植物生态学报 ›› 2023, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (10): 1407-1421.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2022.0276

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

干旱胁迫下梭梭水力性状调整与非结构性碳水化合物动态

陈图强, 徐贵青(), 刘深思, 李彦   

  1. 中国科学院新疆生态与地理研究所, 荒漠与绿洲生态国家重点实验室, 乌鲁木齐 830011; 中国科学院阜康荒漠生态国家野外科学观测研究站, 新疆阜康 831505; 中国科学院大学, 北京 100049
  • 收稿日期:2022-07-04 接受日期:2023-03-13 出版日期:2023-10-20 发布日期:2023-11-23
  • 通讯作者: * (xugq@ms.xjb.ac.cn)
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(32171874);新疆天山青年计划优秀青年科技人才项目(2020Q025)

Hydraulic traits adjustments and nonstructural carbohydrate dynamics of Haloxylon ammodendron under drought stress

CHEN Tu-Qiang, XU Gui-Qing(), LIU Shen-Si, LI Yan   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi 830011, China;National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station of Desert Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fukang, Xinjiang 831505, China; and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2022-07-04 Accepted:2023-03-13 Online:2023-10-20 Published:2023-11-23
  • Contact: * (xugq@ms.xjb.ac.cn)
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(32171874);Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Tianshan Youth Program Project(2020Q025)

摘要:

梭梭(Haloxylon ammodendron)是古尔班通古特沙漠的主要建群种, 在生物多样性保护和防止旱地退化等生态系统服务方面有重要作用。气候变化引起的频发干旱对梭梭生存有显著的影响, 明晰干旱胁迫下梭梭的抗旱策略, 对于荒漠生态系统的可持续发展至关重要。水力性状和碳收益作为抗旱机制中的重要部分, 目前对干旱胁迫下梭梭生存的水力性状阈值尚不明确。该研究以成年梭梭为对象, 分别设置对照组和干旱处理组, 对梭梭上、中、下3个高度的同化枝水分状况、枝条木质部导度损失率、气体交换特征、非结构性碳水化合物含量和形态特征等进行了测定, 利用单因素方差分析检验不同处理及枝条高度间的各项性状差异, 结合线性回归了解梭梭气孔敏感性, 通过主成分分析解析梭梭的抗旱策略。研究表明: (1)梭梭的黎明和正午同化枝水势、同化枝含水量和枝条含水量均因干旱胁迫而下降, 但并未随高度增加而降低; P50和P88 (最大导水度损失50%和88%的木质部水势)未因干旱胁迫和枝条高度的增加显著变化, 两个处理下3个枝条高度的P50平均值为-4.12 MPa, P88为-7.10 MPa, 而水力安全边界在干旱胁迫下显著降低; (2)梭梭的气孔行为对水分亏缺敏感性低, 干旱胁迫和枝条高度增加总体上未对其净光合速率和气孔导度产生显著影响; (3)同化枝和枝条非结构性碳水化合物含量未因干旱胁迫和枝条高度的增加而降低, 反而略有升高, 干旱胁迫下同化枝和枝条非结构性碳水化合物含量相较对照组分别升高22.11%和13.10%; (4)梭梭在干旱胁迫下的胡伯尔值相较对照组升高73.78%; 比叶面积相较对照组降低14.60%, 但两者均与对照组无显著差异。总之, 梭梭的水力性状受干旱胁迫影响显著, 但不受枝条高度的影响, 并不存在随枝条高度增加的水力限制; 干旱胁迫下, 梭梭树冠外缘枝条同时发生水力失效的风险较大, 水力安全边界(正午同化枝水势与P88的差值)只有对照组的40.85%; 但由于梭梭气孔对水分亏缺的低敏感性, 这使得其光合固碳并未受到影响, 反而同化枝和枝条的非结构性碳水化合物含量会有所升高。

关键词: 干旱胁迫, 抗旱策略, 水力性状, 非结构性碳水化合物, 树木死亡, 梭梭

Abstract:

Aims Haloxylon ammodendron is the major dominated species in the Gurbantünggüt Desert, which plays a key role in ecosystem services: such as biodiversity conservation and prevention of dryland degradation. Frequent droughts have a significant impact on the survival of H. ammodendron, thus understanding the drought resistant strategies of H. ammodendron is essential for the sustainability and stability of desert ecosystems. Robust hydraulic system and carbon balance are important parts of the drought resistance mechanism, but the hydraulic threshold for survival of H. ammodendron under drought stress are still unquantified.

Methods We set up a control group and a drought treatment group for adult H. ammodendron, and determined the water status of assimilation twigs, the loss rate of xylem hydraulic conductivity in branches, gas exchange characteristics, nonstructural carbohydrate (NSC) contents and morphological characteristics at upper, lower and middle branches of H. ammodendron. We used one-way ANOVA for each trait among different treatments and heights, linear regression for stomatal sensitivity and principal component analysis for drought resistance of H. ammodendron, respectively.

Important findings (1) The predawn and midday water potential of assimilation twig, assimilation twig water content and branch water content of H. ammodendron decreased under drought stress, but did not affected by the increase of height; P50 and P88 (xylem tension causing 50% and 88% loss of maximum hydraulic conductivity) did not change significantly under drought and with increasing height, and the mean value of P50 was -4.12 MPa and P88 was -7.10 MPa for each height and treatment groups, while the hydraulic safety margin was significantly reduced under drought. (2) The stomatal opening of H. ammodendron was not sensitive to drought stress, and thus drought stress and branch height increase did not significantly affect net photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance in general. (3) The NSC contents of assimilation twigs and branches did not decrease under drought stress or with increasing branch height; the value of NSC contents in the assimilation twigs and branches were 22.11% and 13.10% higher, compared to the control group. (4) The Huber value of H. ammodendron increased by 73.78% in the drought treatment group compared to the control group; the specific leaf area decreased by 14.60% compared to the control group, but there were no significant difference between the two treatment groups. In conclusion, the hydraulic traits of H. ammodendron were significantly affected by drought stress, but not by the increase of branch height, and there was no hydraulic limitation with increasing branch height. Under drought stress, the risk of simultaneous hydraulic failure of the peripheral branches at the crown edge was high, the hydraulic safety margin (difference between midday assimilation twig water potential and P88) was only 40.85% of that of the control group. Due to the low sensitivity of stomata to water stress, the shrub can maintain the capacity of photosynthetic carbon fixation under drought stress, and even slightly increased NSC contents of the assimilation twigs and branches.

Key words: drought stress, drought resistant strategy, hydraulic trait, nonstructural carbohydrate, tree mortality, Haloxylon ammodendron