarix ramosissima in the lower reaches of Tarim River; we used scanning electron microscopy to observe epidermal, cuticular and cross-sectional structures of P. euphratica and T. ramosissima leaves. In addition, their cell submicroscopic structures were studied with transmission electron microscopy. The results revealed that through long-term adaptation to the same environmental conditions, micro-structural of the leaves for the two species exhibit high degree of homoplasy: there is cavity between cuticle and epidermal, and cuticle bulges outwards to form processes mammillaris and epidermal hairs; stomata concaves; fence and vascular tissues are developed; both alisade cells and thin walled cells have chloroplast; vacuoles occupies large volume of the cell space; etc. These features help plants resist drought stress. The salt glands and salt crystallization of T. ramosissima reveals the strong ability of salt stress resistance, but its drought-resistance capacity is weaker than P. euphratica. The specific components of the various shapes of crystal structures in their leaves call for further study.