氮肥对水曲柳和落叶松细根寿命的影响

采用微根管技术研究了氮肥对水曲柳和落叶松细根生长、衰老和死亡的影响,探讨两树种细根寿命与氮有效性之间的相关关系.结果表明：林地施氮肥后,两树种细根数量都呈减少趋势,细根总体直径增加,分枝程度降低;氮肥使水曲柳细根存活率提高,细根中位值寿命延长105 d,而落叶松细根存活率对氮肥反应不敏感;施氮肥对细根寿命的延长效应主要体现在直径较小的一级根、表层（0～15 cm)根系和春夏季新生的细根,表明氮肥对高生理活性的细根
影响较强.     

不同氮素添加量对大兴安岭冻土区泥炭地植物细根形态的影响模拟研究

为探讨氮素营养环境变化对冻土区泥炭地植物细根形态的影响,在大兴安岭泥炭地开展了不同浓度氮素添加模拟试验,添加量分别为0 g N m^-2 a^-1（CK）、6 g N m^-2 a^-1（N1）、12 g N m^-2 a^-1（N2）和24 g N m^-2 a^-1（N3）。在2020年8月和9月,利用微根管技术观测泥炭地不同深度（0-20 cm、20-40 cm）土壤中的植物细根形态,应用WinRHIZO图像分析软件分析根系特征。结果表明,在表层土壤（0-20 cm）中植物细根的总根长、总表面积、总体积和根长密度随施氮量增加而增加,其中8月份N3处理下细根总根长、总表面积、总体积和根长密度显著高于其他处理（P< 0.05）,N2处理下细根总表面积、总体积显著高于对照组和N1处理;9月份N3处理下细根总根长和根长密度显著高于对照组,总表面积和总体积显著高于对照组和N1处理。说明高浓度氮素添加在一定程度上缓解了植物氮素限制,能够显著促进表层土壤（0-20 cm）中植物细根的生长,但对亚表层土壤（20-40 cm）中细根的影响幅度小于表层土壤。     

幼龄柠条细根的空间分布和季节动态

以晋西北黄土高原区5年生柠条(Caragana korshinskii)人工林为研究对象,应用Minirhizotron技术,分别在距茎干水平距离0 cm和50 cm处设点(以下简称为0 cm位点和50 cm位点),对林地0—100 cm土层深度范围内的柠条细根进行了观测。以2009年生长季(4—10月)的细根根长密度(RLD,mm/cm2)和表面积密度(RAD,mm2/cm2)数据为基础,结合同期环境因子(气温、降雨量、土壤温度和土壤含水量等)数据,对0 cm和50 cm两个位点的细根动态特点进行了比较研究。结果表明:(1)两个水平位点的细根垂直分布和季节变化趋势均具有一定差异,主要差异是0 cm位点0—60 cm各土层的RLD均大于50 cm位点,前者各测定期的RLD(RAD)均大于后者。因此,0 cm位点的细根分布量(4.04 mm/cm2和4.67 mm2/cm2)显著大于50 cm位点(3.07 mm/cm2和2.99 mm2/cm2)。(2)就整体(两个位点平均值)而言,RLD(RAD)的垂直分布以40—50cm土层最大,以60—70cm土层最小。RLD(RAD)的季节变化具有由小变大再变小的趋势。年生长季幼龄柠条细根的RLD和RAD总平均值分别为3.55 mm/cm2和3.83 mm2/cm2。(3)就0 cm位点、50 cm位点或整个林地而言,细根RLD的季节变化与气温和土壤温度的季节变化均具有显著正相关性。以上结果表明,幼龄柠条细根的水平分布具有"近主根"特点;RLD的季节变化与温度因子的季节变化具有高度一致性。     

Effects of short-term nitrogen addition on fine root biomass,lifespan and morphology of Castanopsis platyacantha in a subtropical secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest

Aims Fine roots are the principal parts for plant nutrients acquisition and play an important role in the underground ecosystem. Increased nitrogen (N) deposition has changed the soil environment and thus has a potential influence on fine roots. The purpose of this study is to reveal the effect of N deposition on biomass, lifespan and morphology of fine root.Methods A field N addition experiment was conducted in a secondary broad-leaved forest in subtropical China from May 2013 to September 2015. Three levels of N treatments: CK (no N added), LN (5 g·m^-2·a^-1), and HN (15 g·m^-2·a^-1) were applied monthly. Responses of fine root biomass, lifespan, and morphology of Castanopsis platyacantha to N addition were analyzed by using a minirhizotron image system from April 2014 to September 2015. Surface soil sample (0-10 cm) was collected in November 2014 and soil pH value, and concentrations of NH₄⁺-N and NO₃^--N were measured.Important findings The biomass and average lifespan of the fine roots of C. platyacantha were 128.30 g·m^-3 and 113-186 days, respectively, in 0-45 cm soil layer. Nitrogen addition had no significant effect on either fine root biomass or lifespan in 0-45 cm soil layer. However, LN treatment significantly decreased C. platyacantha root superficial area in 0-15 cm soil layer. HN treatment significantly decreased soil pH value. Our study indicated that short-term N addition influences soil inorganic N concentration and thus decreased pH value in surface soil, and thereafter affect fine root morphology. Short-term N addition, however, did not affect the fine root biomass, lifespan and morphology in subsoil.     

CO2 enrichment increases carbon and nitrogen input from fine roots in a deciduous forest

* Greater fine-root production under elevated [CO2] may increase the input of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) to the soil profile because fine root populations turn over quickly in forested ecosystems. * Here, the effect of elevated [CO)] was assessed on root biomass and N inputs at several soil depths by combining a long-term minirhizotron dataset with continuous, root-specific measurements of root mass and [N]. The experiment was conducted in a CO(2)-enriched sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) plantation. * CO2) enrichment had no effect on root tissue density or [N] within a given diameter class. Root biomass production and standing crop were doubled under elevated [CO2]. Though fine-root turnover declined under elevated [CO2], fine-root mortality was also nearly doubled under CO2 enrichment. Over 9 yr, root mortality resulted in 681 g m(-2) of extra C and 9 g m(-2) of extra N input to the soil system under elevated [CO2]. At least half of these inputs were below 30 cm soil depth. * Increased C and N input to the soil under CO2 enrichment, especially below 30 cm depth, might alter soil C storage and N mineralization. Future research should focus on quantifying root decomposition dynamics and C and N mineralization deeper in the soil.     

Soil fertility and fine root dynamics in response to 4 years of nutrient (N,P, K) fertilization in a lowland tropical moist forest,Panama

The question of how tropical trees cope with infertile soils has been challenging to address, in part, because fine root dynamics must be studied in situ. We used annual fertilization with nitrogen (N as urea, 12.5 g N m^?2 year^?1), phosphorus (P as superphosphate, 5 g P m^?2 year^?1) and potassium (K as KCl, 5 g K m^?2 year^?1) within 38 ha of old‐growth lowland tropical moist forest in Panama and examined fine root dynamics with minirhizotron images. We expected that added P, above all, would (i) decrease fine root biomass but, (ii) have no impact on fine root turnover. Soil in the study area was moderately acidic (pH = 5.28), had moderate concentrations of exchangeable base cations (13.4 cmol kg^?1), low concentrations of Bray‐extractable phosphate (PO₄ = 2.2 mg kg^?1), and modest concentrations of KCl‐extractable nitrate (NO₃ = 5.0 mg kg^?1) and KCl‐extractable ammonium (NH₄ = 15.5 mg kg^?1). Added N increased concentrations of KCl‐extractable NO₃ and acidified the soil by one pH unit. Added P increased concentrations of Bray‐extractable PO₄ and P in the labile fraction. Concentrations of exchangeable K were elevated in K addition plots but reduced by N additions. Fine root dynamics responded to added K rather than added P. After 2 years, added K decreased fine root biomass from 330 to 275 g m^?2. The turnover coefficient of fine roots <1 mm diameter ranged from 2.6 to 4.4 per year, and the largest values occurred in plots with added K. This study supported the view that biomass and dynamics of fine roots respond to soil nutrient availability in species‐rich, lowland tropical moist forest. However, K rather than P elicited root responses. Fine roots smaller than 1 mm have a short lifetime (<140 days), and control of fine root production by nutrient availability in tropical forests deserves more study.     

Impacts of Water Input Manipulations on Fine Root Production and Mortality in a Mature Hardwood Forest

In order to examine the below ground response of a mature upland hardwood forest in the southeastern U.S., to increases and decreases in water inputs, the gross production, mortality, and net production of fine roots were examined over the first and third years of a long-term water manipulation experiment (Throughfall Displacement Experiment). Treatments involved a 33% decrease (DRY), 33% increase (WET), and ambient (AMB) levels of throughfall to the forest floor, begun in July, 1993. Video images of roots appearing on minirhizotron faces installed on both upper and lower slopes were recorded biweekly to a depth of 90 cm from April through October of 1994 and of 1996. Comparisons were made between treatments in amounts of new root elongation, root mortality, and calculated net root production. Minirhizotron observations during 1994 growing season, immediately following winter 1994 installation, revealed a strong effect of installation disturbance and were therefore not considered valid reflections of the response of the stand to the treatments. The 1996 data, on the other hand, exhibited absence of installation biases inherent in 1994 data because of a longer period since treatment initiation (2 2/3 yr vs. 8 mths), and favorable root growth conditions in all treatments during a greater portion of the year. The 1996 data were, therefore, considered realistic measures of below ground treatment responses. During 1996, net root production at 0-30 cm depth, at the upper slope positions, was significantly greater in DRY than in WET and AMB. Net root production was also greater at the lower slope position, but not significantly so. Treatment differences were the result of gross root production, as patterns of mortality did not differ across treatments. Nor were there significant treatment differences at depths below 30 cm. Whether trees in DRY produced more roots to replace root biomass lost during a previous drought year, or whether a new root:shoot ratio was beginning to develop in response to treatments, will require observations from the response of the stand in future years to be determined.     

Automatic discrimination of fine roots in minirhizotron images

Minirhizotrons provide detailed information on the production, life history and mortality of fine roots. However, manual processing of minirhizotron images is time-consuming, limiting the number and size of experiments that can reasonably be analysed. Previously, an algorithm was developed to automatically detect and measure individual roots in minirhizotron images. Here, species-specific root classifiers were developed to discriminate detected roots from bright background artifacts. Classifiers were developed from training images of peach (Prunus persica), freeman maple (Acer x freemanii) and sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) using the Adaboost algorithm. True- and false-positive rates for classifiers were estimated using receiver operating characteristic curves. Classifiers gave true positive rates of 89-94% and false positive rates of 3-7% when applied to nontraining images of the species for which they were developed. The application of a classifier trained on one species to images from another species resulted in little or no reduction in accuracy. These results suggest that a single root classifier can be used to distinguish roots from background objects across multiple minirhizotron experiments. By incorporating root detection and discrimination algorithms into an open-source minirhizotron image analysis application, many analysis tasks that are currently performed by hand can be automated.     

增温与氮添加对不同季节杉木幼苗细根不同形态氮吸收动力学的影响

为了揭示不同季节下杉木人工林不同形态氮吸收速率对全球变暖与氮沉降的地下响应,在福建三明森林生态系统与全球变化研究站陈大观测点开展增温和氮添加双因子试验,包括对照、增温、施氮、增温+施氮4个处理。结果表明:(1)在三个季节中,4个处理的杉木细根对不同浓度下硝态氮的吸收速率基本呈现出春季较高,夏秋季较低的态势,而对不同浓度下铵态氮的吸收速率则相反,为夏秋季较高,春季较低。(2)不同季节四个处理的离体根对不同浓度下铵态氮的吸收均遵循米氏-曼氏动力学方程,而对硝态氮的吸收并不完全遵循米氏方程,表现为双相动力学。(3)春季,与无氮添加相比,氮添加提高了NH⁺₄的最大吸收速率(V_max-NH⁺₄)。夏季,与无增温相比,增温提高了V_max-NH⁺₄。秋季,与无增温相比,增温降低了NH⁺₄的半饱和常数(K_m-NH⁺₄);...     

施肥对盆栽香樟幼苗不同根序细根养分的影响

以盆栽的1年生香樟实生苗为研究对象,采用指数施肥的方式,测定1~5级细根的C、N、P、K含量,并探讨施肥对香樟幼苗细根养分浓度的影响。结果表明:(1)不同根序细根的全C浓度差异不显著,施肥对细根全C浓度影响不显著(P0.05);(2)在所有根序中,N、P浓度最高的是1级根,但其K浓度却最低;N、P含量最低的是5级根;(3)细根的N、P含量随着根序的增加呈显著的下降趋势(P0.05);(4)施N肥能显著增加1~2级细根的N含量,施P肥能显著增加1级根的P含量,N+P肥较之P肥更能提高1级根对P的吸收;(5)C∶N∶P受根序的影响非常明显,1级根平均为366∶16∶1,5级根则为807∶12∶1,而且C∶N∶P随着根序增加而显著升高,但N∶P无显著影响;(6)虽然施肥对细根C含量无影响,但施N肥或N+P肥对1~2级细根中N的含量有显著性增加。综合分析可知,处理9对香樟苗期养分浓度指标影响最为显著,即施肥量为氮素4g·株-1、磷素4g·株-1、钾素2g·株-1时,对香樟幼苗细根的生长发育有较好地促进作用。研究结果可为香樟的速生丰产及资源的高效利用提供理论依据。     

Belowground structure and production in a Mediterranean sand dune shrub community

Belowground structure and annual production in an open Mediterranean scrub were studied on a sandy substrate which had not been harvested or exposed to fire during the last 30–40 years. Estimated belowground biomass (1328 ± 93.4 g m^-2) and production (548 ± 246.9 g m^-2 yr^-1) were lower than in other Mediterranean scrubs. However, the energy investment in belowground structures was high (root biomass/ shoot biomass = 2.7; annual belowground production/ annual aboveground production = 7.1), which is associated with a high density of fine roots in the top soil (the average distance between the fine roots = 0.76 cm). A very simple model based on nutrient diffusion was considered to analyse the resource constrains of the community. The results underline the importance of nutrients (and more specifically phosphorus) rather than water, as possible determinants of the structure and dynamics of the root system, as well as for the primary production of the community during the vegetative period.     

模拟氮沉降对杉木幼苗细根的生理生态影响

细根对氮沉降的生理生态响应将显著影响森林生态系统的生产力和碳吸存。为了揭示氮沉降对杉木细根的生理生态影响,对一年生杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)幼苗进行了模拟氮沉降试验,并测定施氮1年后杉木幼苗细根生物量、细根形态学特征(比根长、比表面积)、元素化学计量学指标(C、N、P、C/N、C/P、N/P)、细根代谢特征(细根比呼吸速率、非结构性碳水化合物)。结果表明:(1)杉木细根生物量随氮添加水平的升高而显著降低,尤其是0—1 mm细根生物量;细根比根长和比表面积随氮添加水平升高而显著增大。(2)氮添加后杉木细根C含量、C/N、C/P显著降低,高氮添加导致1—2 mm细根N含量和N/P显著升高,而低氮添加导致1—2 mm细根P含量显著升高、N/P显著降低,而0—1 mm细根的N、P含量则保持相对稳定。(3)氮添加后杉木细根比呼吸速率无显著变化,细根可溶性糖含量随氮添加增加而显著增加,而淀粉含量和NSC显著降低。综合以上结果表明:氮添加后用于细根形态构建的碳分配减少,这可能会减少土壤中有机碳的保留,0—1 mm细根的形态更易发生变化,但是其内部N、P养分含量相对更稳定以维持生理活动,细根NSC对氮添加的响应表明施氮可能导致细根受光合产物的限制。     

Evaluating minirhizotron estimates of fine root longevity and production in the forest floor of a temperate broadleaf forest

The minirhizotron technique (MR) for in situ measurement of fine root dynamics offers the opportunity to obtain accurate and unbiased estimates of root production in perennial vegetation only if MR tubes do not affect the longevity of fine roots. Assuming fine root biomass is near steady-state, fine root production (g m^–2 yr^–1) can be estimated as the ratio of fine root biomass (g m^–2) to median fine root longevity (yr). This study evaluates the critical question of whether MR access tubes affect the longevity of fine roots, by comparing fine root survivorship obtained using MR with those from a non-intrusive in situ screen method in the forest floor horizons of a northern hardwood forest in New Hampshire, USA. Fine root survivorship was measured in 380 root screens during 1993–1997 and in six horizontal minirhizotron tubes during 1996–1997. No statistically significant difference was found between estimates of survivorship of fine roots (<1 mm dia.) at this site from MR versus from in situ screens, suggesting that MR tubes do not substantially affect fine root longevity in the forest floor of this northern hardwood forest and providing greater confidence in measurements of fine root production using the MR technique. Furthermore, the methodology for estimating fine root production from MR longevity data was evaluated by comparison of fine root longevity and production estimates made using single vs. multiple root cohorts, and using root-number, root-length, and root-mass weighted methods. Our results indicate that fine root-length longevity estimates based on multiple root cohorts throughout the year can be used to approximate fine root biomass production. Using this method, we estimated fine root longevity and production in the forest floor at this site to be 314 days (or 0.86 yr) and 303 g m^–2 yr^–1, respectively. Fine root production in this northern hardwood forest is approximately equivalent to standing biomass and was previously underestimated by root in-growth cores. We conclude that the use of MR to estimate fine root longevity and production as outlined here may result in improved estimates of fine root production in perennial vegetation.     

Factors controlling the timing of root elongation intensity in a mature upland oak stand

We examined the timing of root elongation intensity (REI) – the production of newly elongating roots measured in length per unit soil volume per unit time – in a mature white oak-chestnut oak forest in Tennessee, USA, over a 4-year period. We used a network of minirhizotrons to (1) examine environmental control of soil moisture and temperature over REI, (2) evaluate the control of phenology over REI (3) develop a multivariate regression equation using the variables of soil temperature, soil water potential and phenology to predict REI, and (4) delineate soil water potentials that were optimum for growth. Fifteen minirhizotron tubes were installed on the upper slope of an upland oak stand on Walker Branch Watershed in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Measurements of REI were examined over three growing seasons in the upper 30 cm of the soil profile. Composited sets of data on REI, soil water potential, soil temperature and phenology were analyzed to determine the strength of relationships between the latter three variables and REI. There was no statistically significant relationship between REI and soil temperature during the growing season (March–November). The highly significant (p < 0.0001) relationship between soil water potential and REI was best described as log linear, using log₁₀ (-) vs. log₁₀ (REI). The correlation between a phenology index and REI was also highly significant (p < 0.0001), as the 24 highest REI levels occurred between late April and early August. Whereas soil water potential played a major role in controlling REI, our data indicate that at times phenologically related factors appeared to override environmental variables. The fact that REI generally peaked every year following completion of leaf expansion is congruent with the fixed shoot growth pattern of many temperate-zone deciduous tree species. In an attempt to explain the importance of phenology in controlling REI, we refer to the concept of `phenological programming'. This concept contrasts with more environmentally determinant explanations of the timing of root growth. Those theories cannot explain either our data or that of others, wherein, during late summer and early autumn, REI does not return to early summer rates, even though soil moisture and temperature conditions are equally, if not more, favorable. The particular type of `phenological programming' hypothesized in this study may be limited to mature deciduous trees exhibiting a fixed growth pattern of shoot expansion and growing in a temperate climate with a mid-summer drought period.     

柠条人工林幼林与成林细根动态比较研究

以晋西北黄土高原区柠条(Caragana korshinskii)人工林幼林和成林为研究对象,应用微根管技术(Minirhizotron technique)对林地0-100 cm土壤剖面的柠条细根生长动态进行了观测.以2007年生长季(4-9月)观测数据为基础,对两林地的柠条细根生长速率(G,mm cm-3 d-1)和细根死亡速率(M,mm cm-3 d-1)的时空变化格局及其与气温、降水、土壤温度和土壤水分等环境因子的关系进行了研究.结果表明,在年生长季,幼林的G(0.1264 mm cm-3 d-1)和M(0.0354 mm cm-3 d-1)均高于成林(分别为0.0914 mm cm-3 d-1和0.0220 mm cm-3 d-1).在垂直分布上,幼林G出现最大值的土层深度(70-80 cm)较成林(50-60 cm)为深.两林地的G和M具有相似的季节变化特点,即G在4月到7月之间缓慢增大,8月迅速达到峰值,之后迅速减小;M自4月至9月M呈持续增高趋势.配对数据t检验结果显示,幼林与成林的C没有显著差异(P＞0.05),而幼林的M显著高于成林(P＜0.05).Pearson相关系数表明,幼林和成林G的垂直分布与土壤温度和土壤水分的垂直变化没有显著相关性;但是幼林和成林M的垂直分布与土壤温度的相关性显著(幼林地P＜0.01;成林地P＜0.05).在年生长季,幼林G与气温和土壤温度具有显著正相关性(与气温的P＜0.01;与土壤温度的P＜0.05);而成林G与各环境因子的相关性则均不显著(P＞0.05).两林地的M与各环境因子的相关性均不显著(P＞0.05).     

Effects of nitrogen addition on root dynamics in an alpine meadow,Northwestern Sichuan

该文以川西北高寒草甸为研究对象, 采用微根管法研究了不同施氮(N)水平下高寒草甸植物群落根系现存量、生产量、死亡量和周转率的变化及其与土壤理化性质的相互关系。结果表明: N添加显著增加了土壤速效氮(AN)含量, 降低了土壤pH值, 但是对土壤有机质(SOM)和全氮(TN)含量无显著影响。在0-10 cm土层, 平均根系现存量和累积根系生产量无显著变化, 累积根系死亡量在N10处理下显著降低了206.1 g·m ^-2, 根系周转率在N30处理下显著提高了17%; 在10-20 cm土层, N添加处理的平均根系现存量和累积根系生产量分别显著降低了195.3和142.3 g·m ^-2 (N10)、235.8和212.1 g·m ^-2 (N20)、198.0和204.4 g·m ^-2 (N30), 累积根系死亡量和周转率无显著变化。此外, 累积根系生产量、死亡量和周转率与AN含量相关性较大, 而平均根系现存量与SOM、AN和TN含量相关性较大。综上所述, N添加对高寒草甸的影响主要通过改变土壤可利用N含量, 进而影响根系的动态特征、空间分布格局和周转以及碳分配特征。     

2004—2008年落叶松人工林细根生产和死亡的季节动态

2004—2008年,采用微根管(minirhizotron)技术,对落叶松人工林细根生产和死亡进行连续动态观测,同时测定了温度(大气温度和土壤10 cm温度)和水分(降雨量和土壤10 cm深处含水量)的变化,研究细根生产、死亡的动态及其与温度和水分的关系.结果表明：落叶松细根年根长生产量在0.20～0.78 mm·cm^-2,死亡量在0.26～0.72 mm·cm^-2;2004—2006年细根年根长平均生产量(0.67 mm·cm^-2)和死亡量(0.59 mm·cm^-2)均高于2007—2008年细根年根长平均生产量和死亡量(0.37和0.39 mm·cm^-2);在生长季内（5—10月）,落叶松春末至夏季(6—7月) 的细根生产量占全年产量的51%～68%,秋末(10月)仅占全年的1%～4%;而夏末(8月)和秋季(9—10月)细根死亡量占全年的59%～70%,早春(5月)占全年的1%～5%.相关分析表明,大气温度变化可以解释细根生产量66%的变异,而土壤10 cm深处温度解释24%,降雨量解释27%.细根的死亡量与土壤10 cm深处温度呈指数正相关.