Transpiration of spring barley under nitrogen and phosphorus deficiency during leaf wilting

In an open gas exchange system with a thermocouple psychrometer the transpiration rate of the first leaf in 8-day plants of spring barley was measured in dependence on the water saturation deficit (ΔW _sat). The plants were cultivated in Richter’s nutrient solution, either complete, or deficient in nitrogen or phosphorus. The cuticular transpiration (as measured in the dark) was unaffected by N and P deficiency. The N deficiency reduced the transpiration rate by increasing stomatal resistance since full water saturation of the leaf (67% rate of the control variant) up to stomatal closing at Δ W_sat = 14%. The P deficiency does not affect the transpiration rate at initial phases of wilting, but the stomata close only at a higher Δ W_sat (25%) than those in the control.     

中亚热带樟科3种植物幼苗叶结构型性状的种间差异及其相关性

为了揭示植物叶功能性状对全球气候变化的响应和适应规律,以樟科3种植物幼苗为研究对象,将其人工采集的种子经低温沙藏并于温室培育,然后将幼苗移栽到野外同质园中自然生长,研究中亚热带樟科植物刨花楠(Machilus pauhoi)、香樟(Cinnamomum camphora)和闽楠(Phoebe bournei)两年生幼苗生长季节9种叶结构型性状的种间差异及其相关性。结果显示,(1)在3种植物幼苗中,香樟叶面积、叶厚度、叶体积、叶氮磷比最大,叶氮浓度最高,叶组织密度最小;闽楠叶组织密度、叶干物质含量最大,叶磷浓度最高,叶面积、叶体积、比叶面积、叶氮磷比最小,叶氮浓度最低;刨花楠比叶面积最大,叶厚度、叶干物质含量最小,叶磷浓度最低;3种植物幼苗的叶厚度之间均无显著差异。(2)Pearson相关分析和线性回归分析结果表明,樟科3种植物幼苗的叶面积与叶体积间呈极显著正相关(P0.01)、与叶干物质含量间呈极显著负相关(P0.01)、与叶磷浓度间呈极显著负相关(P0.01)、与叶组织密度间呈显著负相关(P0.05)、与叶氮浓度间呈显著正相关(P0.05);叶厚度与比叶面积间呈显著负相关(P0.05)、与叶干物质含量间呈显著正相关(P0.05);叶体积与叶组织密度间呈极显著负相关(P0.01)、与叶氮浓度间呈极显著正相关(P0.01)、与叶磷浓度间呈显著负相关(P0.05);叶组织密度与叶磷浓度间呈显著正相关(P0.05);比叶面积与叶干物质含量间呈极显著负相关(P0.01)、与叶磷浓度间呈极显著负相关(P0.01);叶干物质含量与叶磷浓度间呈极显著正相关(P0.01)。这表明在同质园中生长的刨花楠、香樟和闽楠幼苗的9种叶结构型性状表现出一定的种间差异,不同物种同一叶结构型性状指标的大小顺序、种间差异及其显著性不同;3种植物幼苗不同叶结构型性状之间的相关性及其显著程度也不同。本研究结果为揭示樟科3种植物幼苗叶功能性状对全球气候变化的响应和适应规律提供了基础数据。     

不同林龄刺槐叶功能性状差异及其与土壤养分的关系

对不同林龄刺槐群落叶功能性状差异及其与土壤养分的关系进行研究,分析刺槐对黄土丘陵区土壤环境的适应策略.结果表明: 随林龄的增大,刺槐比叶面积、叶面积、叶片含水量、叶全氮含量及叶有机碳含量呈先增大后减小的变化趋势,且在30年林龄时达到最大值,分别为279.18 cm²·g^-1、12.33 cm²、0.09%、33.01 g·kg^-1、523.08 g·kg^-1.随林龄的增大,叶组织密度、叶全磷含量、叶厚度及气孔密度呈增大趋势,气孔长度及气孔宽度呈减小趋势.主成分分析表明,叶面积、比叶面积、叶全磷含量、叶片含水量、叶厚度及气孔密度均为刺槐叶功能性状随林龄变化的主要指标.各指标间呈一定的相关性,这表明刺槐能改变自身的形态结构,形成最佳功能组合以适应环境的变化.影响叶面积、叶片含水量、比叶面积及气孔长度的主要土壤因子是土壤全氮含量,影响气孔宽度、叶组织密度、叶厚度、叶全磷含量、叶全氮含量及气孔密度的主要土壤因子是土壤有机碳含量,这表明土壤全氮含量和有机碳含量是影响不同林龄刺槐叶功能性状的主要土壤因子.随林龄的增大,刺槐群落土壤养分得到改善,进而影响刺槐叶功能性状.不同林龄刺槐叶功能性状的差异反映出刺槐具有较强的叶片形态可塑性,有利于其适应黄土丘陵区的土壤环境.     

Leaf appearance, tillering and their coordination in response to NxP fertilization in barley

The aim of this work was to study the effects of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) deficiencies and their interaction on the appearance of leaves and tillers of barley (Hordeum vulgare spp. distichum L.) by analyzing the rate and duration of the appearance period. Three microcrops experiments were carried out in 200 L containers using malting barley cv. Quilmes Palomar. Treatments were a factorial combination of two levels on N and two or three levels of P fertilization. Both N and P deficiencies delayed leaf and tiller appearance rates but leaf appearance was less susceptible to nutrient deficiencies than tiller appearance. P deficiency effects on leaf emergence differed from N effects. While N deficiency diminished the rate of leaf appearance (RLA), it has no significant effect on the duration of leaf appearance or on the duration of the period from emergence to flowering. On the other hand, P deficiency diminished RLA, and increased both the duration of leaf appearance and the duration of the period from emergence to flowering.     

Analysis of Growth and Productivity of Green Chickpea Using Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization

Chickpea contains high levels of protein, vitamins and minerals. Acceptable chickpea yield is the result of meeting nitrogen and phosphorus requirements. The effect of appropriately meeting such requirements reflects on growth and can easily be evaluated using growth analysis. This research determined: (a) The effect of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on phenology, net assimilation rate, number of green leaves, leaf area, leaf area index and leaf area duration; (b) Green chickpea yield and number of pods due to fertilization; and (c) The combination of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization that yields the most net revenue. Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization was evaluated; each at the doses of 0, 75 and 150 kg ha^–1 (N0, N75, N150; P0, P75 and P150, respectively). The combination of the levels of both nutrients generated nine combinations of treatments which were distributed in the field in a randomized complete block design in an arrangement of divided plots with four repetitions. Timing of phenological phases were similar among treatments. Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization increased number of leaves, leaf area index, and leaf area duration that translated into increased green chickpea yield (GCY). Combinations N150-P75 and N150-P150 produced the highest GCY. The highest net revenue and revenue per peso invested was obtained with N150-P75.     

祁连山青海云杉叶片氮、磷含量随海拔变化特征

于2005年9月在祁连山北坡沿海拔梯度测定了青海云杉(Picea crassifolia)叶片氮、磷含量.结果表明,青海云杉叶氮、磷平均含量分别为9.75和0.97 mg·g-1.在种间水平上,青海云杉叶片氮、磷含量明显低于全球松科其它针叶树种;在种内水平上,随着海拔的增加,青海云杉叶片氮含量表现出降低的趋势,叶片磷含量变化趋势不明显.叶片氮含量与年均气温呈显著正相关关系(r=0.616**),与土壤水分呈显著负相关关系(r=-0.640**),与土壤有机质、全氮均呈显著负相关关系(r=-0.591**,r=-0.564**);叶片磷含量与年均温、土壤水分之间的关系不显著;叶片氮、磷之间的比率为10.2.表明温度和水分对青海云杉叶片氮、磷含量的影响主要是通过影响土壤生物化学过程(如养分有效性、根系对养分的吸收等)来实现的,青海云杉生长更多的受到氮素限制.     

Changes in leaf nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry of woody plants along an altitudinal gradient in Changbai Mountain,China

Aims Leaf is the organ of plant photosynthesis, and it is important to understand the drivers for the variations of leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) stoichiometry along geographical and climatic gradients. Here we aimed to explore: 1) the changes in leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) stoichiometry of woody plants along an altitudinal gradient in Changbai Mountain, and 2) the relative contribution of climate, plant characteristics, and phylogeny to the changes in leaf N, P concentration and N:P.     

茂兰喀斯特区68种典型植物叶片化学计量特征

研究茂兰喀斯特区不同功能(类)群植物叶片的养分含量及化学计量特征,揭示其在时间和空间尺度上的变化规律,阐明碳(C)、氮(N)、磷(P)、钾(K)等养分含量与C∶N∶P间的相互关系,探讨N∶P对该区域植物生长的指示作用,以期能够更深入的了解其养分利用状况及适生性,为喀斯特森林的稳定性及维持机制提供理论依据。以茂兰喀斯特区68种典型植物为研究对象,分别测定不同生长阶段植物叶片的C、N、P和K含量,并计算其化学计量比。结果表明:研究区68种植物分属40科62属;其叶片C、N、P和K含量的几何平均值分别为445.87 g/kg、17.32 g/kg、1.35 g/kg和9.86 g/kg,C∶N的算术平均值为26.93,C∶P、C∶K、N∶P、N∶K和P∶K的几何平均值分别为330.93、45.22、12.85、1.76和0.137;C与N呈极显著负相关,N与P、K以及P与K均呈极显著正相关,N与C∶P和C∶K、P与C∶N、C∶K和N∶K以及K与C∶N、C∶P和N∶P均呈极显著负相关,且它们之间均具有二次函数、指数函数或幂函数的非线性耦合关系;从变异程度来看,C含量为弱变异,N、P、K含量及各元素的化学计量比则均属中等变异或强变异。从植物不同生活型来比较,各生长阶段的C含量均表现为灌木乔木草本,N、P和K含量均为草本灌木乔木,各元素的化学计量比则均为乔木灌木草本。从植物不同系统发育来分析,各生长阶段蕨类植物的N、P、K含量均要高于种子植物,而各元素的化学计量比则正好相反。从不同生长阶段来看,各功能(类)群植物生长期(或生长盛期)的养分含量均要高于落叶期(或生长末期);乔木、灌木和草本等不同生活型植物落叶期的C∶P、C∶K、N∶P和N∶K均要高于生长期;蕨类植物各元素的化学计量比不同生长阶段间差异都不显著;而种子植物的C∶P、C∶K、N∶P和N∶K则均表现为落叶期生长期。对比我国其他地区及全国和全球尺度上的研究结果,该区域植物的生长发育易受N和P素的双重限制,但又因功能(类)群及生长阶段的不同其受限的养分元素也存在一定差异,体现了对高度异质的喀斯特生境不同的适应策略;而植物体内较高的K含量则可能是提高其自身抗性、适应恶劣环境的重要因素。减少人为干扰、加之适当的保护,在植物生长期配以适量的N素添加,有利于其更好的生长发育,有助于提高喀斯特森林生态系统的稳定性和抗干扰性。研究结果揭示了喀斯特森林植物的适生机制,对喀斯特森林的保护具有重要的指导意义。     

氮添加对昆仑山高山草地土壤、微生物和植物生态化学计量特征的影响

全球范围内的氮沉降增加改变了生态系统氮(N)素循环过程,由此带来的生态学效应已成为当前研究的热点。以昆仑山高山草地生态系统2种优势植物黄花棘豆(Oxytropis ochrocephala)和针茅(Stipa capillata)为研究对象,开展人工氮肥添加试验,研究土壤-微生物-植物系统各组分生态化学计量特征对氮添加的响应特征。结果表明:①氮添加显著提高了土壤NH4^+-N和土壤NO3^--N含量(P<0.05),土壤全N、全磷(P)、速效P含量没有明显变化。②氮添加条件下针茅叶片N含量增加,P含量降低,而黄花棘豆N和P含量无明显变化。③土壤微生物量碳(MBC)和微生物量氮(MBN)随着施氮量的增加呈现出先增加后降低的趋势,当施氮量为6N·m^-2·y^-1时呈现出最高值。土壤NH4+-N含量与土壤微生物量N含量有显著的正相关关系(P<0.01)。综合分析表明,短期氮添加有利于土壤养分和微生物量的积累,促进植物和微生物养分吸收利用。2种优势植物的生态化学计量特征对氮沉降的响应不同,过量的氮输入将会造成植物生长受到P限制,氮沉降会改变昆仑山高山草地生态系统的生物地球化学循环过程。     

Growth, nitrogen fixation and ammonium assimilation in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris): effect of phosphorus

The impact of phosphorous nutrition on plant growth, symbiotic N₂ fixation, ammonium assimilation, carbohydrate and amino-acid accumulation, as well as on nitrogen, phosphorus and ATP content in tissues in common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) plants was investigated. Plants inoculated with Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 were grown in Leonard jars under controlled conditions, with P-deficient (0 and 0.1 m M ), P-medium (0.5, 1 and 1.5 m M ) and P-high (2 m M ) conditions in a N-free nutrient solution. The P application, increased leaf area, whole plant DW (67%), nodule biomass (4-fold), and shoot and root P content (4- and 6-fold, respectively) in plant harvested at the onset of flowering (28-days-old). However, P treatments decreased the total soluble sugar and amino acid content in vegetative organs (leaf, root and nodules). The root growth proved less sensitive to P deficiency than did shoot growth, and the leaf area was significantly reduced at low P-application. The absence of a relationship between shoot N content, and P levels in the growth medium could indicate that nitrogen fixation requires more P than does plant growth. The optimal amount for the P. vulgaris – R. tropici CIAT899 symbiosis was 1.5 m M P, this treatment augmented nodule-ARA 20-fold, and ARA per plant 70-fold compared with plants without P application.     

The relation between growth and nitrogen and phosphorus content of green panic and kikuyu grass

Summary Two grasses, green panic (Panicum maximum var. trichoglume) and kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum) were grown in pots of varying levels of nitrogen and phosphorus supply. Green panic had a much higher growth rate, and, except under extreme N deficiency, its yield advantage was relatively greater at low than at high levels of nutrient supply. These growth effects led to lower tissue N and P concentrations and more extreme nutrient deficiency in green panic at equivalent date of harvest.When compared at equal plant size both species were similar in the N and P per cent of tops or whole plant, and thus also in total nutrient uptake. However, leaf blades of green panic appeared to have an inherently lower N per cent than those of kikuyu, and the relation between relative growth rate and tissue N or P per cent indicated that green panic was more efficient in nutrient utilisation than kikuyu.The growth and nutrient characteristics shown by green panic would seem inevitably conducive to low protein levels in this tropical grass.     

不同林龄刺槐叶片养分重吸收特征及其对土壤养分有效性的响应

为揭示丘陵沟壑区刺槐的养分重吸收特征及其驱动因素,研究该区不同林龄刺槐叶片全氮和全磷的浓度,以及土壤有机碳、全氮、全磷、铵态氮、硝态氮和速效磷浓度及其化学计量,分析了叶片氮磷重吸收效率与土壤养分特性之间的关系。结果表明: 植物和土壤的养分随林龄增长发生显著变化,而土壤总磷和速效磷浓度较低。氮重吸收效率随林分生长先增加后降低,范围为48.2%～54.0%,平均为48.5%;磷重吸收效率则显著增加,范围为45.2%～49.4%,平均为46.9%。氮重吸收效率与土壤氮素和氮磷比呈负向响应,而磷重吸收效率与氮磷比呈显著正相关,与土壤速效磷呈负相关。表明土壤养分有效性的变化负向驱动养分重吸收效率。由于该生境中刺槐林的固氮效应及磷限制,叶片养分重吸收策略对土壤氮磷比响应强烈。     

刨花楠不同相对生长速率下林木叶片碳氮磷的适应特征

分别对9年生与13年生刨花楠林木叶片氮磷养分之间关系及林木生物量相对生长速率与叶片碳氮磷化学计量比关系进行分析,探讨不同相对生长速率下的林木叶片N、P养分适应特征,并检验相对生长速率假说理论对刨花楠树种的适应性。结果表明:两种年龄刨花楠林木生物量相对生长速率、叶片C、N、P含量及其计量比值均存在显著差异;同一年龄的林木叶片N、P之间存在显著相关性,二者具有协同相关性;9年生林木叶片P含量及C∶P、N∶P与生物量相对生长速率呈二次曲线相关,而13年生林木叶片N、P含量及C∶N、C∶P、N∶P则与生物量相对生长速率均呈线性相关。研究表明,在能满足植物生长所需养分供给的土壤环境中,叶片N、P含量与林木相对生长速率间呈线性正相关,但当土壤中养分供应满足不了植物高速生长时,植物则会对有限的养分资源进行适应性调整。     

Stomatal responses to water stress and to abscisic Acid in phosphorus-deficient cotton plants

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) plants were grown in sand culture on nutrient solution containing adequate or growth-limiting levels of P. When water was withheld from the pots, stomata of the most recently expanded leaf closed at leaf water potentials of approximately −16 and −12 bars in the normal and P-deficient plants, respectively. Pressure-volume curves showed that the stomata of P-deficient plants closed when there was still significant turgor in the leaf mesophyll. Leaves of P-deficient plants accumulated more abscisic acid (ABA) in response to water stress, but the difference was evident only at low water potentials, after initiation of stomatal closure. In leaves excised from unstressed plants, P deficiency greatly increased stomatal response to ABA applied through the transpiration stream. Kinetin blocked most of this increase in apparent sensitivity to ABA. The effect of P nutrition on stomatal behavior may be related to alterations of the balance between ABA and cytokinins.     

长白山森林不同演替阶段植物与土壤氮磷的化学计量特征

以长白山森林不同演替阶段的典型群落为对象,研究了不同层次优势种茎和叶化学计量特征及其与土壤因子的关系,并对不同演替阶段群落化学计量进行了比较.结果表明: 叶氮浓度(LNC)与叶磷浓度(LPC)、茎氮浓度(SNC)呈极显著正相关,与茎磷浓度(SPC)显著正相关;LPC与SNC呈显著正相关,与叶N/P、茎N/P显著负相关;叶N/P与茎N/P呈极显著正相关;SNC与SPC呈极显著正相关;SPC与茎N/P呈极显著负相关.各演替群落间的乔木层化学计量特征均有显著差异,灌木层除了叶N/P差异显著以外,其他指标均无显著差异;随演替的进行, LNC明显增加,而LPC呈减少趋势.通过RDA约束排序分析发现,演替前期植物群落主要受氮素的影响,演替中后期主要受氮磷共同影响,以磷素的作用更为强烈.     

中国四种森林类型主要优势植物的C:N:P化学计量学特征

为了评价不同森林类型的生态化学计量特征的差异, 以吉林长白山温带针阔混交林、广东鼎湖山亚热带常绿阔叶林、云南西双版纳热带季雨林和江西千烟洲亚热带人工针叶林为研究对象, 通过对2007年4月-2008年5月4种典型区域森林植物叶片和凋落物的碳(C)氮(N)磷(P)元素质量比与N、P再吸收率的分析, 探讨了4种森林类型N、P养分限制和N、P养分再吸收的内在联系。结果表明: 1)从森林类型上看, 温带针阔混交林叶片的C : N : P为321 : 13 : 1, 亚热带常绿阔叶林叶片的C : N : P为561 : 22 : 1, 热带季雨林叶片的C : N : P为442 : 19 : 1, 亚热带人工针叶林叶片的C : N : P为728 : 18 : 1; 凋落物的C : N : P也是亚热带人工林最高, 达1 950 : 27 : 1, 温带针阔混交林的最低, 为552 : 14 : 1, 热带季雨林的为723 : 24 : 1, 亚热带常绿阔叶林的为1 305 : 35 : 1, 不同森林类型凋落物的C : N : P的计量大小关系与叶片的结果一致; 2)从植物生活型上看, 常绿针叶林叶片的C : N均显著高于常绿阔叶林及落叶阔叶林; 叶片C : P与森林类型的关系并不十分密切; 常绿阔叶林叶片的N : P最高, 常绿针叶林次之, 落叶阔叶林最低; 3)植物叶片的N : P与月平均气温有显著的负相关关系, 但叶片的C : P基本不受月平均气温影响, 叶片的C、N、P计量比与降水的线性关系不显著; 4)高纬度地区的植物更易受N元素限制, 而低纬度地区植物更易受P元素的限制; 但受N或P限制的植物并不一定具有高的N或P再吸收率。研究结果表明, 不同类型森林的叶片与凋落物的化学计量特征具有一致性, 但是环境因子对不同类型植物化学计量比的影响并不相同。     

The effect of nitrogen and phosphorus deficiency on flavonol accumulation in plant tissues

The flavonol content of Arabidopsis thaliana and tomato seedlings was assessed in conditions of reduced nitrogen or phosphorus availability. In both systems, a significant inverse relationship was observed between nutrient availability and flavonol accumulation, with nitrogen limitation promoting the greatest increase in flavonols. A trial was established to determine the effects of decreased nitrogen and phosphorus availability on the flavonol content of leaf and fruit tissues of tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Chaser) in a commercial situation. Nutrients were supplied by a hydroponic system with nutrient regimes designed to provide the highest and lowest nitrogen and phosphorus levels with which it is possible to support plant growth and fruit set. Fruiting was abundant and tomato fruits were harvested at mature green, breaker and red stages of ripening; leaves were also harvested from the tops of the plants. All tissues were analysed for flavonol content using reversed‐phase high‐performance liquid chromatography. Flavonol accumulation in the leaves of mature tomato plants was found to increase significantly in response to nitrogen stress, whereas phosphorus deficiency did not elicit this response. Reduced nitrogen availability had no consistent effect on the flavonol content of tomato fruits. Phosphorus deficiency elicited an increase in flavonol content in early stages of ripening. Effects of nutrient stress on the flavonol content of tomato fruits were lost as ripening progressed. The findings suggest that nutrient status may be employed to manipulate the flavonol content of vegetative tissues but cannot be used to elevate the flavonol content of tomato fruit.     

红豆杉幼树异龄叶的功能性状

植物叶片功能性状随叶龄的变化体现了植物的生活史策略,反映着植物对有限资源的权衡与配置特征.本研究以红豆杉幼树异龄叶为对象,测定了3个年龄段叶片的14个功能性状,分析红豆杉叶片老化过程中生态策略的调整方式.结果 表明:1年生叶的比叶面积显著大于2、3年生叶,3年生叶的叶厚、叶面积、叶体积、叶鲜重和叶干重显著大于1、2年生...     

Differences in plant function in phosphorus- and nitrogen-limited mangrove ecosystems

Mangrove ecosystems can be either nitrogen (N) or phosphorus (P) limited and are therefore vulnerable to nutrient pollution. Nutrient enrichment with either N or P may have differing effects on ecosystems because of underlying differences in plant physiological responses to these nutrients in either N- or P-limited settings. Using a common mangrove species, Avicennia germinans, in sites where growth was either N or P limited, we investigated differing physiological responses to N and P limitation and fertilization. We tested the hypothesis that water uptake and transport, and hydraulic architecture, were the main processes limiting productivity at the P-limited site, but that this was not the case at the N-limited site. We found that plants at the P-deficient site had lower leaf water potential, stomatal conductance and photosynthetic carbon-assimilation rates, and less conductive xylem, than those at the N-limited site. These differences were greatly reduced with P fertilization at the P-limited site. By contrast, fertilization with N at the N-limited site had little effect on either photosynthetic or hydraulic traits. We conclude that growth in N- and P-limited sites differentially affect the hydraulic pathways of mangroves. Plants experiencing P limitation appear to be water deficient and undergo more pronounced changes in structure and function with relief of nutrient deficiency than those in N-limited ecosystems.