毛竹叶片衰老过程的叶重量、叶面积及元素内吸收率的动态

对福建永春毛竹(Phyllostachyspubescens Mazel ex H.de Lehaie)叶片衰老过程的叶重量、叶面积及元素内吸收率的动态进行了研究,并对元素内吸收率RE1(以元素的干重含量为计算单位,mg/g)、RE2(以单位叶片的元素含量为计算单位,mg/leaf)以及RE3(以单位叶面积的元素含量为计算单位,mg/cm2)进行了比较.叶片衰老过程中,平均叶重量、叶面积及比叶重分别下降了19.55%、15.16%和5.07%.叶重量与叶面积下降百分率的季节变化趋势一致,说明毛竹叶片存在一定的重量与面积比率.在不同的元素内吸收率比较中,N和K的元素内吸收率均为正,Ca均为负,表明叶片衰老过程中N和K的元素含量从衰老叶片中转移至植株的其他部位,而Ca在老叶中累积.N、P、K、Ca和Mg5种元素平均的元素内吸收率高低顺序均为RE2＞RE3＞RE1,反映出以元素的干重含量为计算单位和以单位叶面积的元素含量为计算单位的元素内吸收率偏低.     

锐齿栎林个体光合器官生长与营养季节动态

锐齿栎林单叶面积和干重的季节生长呈不同的S型曲线,叶面积叶干重比的季节变化呈不完全S型.叶从萌动到落叶持续约160d,展叶第1周,叶重量绝对增长快于叶面积的增加,之后相反.叶季节变化表现为叶面积增长迅速且持续时间较短,叶重量增加相对缓慢且持续时间较长.刚展叶时N、P、K含量很高,展叶期明显下降,落叶前最低,Ca含量季节变化则相反;Mg含量展叶期较高,之后逐渐下降且趋于稳定.叶N、P、K、Mg间呈显著的正相关,前者与Ca间呈显著的负相关.叶在生长期内具有较高的N/P、N/K,且其季节变化比单个元素含量更稳定;展叶初期K/Ca很高,之后变化逐渐稳定;叶K/Mg的季节变化趋于降低.展叶第1周叶N、P、K和Mg积累量迅速增加,继而缓慢增加,第45～50天达峰值,之后逐渐降低;Ca积累随叶龄的增加一直处于上升的趋势.叶内N、P、K、Mg和Ca积累量与叶的生长发育期有密切的关系.     

锐齿栎林个体乐合器官生长与营养季节动态

锐齿栎林单叶面积和干重的季节生长呈不同的S型曲线,叶面积叶干重比的季节变化呈不完全S型,叶从萌动到落叶持续约160d,展叶第1周、叶重量绝对增长快于叶面积的增加,之后相反。叶季节变化表现为叶面积增长迅速且持续时间较短,叶重量增加相对缓慢且持续时间较长,刚展叶时N、P、K含量很高,展叶期下降,落叶前最低,Ca含量季节变化则相反;Mg含量展叶期较高,之后逐渐下降且趋于稳定。叶N、P、K、Mg间呈显著的正相关,前者与Ca间呈显著的负相关,叶在生长期内具有较高的N／P、N／K,且其季节变化比元素含量更稳定;殿叶初期K／Ca很高,之后变化逐渐稳定;叶K/Mg的季节变化趋于降低,展叶第1周叶N、P、K和Mg积累量迅速增加,继而缓慢增加,第45－50天达峰值,之后逐渐降低;Ca积累随叶齿的增加一直处于上升的趋势,叶内N、P、K、Mg和Ca积累量与叶的生长发育有密切的关系。     

若干北方落叶树木叶片养分的内外迁移：Ⅰ.浓度和含量的变化

研究了北方 1 2个落叶树种单位面积叶干重、叶片灰分、有机物质和 7个元素的浓度和含量在落叶前后的变化 ,同一元素不同树种间及同一树种不同元素间有着不同的变化模式 .单位面积叶干重、叶片有机物质浓度和含量在落叶后均表现下降的趋势 ;所有树种叶片灰分浓度和大部分树种的灰分含量 (除刺槐、胡颓子、核桃楸外 )均有增加 ;落叶时 N、P、K的单位叶面积含量均可减少约 1 / 3～ 2 / 3;Mg含量的减少在胡颓子、核桃楸、春榆、蒙古栎、日本落叶松等 5个树种中发生 ,其余树种表现增加 ;落叶中 Fe含量除胡颓子下降外 ,其余均表现升高 ;落叶中 Ca、Si浓度和含量在所有分析树种中均表现增加趋势     

若干北方落叶树木叶片养分的内外迁移Ⅰ.浓度和含量的变化

研究了北方12个落叶树种单位面积叶干重、叶片灰分、有机物质和7个元素的浓度和含量在落叶前后的变化,同一元素不同树种间及同一树种不同元素间有着不同的变化模式.单位面积叶干重、叶片有机物质浓度和含量在落叶后均表现下降的趋势;所有树种叶片灰分浓度和大部分树种的灰分含量(除刺槐、胡颓子、核桃楸外)均有增加;落叶时N、P、K的单位叶面积含量均可减少约1/3～2/3;Mg含量的减少在胡颓子、核桃楸、春榆、蒙古栎、日本落叶松等5个树种中发生,其余树种表现增加;落叶中Fe含量除胡颓子下降外,其余均表现升高;落叶中Ca、Si浓度和含量在所有分析树种中均表现增加趋势.     

重庆石灰岩地区主要木本植物叶片性状及养分再吸收特征

以重庆石灰岩地区15种常绿木本植物和14种落叶木本植物为研究对象,对两种生活型植物叶片衰老前后叶干物质含量(LDMC)、比叶面积(SLA)和叶片厚度(LT)进行了比较,并采用不同的计算方法(单位质量叶片养分含量、单位面积叶片养分含量)分析了两类植物叶片衰老前后养分含量及再吸收特征,最后对养分再吸收效率与其他叶性状因子之间的关系进行了相关分析。结果表明:常绿植物成熟叶LDMC、LT及衰老叶LT显著低于落叶植物,落叶植物成熟叶和衰老叶SLA均显著高于常绿植物(P0.05);基于单位质量叶片计算的养分含量,常绿植物成熟和衰老叶N、P量均低于落叶植物,而基于单位面积叶片计算的N、P含量则表现出相反的趋势;基于不同方法计算的N、P再吸收效率差异不明显,其中常绿植物基于单位质量叶片养分含量计算的N、P平均再吸收效率为39.42%、43.79%,落叶植物的为24.08%、33.59%;常绿和落叶植物N、P再吸收效率与LDMC、SLA、LT和成熟叶N、P含量之间没有显著相关性,但与衰老叶养分含量存在显著负相关(P0.05)。研究发现,无论是常绿植物还是落叶植物,衰老叶N、P含量均较低,表明石灰岩地区植物具有较高的养分再吸收程度。     

大兴安岭地区笃斯越橘基生枝条矿质养分特性

以大兴安岭地区3种主要立地类型的笃斯越橘为试验材料,通过分析由灌丛基部萌生的1~2年生(S1)、3年生(S2)、4年生(S3)、5年生(S4)、趋于衰老的多年生(S5)枝条叶片和茎部,以及衰老枝条(S6)的N、P、K、Ca、Mg、Mn含量分布规律及其与新梢生长的关系,明确矿质元素在笃斯越橘不同年龄基生枝上叶片及茎部的分布特性,探索矿质营养与笃斯越橘树体生长发育及衰老更新的关系。结果表明:(1)6种元素在不同年龄枝条分布呈现不同的规律,其中,N、P、K随基生枝条年龄增加大致呈下降趋势,叶片和茎部分别在S5、S6时期降到最小值;Ca在衰老枝条上含量最高,Mg元素在S1时期叶片上分布较高;Mn在不同年龄基生枝中波动较小,水湿地、山地类型叶片Mn元素随枝龄增加而提高,茎部则先增后减,在S5时期分布最高;N、P、K、Ca、Mg含量表现为叶片明显高于茎部,而塔头草甸类型茎部Mn略高于叶片,且茎部Mn含量高达2 000mg·kg~(-1)。(2)笃斯越橘的新梢生长量与叶片K、Mg以及茎部N、K、Mg含量呈极显著正相关关系,与叶片Ca、Mn以及茎部Ca含量呈显著或极显著负相关关系。(3)典型相关分析结果显示,影响笃斯越橘新梢生长量的矿质元素因子因基生枝条年龄而异;S1时期主要与叶片Mg含量有关,S2~S4阶段受茎部K、Ca、Mg影响最大,S5时期主要受叶片Ca含量影响。(4)笃斯越橘的衰老可能与Ca积累有关。     

干热河谷区不同林龄赤桉叶中养分含量和再吸收率的比较及其线性回归分析

以种植于干热河谷区的赤桉(Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh.)幼龄林、中龄林和成熟林为研究对象,分析了赤桉鲜叶和凋落叶中养分(包括N、P、K、Ca、Mg和Na)的含量和化学计量比,并计算各养分的再吸收率;在此基础上,对鲜叶和凋落叶中各养分的含量与再吸收率进行线性回归分析.结果表明:成熟林赤桉鲜叶和凋落叶的有机碳、全氮、全磷、全钾和全钠含量总体上高于幼龄林,而全钙和全镁含量则低于幼龄林;且鲜叶中的全氮、全磷、全钾、全钠和全镁含量总体上高于凋落叶,而有机碳和全钙含量则低于凋落叶.成熟林赤桉鲜叶和凋落叶的C:N比、鲜叶的N:P比和N:K比以及凋落叶的K:P比和Ca:Mg比均低于幼龄林,但其鲜叶的K:P比和Ca:Mg比及凋落叶的N:P比和N:K比则高于幼龄林;且不同林龄鲜叶的C:N比、K:P比和Ca:Mg比均低于凋落叶.各林龄赤桉叶的Ca再吸收率及幼龄林和中龄林叶的Na再吸收率均为负值,而其余养分的再吸收率均为正值;随林龄增长,N、K和Mg的再吸收率先升高后降低,而P、Ca和Na的再吸收率却先降低后升高;总体上看,赤桉叶中各养分的再吸收率从高到低依次为P、N、K、Mg、Na、Ca.线性回归分析结果表明:赤桉鲜叶的全钾和全钠含量分别与K和Na再吸收率呈极显著正相关(P<001),全钙含量与Ca再吸收率呈显著正相关(P<005);而凋落叶的全氮含量与N再吸收率呈极显著负相关,全镁含量与Mg再吸收率呈显著负相关.综合分析结果显示:林龄对赤桉叶的养分含量和再吸收率有明显影响,其保存养分的能力随林龄增长呈现先增强后减弱的趋势.     

追施氮肥对尾巨桉叶片主要营养元素浓度及贮量变化的影响

采用田间定位试验方法,研究了追施氮肥对尾巨桉叶片养分浓度与贮量及内外循环的影响。结果表明:桉树落叶时质量损失26%,此时若以单位质量计算叶片养分浓度往往与实际情况不符,因此应以单位叶面积为基础表征养分浓度;与生长叶相比,桉树凋落叶中灰分和有机质含量分别下降33%和25%,表明一些可水解运输的有机物质在叶片凋落前已回输至树体;桉树叶片对N的利用率高达44%,表明存在氮的奢侈吸收。桉树叶片中N、P、K养分以内循环模式为主,内循环比例均在70%以上;Ca则以外循环为主,外循环比例约为90%;Mg、Si和灰分的内循环能力相当,外循环比例略高于内循环。     

青杨雌雄幼苗对主要矿质元素的吸收与分配差异

研究了一年生青杨雌雄幼苗及其不同部位对主要矿质元素（N、P、K、Ca、Mg）的吸收与分配特性及其性别间差异。结果显示：青杨雌株总P、总Ca的含量均显著高于雄株,总K含量则显著低于雄株。青杨雌雄幼苗叶片N含量均显著高于根、茎N含量,P、K、Mg含量分别表现出根＞茎＞叶、叶＞根＞茎、根＞叶＞茎的趋势。青杨雄株Ca含量呈现出根＞茎＞叶的趋势,但雌株却表现出根＞叶＞茎的趋势。同时,青杨雌株根P、叶Ca的含量均显著高于雄株,根Mg含量则显著低于雄株。此外,矿质元素含量比例在雌、雄幼苗根、茎、叶中均分别表现为Ca＞K＞N＞Mg＞P,Ca＞N＞K＞P＞Mg,N＞K＞Ca＞Mg＞P。结果表明,尽管矿质元素的比例模式在青杨雌雄幼苗的根、茎和叶中均相似,但其含量和分配在雌雄幼苗间具有显著的性别差异。     

Seasonal changes in element contents in mangrove element retranslocation during leaf senescene

The concentrations of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), sodium (Na), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and chlorine (Cl) were followed monthly in pre-senescence leaves and post-abscission leaves of Kandelia candel (L.) Druce at the Jiulongjiang estuary, and Fujian, China. The element retranslocation efficiency (RE) was studied during leaf senescence. The element RE's evaluated using different methods were compared and a new method was put forward to evaluate element RE during leaf senescence in evergreen trees without concentrated leaf fall. The results showed that during leaf senescence, 77.22% N, 57.53% P, and 44.51% K were translocated out of senescing leaves. Translocation of nutrients out of senescing leaves back into shoots was an important nutnent-conservation mechanism for N and P, was less important for K, and did not occur for Ca, Mg, Na, or Cl. One of the reasons for the high primary productivity of mangroves in nutrient poor sites (especially with low N) is the high nutrient use efficiency.     

Senescence-induced iron mobilization in source leaves of barley (Hordeum vulgare) plants

? Retranslocation of iron (Fe) from source leaves to sinks requires soluble Fe binding forms. As much of the Fe is protein-bound and associated with the leaf nitrogen (N) status, we investigated the role of N in Fe mobilization and retranslocation under N deficiency- vs dark-induced leaf senescence. ? By excluding Fe retranslocation from the apoplastic root pool, Fe concentrations in source and sink leaves from hydroponically grown barley (Hordeum vulgare) plants were determined in parallel with the concentrations of potential Fe chelators and the expression of genes involved in phytosiderophore biosynthesis. ? N supply showed opposing effects on Fe pools in source leaves, inhibiting Fe export out of source leaves under N sufficiency but stimulating Fe export from source leaves under N deficiency, which partially alleviated Fe deficiency-induced chlorosis. Both triggers of leaf senescence, shading and N deficiency, enhanced NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE2 gene expression, soluble Fe pools in source leaves, and phytosiderophore and citrate rather than nicotianamine concentrations. ? These results indicate that Fe mobilization within senescing leaves is independent of a concomitant N sink in young leaves and that phytosiderophores enhance Fe solubility in senescing source leaves, favoring subsequent Fe retranslocation.     

Leaf age and season influence the relationships between leaf nitrogen, leaf mass per area and photosynthesis in maple and oak trees

Abstract. Seasonal changes in photosynthesis, leaf nitrogen (N) contents and leaf mass per area (LMA) were observed over three growing seasons in open-grown sun-lit leaves of red maple ( Acer rubrum ), sugar maple ( A. sacchamm ) and northern pin oak ( Quereus ellipsoidalis ) trees in southern Wisconsin. Net photosynthesis and leaf N were highly linearly correlated on both mass and area bases within all species from late spring until leaf senescence in fall. Very early in the growing season leaves had high N concentrations, but low photosynthetic rates per unit leaf N, suggesting that leaves were not fully functionally developed at that time. Leaf N per unit area and LMA had nonparallel seasonal patterns, resulting in differing relationships between leaf N/area and LMA in the "early versus late growing season. As a result of differences in seasonal patterns between leaf N/area and LMA, net photosynthesis/area was higher for a given LMA in the spring than fall, and the overall relationships between these two parameters were poor.     

Foliar demand and resource economy of nutrients in dry tropical forest species

Important phenological activities in seasonally dry tropical forest species occur within the hot‐dry period when soil water is limiting, while the subsequent wet period is utilized for carbon accumulation. Leaf emergence and leaf area expansion in most of these tree species precedes the rainy season when the weather is very dry and hot and the soil cannot support nutrient uptake by the plants. The nutrient requirement for leaf expansion during the dry summer period, however, is substantial in these species. We tested the hypothesis that the nutrients withdrawn from the senescing leaves support the emergence and expansion of leaves in dry tropical woody species to a significant extent. We examined the leaf traits (with parameters such as leaf life span, leaf nutrient content and retranslocation of nutrients during senescence) in eight selected tree species in northern India. The concentrations of N, P and K declined in the senescing foliage while those of Na and Ca increased. Time series observations on foliar nutrients indicated a substantial amount of nutrient resorption before senescence and a ‘tight nutrient budgeting’. The resorbed N‐mass could potentially support 50 to 100% and 46 to 80% of the leaf growth in terms of area and weight, respectively, across the eight species studied. Corresponding values for P were 29 to 100% and 20 to 91%, for K 29 to 100% and 20 to 57%, for Na 3 to 100% and 1 to 54%, and for Ca 0 to 32% and 0 to 30%. The species differed significantly with respect to their efficiency in nutrient resorption. Such interspecific differences in leaf nutrient economy enhance the conservative utilization of soil nutrients by the dry forest community. This reflects an adaptational strategy of the species growing on seasonally dry, nutrient‐poor soils as they tend to depend more or less on efficient internal cycling and, thus, utilize the retranslocated nutrients for the production of new foliage biomass in summer when the availability of soil moisture and nutrients is severely limited.     

Leaf mass loss in wetland graminoids during senescence

Mass loss of senescing leaves is an important part of plant biomass turnover and has consequences for assessment of ecosystem productivity, ecosystem nutrient use efficiency, and plant nutrient resorption efficiency. Data, however, on mass loss are scarce, and often based on leaf area as the reference base. This leads to an underestimation of the mass loss, as leaf area itself shrinks during senescence. Furthermore, the few existing studies have almost exclusively used woody species. The purpose of the present study was twofold: i) to assess leaf mass loss during senescence in herbaceous species, with the example of five wetland graminoids and, ii) to compare two different methods of mass loss assessment (two species). Assuming that leaf length does not change during senescence, we assessed leaf mass per leaf length prior to and after senescence. We also estimated pre‐senescence leaf mass nondestructively based on leaf length, width and thickness. For Typha latifolia and Carex stricta, two species with graminoid type leaves but contrasting leaf structure, both methods delivered almost identical results. After the first assessment of leaf mass on July 7th, T. latifolia leaf mass initially increased by 13%, and then decreased to be 12% below the original mass after senescence. C. stricta leaf mass remained stable until senescence, but decreased then by 33%. In a second experiment, the mass of 100 mm pieces of leaves was measured before and after senescence. Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex rostrata and C. stricta lost 23–57% of their leaf mass during senescence, whereas Glyceria canadensis did not show any mass loss. We conclude that mass loss of senescing leaves of herbaceous plants can be considerable and should not be neglected in studies of productivity, nutrient use efficiency or nutrient resorption. For species with no shrinking leaf length during senescence, mass loss can be measured with leaf length as the base whereas for others, pre‐senescent mass can be estimated on the basis of leaf dimensions.     

The scaling of leaf area and mass: the cost of light interception increases with leaf size

For leaves, the light-capturing surface area per unit dry mass investment (specific leaf area, SLA) is a key trait from physiological, ecological and biophysical perspectives. To address whether SLA declines with leaf size, as hypothesized due to increasing costs of support in larger leaves, we compiled data on intraspecific variation in leaf dry mass (LM) and leaf surface area (LA) for 6334 leaves of 157 species. We used the power function LM=alpha LAbeta to test whether, within each species, large leaves deploy less surface area per unit dry mass than small leaves. Comparing scaling exponents (beta) showed that more species had a statistically significant decrease in SLA as leaf size increased (61) than the opposite (7) and the average beta was significantly greater than 1 (betamean=1.10, 95% CI 1.08-1.13). However, scaling exponents varied markedly from the few species that decreased to the many that increased SLA disproportionately fast as leaf size increased. This variation was unrelated to growth form, ecosystem of origin or climate. The average within-species tendency found here (allometric decrease of SLA with leaf size, averaging 13%) is in accord with concurrent findings on global-scale trends among species, although the substantial scatter around the central tendency suggests that the leaf size dependency does not obligately shape SLA. Nonetheless, the generally greater mass per unit leaf area of larger than smaller leaves directly translates into a greater cost to build and maintain a unit of leaf area, which, all else being equal, should constrain the maximum leaf size displayed.     

Leaf allometry and prediction of specific leaf area (SLA) in a sugar beet (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Beta vulgaris</Emphasis> L.) cultivar

Sugar beet cv. Rizor was grown for five growing seasons (2002–2006) in field conditions in Thessaly, central Greece. A total of 55 samplings took place during the growing seasons and allometric growth of the leaves was monitored. Highly significant (p<0.001) quadratic relationships were found between individual leaf mass (LM), individual leaf area (LA), aboveground dry biomass (ADB), and leaf area index (LAI). Only the LM-LA relationship (LA = 43.444 LM² − 10.693 LM + 118.34) showed a relatively high r ² (0.63) and thus could be used for prediction of LA. Specific leaf area (SLA) was significantly related with leaf water content (LWC) (SLA = 26 279 LWC² − 44 498 LWC + 18 951, r ² = 0.91, p<0.001) and thus LWC could be a good indirect predictor of SLA in this cultivar.