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干旱区地理 ›› 2021, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (1): 240-249.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000–6060.2021.01.25

• 生物与土壤 • 上一篇    下一篇

霸王根茎叶非结构性碳与C:N:P计量特征对干旱的响应

孙小妹1(),何明珠2,周彬3,李金霞1,陈年来1()   

  1. 1.甘肃农业大学资源与环境学院,甘肃 兰州 730070
    2.中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院沙坡头沙漠研究试验站,甘肃 兰州 730000
    3.山东农业大学资源与环境学院,山东 泰安 271018
  • 收稿日期:2020-02-27 修回日期:2020-06-28 出版日期:2021-01-25 发布日期:2021-03-09
  • 通讯作者: 陈年来
  • 作者简介:孙小妹(1986-),女,博士,讲师,研究方向为恢复生态学. E-mail: sunxm@gsau.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    甘肃农业大学科技创新基金(学科建设专项基金)(GSAU-XKJS-2018-214/198);国家自然科学基金(41671103);横向项目(XZ 20191206)

Non-structural carbohydrates and C:N:P stoichiometry of roots, stems, and leaves of Zygophyllum xanthoxylon in responses to xeric condition

SUN Xiaomei1(),HE Mingzhu2,ZHOU Bin3,LI Jinxia1,CHEN Nianlai1()   

  1. 1. College of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China
    2. Shapotou Desert Experiment and Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Researches , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
    3. College of Resources and Environment, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, Shandong, China
  • Received:2020-02-27 Revised:2020-06-28 Online:2021-01-25 Published:2021-03-09
  • Contact: Nianlai CHEN

摘要:

通过选取阿拉善地区3个典型霸王群落为研究对象,研究霸王器官间(根、茎、叶)生态化学计量比特征及非结构性碳水化合物(Non-structural carbohydrates,NSCs)的变化,以便加深对霸王生存策略的理解,更好的服务于荒漠生态系统的生态恢复。结果表明:霸王茎和叶中可溶性糖(Soluble sugar,SS)、淀粉(Starch,ST)和NSCs含量随干旱加剧均显著降低。根系中SS和NSCs在3个样点间差异不显著,ST先降低后增加,ST含量在Plot3中比在Plot1和Plot2中高19.3%和31.2%。干旱使霸王根、茎、叶中N、P含量显著下降,使根、茎、叶中C:N和C:P显著增高,叶片N:P<14。Plot1中霸王器官间SS、SS:ST和NSCs含量表现为叶片>根>茎,ST含量为茎>根>叶片;Plot2和Plot3中霸王器官间SS、ST和NSCs含量均为根>茎>叶片。3个样点中叶片相较于茎干和根系具有高的N、P含量和低的C:N和C:P。NSCs与C:N:P间的关系表明:根、茎、叶中的N含量与SS正相关,叶片N含量与根系ST负相关。以上结果表明霸王的茎干和根系可能扮演“营养库”的角色,霸王通过提高N、P利用效率来减缓水分亏缺使其生长受到N限制的影响。霸王通过调节器官间NSCs的积累及分配来适应干旱,采取将根系中ST转化为SS来调节渗透势的策略;并随干旱加剧将更多的碳水化合物投资分配到根部,以ST的形式存储,而N是影响霸王根系中ST与SS间转化和ST存储的关键元素。

关键词: 非结构性碳水化合物, 生态化学计量比特征, 器官关联性, 干旱适应策略

Abstract:

In arid ecosystems, high temperatures and low rainfall result in reduced carbon fixation. Non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) (including soluble sugars and starch) represent the products of plant photosynthesis and are mainly involved in the balance between C acquisition and expenditure in life processes. NSCs also reflect the amount of plant carbohydrates that can be used to resist adverse environmental conditions. The C:N:P stoichiometry of plants is associated with important ecological processes, such as an organism’s ability to adapt to environmental stresses. Leaf N is the basis of chlorophyll formation for direct use in photosynthesis. Plant P is indispensable for the transportation of photosynthetic products. Thus, the C:N:P variations in plants are directly affected by the rate of photosynthesis. Leaf N concentration has been found to be positively correlated with NSC fixation ability, and P has been identified as the key element of plant metabolism. Accordingly, leaf photosynthetic capacity and NSC synthesis are not only affected by leaf N concentration but also closely related to P concentration. Therefore, it is important to study the relationship between NSCs and C:N:P stoichiometry in Zygophyllum xanthoxylon to improve our understanding of its survival and growth strategies to xeric conditions. Samples were collected from three dominant communities of Z. xanthoxylon across Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Provinces in northwestern China that differed in mean annual relative air moisture (Plot 1>Plot 2>Plot 3). Plant and soil samples were collected during the growing season (August) of 2014. Soluble sugars and starch are commonly studied NSCs. Plant samples were divided into leaves, stems, and roots to analyze the concentrations of starch (ST), soluble sugar (SS), C, N, and P. The concentrations of SS, ST, and NSCs in stems and leaves decreased from Plot 1 to Plot 3. N and P concentrations decreased, whereas C:N and C:P ratios increased with increasing xeric conditions in roots, stems, and leaves. N:P ratios in leaves were all below 13, lower than the critical ratio of 14 in all three plots, suggesting that N is the limiting factor for the growth of Z. xanthoxylon in xeric environments. Variations were inconsistent in NSCs and C:N:P stoichiometry among the organs. N and P concentrations in leaves were higher than those in stems and roots, while C:N and C:P ratios in leaves were lower than those in stems and roots in three plots. The correlation of C:N:P stoichiometry with NSCs showed that N concentrations positively correlated with SS concentrations in roots, stems, and leaves, whereas N concentrations in leaves negatively correlated with ST in roots. Stems and roots may act as nutrient sinks, and Z. xanthoxylon may alleviate water deficit-caused N limitation by increasing N and P use efficiency. Z. xanthoxylon adapted to drought by regulating the accumulation and distribution of NSCs among organs. Osmotic potential is regulated by conversions between ST and SS in the root system; more carbohydrates were allocated to roots and stored as ST with enhancing drought stress. N is the key factor in the transformation of ST to SS and ST storage in the root system.

Key words: non-structural carbohydrates, C:N:P ratios, organ relevance, adaptive strategy of xeric condition