天然更新红松苗针叶光合和解剖特性对不同郁闭环境的响应

本研究以帽儿山实验林场老山人工林实验站郁闭度为0.2～0.3、0.4～0.6和0.7～0.9的天然次生林下5年生红松苗为对象，以全光环境(CK)下红松苗为对照，研究其针叶光合特性以及解剖结构对郁闭度变化的响应，探讨林下红松苗生长发育与林分光环境之间的关系，揭示红松苗耐荫性特征。结果表明：红松苗高和地径均随着郁闭度的增大而呈下降趋势，比叶面积随郁闭度的增大而显著增加，不同郁闭度下红松苗总生物量由大到小排序为：郁闭度0.4～0.6>CK>郁闭度0.7～0.9>郁闭度0.2～0.3。针叶光合有效辐射与红松的叶生物量、茎生物量、根生物量呈显著正相关。红松苗的净光合速率、蒸腾速率和胞间CO₂浓度均随着郁闭度的增大呈逐渐下降的趋势，气孔导度随郁闭度的增大呈上升趋势，且净光合速率、叶绿素a/b与光合有效辐射呈显著正相关。红松苗的气孔密度随着郁闭度的增大呈逐渐下降的趋势，郁闭度为0.4～0.6时，红松苗的针叶横截面积、叶肉组织面积、木质部面积、韧皮部面积均显著高于其他处理。红松苗在郁闭度0.4～0.6下光合作用较强，针叶解剖结构中各参数数值较高，红松苗能在此生境...     

中国木本植物幼苗生长对光照强度的响应

光照是影响植物幼苗生长的重要的环境因子,定量化研究光照对木本植物不同生活型幼苗生长的影响具有重要意义。系统收集了有关光照对我国木本植物幼苗生长影响的国内外文献,采用Meta分析的方法对幼苗的生长效应进行评估。研究结果表明:(1)与全光照下幼苗生长相比,由于遮阴处理对幼苗基径增长量的抑制作用强于对株高增长量的作用,幼苗出现株高基面积比增高的形态特征变化;(2)与灌木相比,乔木树种幼苗对不同光照强度的响应更加敏感;(3)在小于20%和20%—40%全光照条件下,落叶阔叶和常绿阔叶树种幼苗基径均受到显著抑制,而常绿针叶树种的基径并没有受到遮阴的明显抑制;(4)落叶阔叶和常绿阔叶树种的株高基面积比均显著高于全光照,而常绿针叶树种的株高基面积比与全光照相比差异较小。我们的这一研究将有助于更好的理解木本植物幼苗生长对光照的响应机理。     

茉莉酸诱导桑枝对桑天牛卵啮小蜂的引诱作用及桑枝挥发物组分分析

【目的】探讨茉莉酸诱导的桑树Morus alba枝挥发物对桑天牛卵啮小蜂Aprostocetus prolixus趋性行为的影响,研究桑枝挥发物的动态变化规律,为揭示茉莉酸诱导桑枝产生的间接抗虫作用机理提供理论依据。【方法】本试验利用嗅觉测定仪,研究了不同浓度茉莉酸处理24,48和72 h后的桑枝对桑天牛卵啮小蜂的引诱作用,并采用气相色谱-质谱联用仪(GC/MS)对茉莉酸(1 000μmol/L)处理不同时间后的桑枝挥发物组分进行了分析。【结果】在10μmol/L茉莉酸处理后的不同时间内,桑枝对桑天牛卵啮小蜂均未表现出明显的引诱作用;当茉莉酸浓度为100μmol/L时,桑枝仅在处理48 h后对桑天牛卵啮小蜂具有显著的引诱活性;然而,经1 000μmol/L茉莉酸处理24 h和48h后,桑枝对桑天牛卵啮小蜂的引诱活性明显高于对照(24 h,P0.05;48 h,P0.01),72 h后桑枝的引诱作用消失。Spearman等级相关性分析表明,茉莉酸浓度与桑枝对桑天牛卵啮小蜂的引诱百分率显著正相关(ρ=0.791,P=0.006)。茉莉酸(1 000μmol/L)处理桑枝挥发物组分包括醇类、酯类、萜类物质、芳香族化合物和含氮化合物,其中萜类物质种类最多(13种)。随着处理时间的变化,桑枝挥发物组分及总释放速率也随之发生改变。处理24 h后,桑枝释放出18种组分,比对照多11种组分,其总释放速率也明显提高,为对照的8.2倍;48 h后桑枝释放出22种组分,比对照多15种组分,其总释放速率进一步提高,为对照的44.6倍;72 h后桑枝释放出13种组分,比对照多6种组分,其总释放速率大幅降低,为对照的3.9倍,但与对照无显著差异。【结论】随着茉莉酸浓度的提高,桑枝对桑天牛卵啮小蜂的引诱活性逐渐增强。茉莉酸能诱导桑枝挥发物的大量释放及新组分的产生。     

酚酸物质对红松种子萌发及苗木生长和生理特性的影响

通过室内模拟试验,阐明阔叶红松林中已测得含量较高的3种酚酸物质（苯甲酸、丁香酸和香草酸）对红松种子萌发及苗木生长的影响,为探索阔叶红松林内化感作用机理及解决红松更新障碍问题提供科学依据。采用培养皿培养法及室内盆栽培养法,以红松种子和3年生红松苗为试验对象,设置不同浓度（2、20、200 mg/L）苯甲酸、丁香酸、香草酸处理液,以蒸馏水为对照（CK）,进行红松种子萌发试验及红松苗木生长试验,研究3种酚酸物质对红松种子发芽、苗木生长、光合色素、抗氧化酶活性、膜脂过氧化作用及渗透调节物质的影响。结果表明,（1）不同浓度3种酚酸均抑制红松种子萌发,但酚酸浓度变化仅对红松种子发芽率影响差异显著。（2）3种酚酸对红松苗木生长及物质积累抑制作用显著。浓度变化对红松苗株高及地径影响不显著,对生物量、根干重和茎干重影响显著。（3）针叶叶绿素a、叶绿素b、类胡萝卜素含量变化对酚酸处理反应一致,20 mg/L的3种酚酸均显著抑制光合色素产生,而200 mg/L丁香酸溶液及2 mg/L香草酸溶液均显著促进叶绿素a和类胡萝卜素积累。（4）酚酸处理使红松苗针叶中POD、CAT活性降低,SOD活性增加。针叶中MDA含量显著增加,200 mg/L丁香酸溶液处理组针叶MDA含量高于CK处理组70.51%。（5）不同浓度苯甲酸溶液促进可溶性糖增加,抑制可溶性蛋白增加;不同浓度丁香酸溶液促进可溶性蛋白增加,而不同浓度香草酸溶液抑制可溶性蛋白增加,二者对可溶性糖含量影响受浓度变化影响显著。苯甲酸、丁香酸、香草酸影响红松种子萌发,通过对红松苗光合色素、抗氧化酶活性及渗透调节物质的影响导致其生长受抑制、生物量减少,产生膜脂过氧化伤害。因此,解决阔叶红松林内红松更新障碍问题时,凋落物及土壤中酚酸物质的化感作用不容忽视。     

毛竹入侵马尾松林的土壤菌群多样性变化

为揭示毛竹入侵邻域林分过程中对土壤细菌群落多样性变化的影响,以马尾松林为研究对象,采集纯毛竹林、竹针混交林和常绿针叶(马尾松)混交林3类样地的混合土样,基于高通量测序技术分析土壤细菌群落多样性和结构变化.结果表明: 研究期间共得到细菌类群39门88纲134目160科511属;在门的分类水平上,与竹针混交林、常绿针叶混交林相比,纯毛竹林酸杆菌门所占比例显著较低,而放线菌门、拟杆菌门、TM7和衣原体门所占比例较高;在属的分类水平上,相对于纯毛竹林,竹针混交林和常绿针叶混交林均有多属表现出所占比例显著上升或下降,单独出现在竹针混交林或常绿针叶混交林且所占比例在0.005%～0.1%的非优势属有130属;α多样性指数均表现为常绿针叶混交林>竹针混交林>纯竹林,且纯竹林与两者均有显著差异,而常绿针叶混交林和竹针混交林之间差异不显著.PCoA分析表明,毛竹入侵对土壤细菌的种群多样性和群落结构产生了影响;所占比例小于0.1%的非优势菌群门分类水平的百分比特征与土壤环境梯度(水溶性有机氮和硝态氮)之间有显著相关性,两者对毛竹入侵马尾松林后土壤细菌群落的非优势种群影响巨大,具有重要的参考价值.     

择伐对吉林蛟河阔叶红松林群落结构及动态的影响

科学的森林经营能够优化林分结构,是调控森林生产力和生物多样性的有效手段。择伐作为森林经营的重要方式之一,其对森林结构以及群落动态的影响一直未有定论,因此迫切需要利用更加全面的数据对择伐及伐后林分特征的变化进行长期监测。根据森林大样地建立规范,2010年在吉林蛟河建立了42hm~2阔叶红松林动态监测样地,2011年冬季截取部分面积进行择伐经营,以经营样地为研究对象,运用数值变量描述采伐活动并分析择伐前后群落结构的变化;同时结合2015年的二次调查数据,以立地条件基本一致的对照样地为参照,比较林分水平和物种水平上死亡率、更新率的差异,并利用线性混合效应模型探究择伐活动对个体径向生长的影响。研究结果显示:经营样地的择伐强度为5.4%,受采伐干扰影响较大的物种主要包括色木槭、白牛槭、裂叶榆、胡桃楸、千金榆、水曲柳以及紫椴,采伐主要集中于林冠层树种,亚林层和灌木层个体很少涉及。择伐前后物种组成、径级结构等并未发生明显改变。5年间,经营样地和对照样地的林分密度都降低,对比对照样地,经营样地的死亡率较低,但其更新状况并未优于对照样地。从胸高断面积来看,经营样地整体的年平均生长量高于对照样地,表明择伐导致的稀疏对个体生长和存活起到了一定的促进作用。将采伐强度纳入线性混合效应模型中分析发现,胸径始终是影响个体生长的最重要因素,其次是树木个体之间的非对称竞争;采伐所涉及到的7个主要树种的年平均生长量均高于对照样地,但仅有紫椴的径向生长表现出对采伐干扰的显著响应。综合来看,低强度择伐对群落结构和动态的影响较小,不同物种的径向生长对择伐的响应存在一定差异。     

外源茉莉酸诱导枸杞对枸杞蚜生长发育和繁殖的影响

为了明确外源茉莉酸对枸杞的诱导抗性及其对害虫的影响,在室内25℃条件下用3种浓度的茉莉酸喷施枸杞苗木,以喷施丙酮+蒸馏水（配比1∶599）作为对照,测定了枸杞蚜在处理后苗木上的生长发育和繁殖情况。结果表明：外源茉莉酸诱导枸杞苗木后,枸杞蚜若虫发育历期延长,成虫寿命缩短、产仔量下降,枸杞蚜体重减轻,其影响程度与茉莉酸浓度有关。0.01 mmol/L茉莉酸诱导枸杞蚜若虫期最长,为4.93 d,比对照延长1.9 d。茉莉酸诱导成虫产仔量显著减少,且浓度越高产仔量越少,0.1 mmol/L浓度下产仔量为25头,比对照少19头。3种浓度的茉莉酸诱导均使枸杞蚜成虫寿命较对照缩短3 d左右。茉莉酸诱导对枸杞蚜体重的影响从3日龄后逐渐显现,5日龄时最显著,处理组与对照组蚜虫体重相差0.128～0.184 mg,对照组蚜虫平均重0.395 mg,0.01 mmol/L处理组蚜虫重量仅0.211 mg。     

开敞度调控对次生林林冠下红松径高生长量和地上生物量的影响

以同处于演替层15年生(龄级Ⅰ)和22年生(龄级Ⅱ)的人工红松-天然阔叶混交林为对象,对林下栽植红松个体的开敞度(K)进行调整(K=1.0,1.5,2.0),研究调整后4年间林下红松直径和树高生长量及第4年的红松生物量状况.结果表明:2个龄级红松地径/胸径和树高定期生长量和地上部生物量均以K=1.0处理最大;随时间的延伸,K=1.5和K=2.0处理对年生长量的促进效果不断增强,接近或超过K=1.0处理.龄级Ⅰ的K=1.0处理的树干生物量比例显著高于其他处理和对照,而龄级Ⅱ各处理的差异不明显;龄级Ⅰ各处理的枝叶生物量比值均显著高于对照,而龄级Ⅱ则差异不显著;两个龄级不同年龄针叶的比例及分布状态不同.开敞度为1.0 ～2.0时有利于次生林林冠下栽植的15 ～22年生红松的生长发育.     

丰林自然保护区景观生态评价： 量化与解释

丰林国家级自然保护区是我国目前原始天然红松生态系统保存最完整、面积最大的天然林集中分布区.本研究根据景观分类图、各景观类型的属性数据库及1997年186个样地系统空间抽样数据,选用多样性、自然性、代表性、稀有性、面积适宜性、稳定性和人类干扰7项指标,建立2个层次的生态评价指标体系,运用层次分析法对生态评价因子的等级化处理,评价指标权重的确定,计算出各生态评价因子的综合评价指数（CEI）.结果表明,区内有高等植物113科568种、高等动物近220种,物种多样性赋分3分;保护区地带性顶极植被类型：椴树红松林、枫桦红松林、云冷杉红松林,隐域性顶极群落云冷杉林以及仍具有原始林性质的针阔混交林、针叶混交林面积占森林总面积的90.0％和森林总蓄积的96.6％,代表性赋分3分;近20～30年内未受到强烈的外界干扰（人为和自然的）,自然生境完好,次生化演替得到有效控制,自然性和人类干扰赋分4分;原始森林植物仍保存着很多古老第三纪的孑遗种,如红松、水曲柳、核桃楸、黄檗、紫椴和色木槭等,稀有性赋分4分;保护区总面积18 165 hm²,其有效面积大小适宜,足以维持生态系统的结构和功能,面积适宜性赋分4分;保护区以红松为主体的红松混交林是一个稳定的群落,稳定性赋分4分.综合评价结果,该保护区生态质量CEI为0.87,表明其生态质量很好,保护价值高,在东北地区乃至全国均有典型的代表意义.目前保护区的面积、结构及经营管理能满足其可持续发展的需要.     

干旱和遮荫对马尾松幼苗生长和光合特性的影响

为探究马尾松对干旱和遮荫胁迫的生理响应规律和适应机制,以2年生马尾松幼苗为对象,设置对照(CK)、模拟干旱(DR)、遮荫(LL)以及干旱与遮荫的交互处理(DRLL)4种环境,研究干旱和遮荫对马尾松幼苗的生长和光合生理特性的影响。结果表明:(1)在干旱、遮荫和二者的交互处理下,马尾松幼苗的基径和株高增长量均显著减小,且二者的交互处理加重了干旱和遮荫单一处理下的减小趋势,二者交互作用的影响符合"相互作用理论"。(2)在干旱处理下,针叶长度和比叶面积减小,净光合速率、蒸腾速率、气孔导度和细胞间隙CO₂浓度显著降低,水分利用效率显著增加,光合色素含量基本不变。(3)在遮荫处理下,针叶长度和比叶面积增大,净光合速率、蒸腾速率、气孔导度显著降低,光合色素含量显著增加,水分利用效率和细胞间隙CO₂浓度基本未发生改变。(4)二者的交互处理下,针叶长度、比叶面积减小,净光合速率、蒸腾速率和气孔导度显著降低,且降低程度大于干旱单一处理,光合色素含量显著增加,但其增加程度小于遮荫单一处理。说明干旱和遮荫均能抑制马尾松植株的生长,但其光合生理特性在干旱和遮荫胁迫下分...     

Transformations and plant uptake of urine-sulphate in urine-affected areas of pasture soil

The fate of sheep urine sulphate in the soil and its plant uptake was monitored using ³⁵S-labelled sulphate-S in undisturbed pasture microplots in two glasshouse experiments. The extent of macropore flow of simulated urine immediately following a sheep urination was also investigated at 5 pasture sites in the field. Immediately following urination to pasture microplots in the glasshouse, the amounts of urinederived ³⁵S recovered in the 0–2.5, 2.5–7.5, 7.5–15 and 15–30 cm soil layers were 38, 28, 18 and 9%, respectively. In the field study on 5 contrasting soils, a similar pattern was found with 55–70, 20–35 and 13–20% of simulated urine being recovered in the 0–5, 5–10 and 10–15 cm soil layers, respectively. There was insignificant loss below 15 cm. If urine had moved via simple displacement in these soils the wetting front would have reached only 2.0–2.5 cm in depth suggesting that significant downward movement of urine via macropore flow occurs after urination. In a 15-day period following urine application to a pasture soil there was a rapid rate of incorporation of ³⁵S into organic forms, while between 15 and 64 days the rate of incorporation declined. After 7 days, 27% of added ³⁵S had been incorporated into organic forms with 19% being C-bonded S and 8% Hl-reducible S. This rapid incorporation was attributed to the large and active microbial biomass present in the rhizosphere. Since urine application depressed pasture growth, due to ‘urine burn’, less than 10% of applied ³⁵S was absorbed by pasture plants over a 64-day period. A second experiment using microplots of contrasting soil types, confirmed that the majority of the ³⁵S incorporated into the organic form was present as C-bonded S. Results showed that of the ³⁵S remaining in the 0–2.5 cm layer 35 days after application, 20–40% was present as sulphate, 10–20% as Hl-reducible S and 50–60% as C-bonded S. Plant uptake of S accounted for only 7–12% of applied ³⁵S over the 35-day period.     

Inhibition of sulphur redistribution into new leaves of vegetative soybean by excision of the maturing leaf

When soybean plants are pulsed with [³⁵S]sulphate, label is subsequently redistributed from the roots to the leaves. This confounds studies to measure the redistribution of label from leaves. Accordingly, soybean plants ( Glycine max [L.] Merr. cv. Stephens) were grown in 20 μ M sulphate and a small portion of the root system (donor root) was pulsed with [³⁵S]sulphate for 24 h. After removing the donor root, the plants were transferred into unlabelled solution, either without sulphate (S20→SO) or with 20 μ M sulphate (S20→20) (intact plants). Also at this time, the expanding leaf (L3) was excised from half of the plants in each treatment (excised plants). Immediately after the pulse, only ca 15% of the label occurred in the roots and ca 40% in the expanding leaf, L3, mostly in the soluble fraction. In intact S20→20 plants, ³⁵S-label was exported from the soluble fraction of L3, mostly as sulphate, whilst L4 and L5 imported label. Similar responses occurred in S20→SO plants except that export of label from L3 was more rapid. Excision of L3 from S20→S20 plants inhibited labelling of leaves L4-L6 but not total sulphur, whereas in S20→SO plants, excision of L3 inhibited the import of both total sulphur and ³⁵S-label in leaves L4, L5 and L6. The data suggest that the soluble fraction of almost fully expanded leaves is an important reserve of sulphur for redistribution to growing leaves. The ³⁵S-label in the root system exhibited fluctuations consistent with its proposed role in the recycling of soluble sulphur from the leaves.     

Effect of nitrogen nutrition on the export of sulphur from leaves in soybean

Soybean plants were grown in complete solution for 33 days and then transferred to medium containing inadequate sulphur (5 t M) and nitrogen at 15, 7.5, 2 or 0.25 mt M. In mature leaves (L1 and L2), and leaves that were 70% expanded at day 33 (L3), the net loss of sulphur over the ensuing 25 days was inversely related to the level of nitrogen nutrition. Leaf 5, which formed during the study period, exhibited complementary characteristics; the increase in the sulphur content was inversely related to the level of nitrogen nutrition even though low nitrogen nutrition supported less growth. L4, which was 31% expanded at day 33, exhibited intermediate characteristics. 35S-Labelled sulphate was supplied to all of the plants for 48 h at day 31 and was distributed principally to L3 at day 33. During early development, L5 became heavily labelled but, at low nitrogen nutrition, the massive import of total sulphur into L5 during the late stages of development was not accompanied by a commensurate increase in 35S-label, indicating that redistribution of soluble sulphur from mature leaves was not involved. The loss of sulphur from mature leaves was parallelled by similar changes in nitrogen at all levels of nitrogen nutrition. Collectively, the data suggest that a common mechanism, presumably proteolysis, is involved in the export of sulphur and nitrogen from mature leaves and that this process is inhibited at high levels of nitrogen nutrition, even under conditions of sulphur deficiency.     

Availability of different forms of sulphur fertilisers to wheat and oilseed rape

A pot experiment was conducted to compare the availability and efficiency of three sulphur (S) fertilisers to wheat in the first year and oilseed rape in the second year, using six agricultural soils. Four treatments were applied in the initial year: control (no S), two forms of elemental S (either micronised S° particles or a bentonite + S° mixture) and a sulphate fertiliser (ammonium sulphate). In the first year, the micronised S° was as effective as the sulphate fertiliser, both producing similar increases of wheat grain yield (on average 36%) and S uptake (on average 164%) over the control. In contrast, responses to the bentonite + S° form were minimal, indicating a limited S supply. In the second year the control treatment failed to produce seeds in most soils, whereas the micronised S° and sulphate treatments increased seed yields of oilseed rape to an average of 13.4 and 12.9 g pot^-1, respectively. The performance of the bentonite + S° varied between soils: two soils produced yields similar to those of the other S fertilisers, while the remaining soils had low yields. To test whether the poor performance of the bentonite clay + S° fertiliser was due to the lack of exposure of the prills to physical weathering in the glasshouse, the effect of freeze-thaw action on the fertilisers performance was assessed in a separate pot experiment. The responses in wheat yield and S uptake showed that freeze-thaw did not enhance the physical disruption of the prills or fertiliser effectiveness. These results suggest that the release of available S from the bentonite + S° mixture was too slow to meet the requirement of wheat and oilseed rape. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Mobilization of sulphur in soybean cotyledons during germination

Soybean seeds ( Glycine max L. cv , Stephens) contain a large amount of sulphur (ca 40 μ mol seed⁻¹), mostly in the insoluble fraction in the cotyledons. During germination in nutrient solution lacking sulphur the amount of insoluble sulphur decreases to very low levels. This is accompanied by a transitory increase in the pool of soluble sulphur which then declines. All of the sulphur lost from the cotyledons is quantitatively recovered in the seedling. In the short term, the root and the stem are the most important sinks for sulphur from the cotyledons but as growth proceeds the shoot becomes the dominant sink for remobilized sulphur. Within the shoot most of the sulphur is recovered in leaves L1 and L2. The growth of L3 and, to a lesser extent, L2, was retarded due to sulphur insufficiency. The cotyledons of plants treated with 20 μ M sulphate also exhibited mobilization of sulphur from the insoluble fraction except that the maximum rate of loss of sulphur occurred somewhat later. Plants grown with sulphate exhibited a net gain of sulphur and did not exhibit sulphur insufficiency. In these plants, endogenous sulphur from the cotyledons was directed into L1–L3 and this sulphur remained within these leaves for the duration of the experiment. The delivery of exogenous sulphur (supplied as [³⁵S]sulphate via the roots) to the leaves increased with leaf number. In leaves L1–L3, the level of exogenous sulphur in any one leaf declined with time, indicating that this sulphur was remobilized and did not mix with the sulphur derived from the cotyledons. It was concluded that the cotyledons are an important source of sulphur to support early plant growth and development of soybean.     

Effect of high rates of sulphur on the CaCO3 and CaSO4 content of calcareous soils

Samples of two calcareous soils from central Iraq were amended with 2, 6 and 10 mg g⁻¹ soil of agriculturegrade sulphur and incubated for 4, 8 and 12 weeks at 30°C and 70% water-holding capacity. At the end of each incubation period, soils were analyzed for sulphate, CaCO₃ and CaSO₄. The sulphate content of the soils increased, whereas the CaCO₃ content decreased, with increasing S levels and incubation time. The gypsum formed was in proportion to the sulphur oxidised and the calcium released from CaCO₃.     

Dissolved organic sulphur in soil water under <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pinus sylvestris</Emphasis> L. and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fagus sylvatica</Emphasis> L. stands in northeastern Bavaria,Germany variations with seasons and soil depth

Organically bound species have been identified as prominent and mobile forms of nitrogen and phosphorus in soils. Since a large portion of sulphur (S) in soil is bonded to carbon (C) also dissolved organic S likely is a significant constituent in soil water. To investigate the role of dissolved organic forms in leaching and cycling of S in forest soils, we examined concentrations, fluxes, and chemical composition of organic S in forest floor leachates and in soil solutions of Rendzic Leptosols under 90-year-old European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and Haplic Arenosols under 160-year-old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) for 27 months. These soils are low in adsorbed SO₄^2- and receive little atmospheric S depositions at present. The chemical composition of organic S was estimated by fractionation with XAD-8 and wet-chemical characterisation (HI reduction) of binding forms. Although not as prominent as the organic forms of other nutrient elements, organic S proved to be an important contributor to S dissolved in forest floor leachates and in mineral soil solutions. Dissolved organic matter contained on average 29% of total S in forest floor leachates at the pine site and 34% at the beech site. The largest portion of organic S occurred in the subsoil solutions under beech in summer and autumn (up to 53%). Mean concentrations of organic S peaked (up to 1.1 mg l^-1) in summer after rainstorms that followed dry periods. Fluxes with forest floor leachates and at 90 cm soil depth were largest in autumn because of huge amounts of rainfall. Organic S contributed significantly to the fluxes of S in the subsoils under beech comprising on average 39% of total dissolved S at 90 cm depth. Organic S produced in the forest floor layers was mainly in the hydrophilic fraction of dissolved organic matter (62 ± 6% at the pine site, 85 ± 4% at the beech site). The major binding form of organic S in the hydrophobic fraction was C-bonded S while in the hydrophilic fraction ester sulphate S, possibly associated with carbohydrates, was more prominent. Since the hydrophobic fraction increased in summer and autumn, C-bonded S was of greater importance during that time of the year than in winter and spring. With depth, concentrations and composition of organic S (and also of C) hardly changed at the pine site because of little retention of dissolved organic matter, presumably because of the small sorption capability of that soil. At the beech where organic C showed a marked decrease with depth, only a slight decrease in organic S, exclusively from the hydrophobic fraction, was found indicating that organic S was mobile compared with organic C. This was probably due to the concentration of S in the hydrophilic fraction of dissolved organic matter. Because of being concentrated in the mobile hydrophilic fraction, ester sulphate S was more mobile in the soil under beech than C-bonded S.     

Effects of sulphur dioxide on leaf photosynthesis: the role of temperature and humidity

The effect of temperature and humidity on SO₂–induced photosynthetic depression was determined in gas exchange experiments with leaves of Vicia faba , L. Stomatal behaviour was sensitive to humidity resulting in higher uptake rates of SO₂ and stronger reductions of photosynthesis at low VPD (vapour pressure deficit). After a fumigation period of 2 h, when the photosynthetic rate had stabilized, photosynthesis of leaves exposed to SO₂ at 8°C was reduced much more than at 18°C at the same rate of SO₂ uptake. Data analysis with a mechanistic model revealed that this effect was due to the slower rate of S(IV) oxidation at lower temperatures, resulting in higher accumulation of S(IV) and thus stronger reduction of photosynthesis. These results were confirmed by experimental analyses of the S(IV) concentration in leaves following fumigation, which showed that more S(IV) accumulated in leaves exposed at a lower temperature. This may explain the high sensitivity of plants exposed to SO₂ under winter conditions, when both VPD and temperature are low.     

施硫肥对内蒙古典型草原放牧生态系统硫循环的影响及硫肥需要量的研究

应用总体平衡 (mass_balance)法研究了施硫肥 (0 ,30及 6 0kgS/hm2 )对内蒙古典型草原放牧生态系统硫循环的影响及在硫肥需要量上的应用。结果表明 ,施硫肥使牧草硫的吸收量提高了 5 0 % ,并使放牧系统硫的生物循环速率提高了 15 %以上。 1995和 1996年两年内两种硫肥处理 30和 6 0kgS/hm2 的硫的利用效率分别为 74.0 %和37.6 %。当其他硫的来源较低时 ,土壤中有机硫的矿化是草原有效硫的主要来源 ,约占整个有效硫输入量的 70 %。放牧家畜在物质循环中具有重要的生态功能 ,其硫采食量的 90 %左右以排泄物的形式返回到土壤 ,经过排泄物而释放的有效硫量约占硫的生物再循环量的 30 %。土壤中硫的淋溶损失是放牧系统中硫的主要输出形式 ;同时 ,家畜尿和粪中硫的损失 (包括转移到非生产区和淋溶损失 )也影响着放牧系统硫的平衡状况。因此 ,应该深入研究粪尿硫的再循环速率及其影响因素。基于总体平衡原则 ,该地区放牧系统中至少每年应施入 10kgS/hm2 才能保持有效硫的平衡状态