GENG Dong-mei, SHAN Li-shan, LI Yi. Effect of Soil Water Stress on Fine Root Morphology and Functional Characteristics of Reaumuria Soongorica[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2014, 33(6): 36-42.
DOI:
GENG Dong-mei, SHAN Li-shan, LI Yi. Effect of Soil Water Stress on Fine Root Morphology and Functional Characteristics of Reaumuria Soongorica[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2014, 33(6): 36-42. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2014.06.014.
Effect of Soil Water Stress on Fine Root Morphology and Functional Characteristics of Reaumuria Soongorica
A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of soil water stress in whole growth period on fine root morphology and function of Reaumuria soongorica. The results were as followings:(1) The diameter and volume decreased with the increasing of soil water stress
on the contrary
with the increasing of soil water stress
root length
specific root length(SRL)
surface area and specific root surface area(SRA) increased
which indicated that under soil water stress conditions
fine root of R. soongorica seedling could adapt stress by the increasing root length
SRL
surface area and SRA and reducing the diameter and volume. The diameter increased with the rise of root order
root length and SRL increased
while SRA firstly increased and then reduced.(2) Total C content decreased with the increasing of soil water stress
while with soil water stress increasing total N content first decreased significantly and then showed the increasing tendency
which indicated that respiration of fine roots of R. soongorica seedling was restrained under medium soil water condition. Total C content increased with the rise of root order
total N content decreased
which indicated that the low roots have stronger respiration and metabolic activity.(3) The root length had a highly significant positive correlation with C content. The diameter had a significant positive correlation with C content. The SRL was negatively correlated with C content.
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