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Root Traits Determine Variation in Nonstructural Carbohydrates (NSCs) under Different Drought Intensities and Soil Substrates in Three Temperate Tree Species by Ji, Li; Attaullah, Khan; Wang, Jun; Yu, Dapao; Yang, Yuchun; Yang, Lixue; Lu, Zhimin is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.

Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) are a key factor in the physiological regulation of plants and can reflect buffering capacity of plants under diverse environmental conditions. The effects of diverse environmental conditions on plant NSCs and tissue or organ scales have been thoroughly studied, but their effects on fine root (root diameter < 2 mm) NSC concentrations are still not completely understood. Our aims were to explore the synergistic fluctuations in root traits and NSC concentrations under diverse environmental conditions. This study was conducted on two-year-old temperate seedling tree species (Juglans mandshurica Maxim., Fraxinus mandshurica Rupr., and Phellodendron amurense Rupr.) with different drought intensities and soil substrates. The specific root length (SRL) and specific root surface area (SRA) were significantly affected by drought intensities and soil substrates, while the root tissue density (RTD) and average diameter (AD) were not significantly affected by water intensities and soil substrates in all three species. The root C, N, and P concentration did not change according to drought stress but were significantly affected by the soil substrates in all thr

Author

Ji, Li; Attaullah, Khan; Wang, Jun; Yu, Dapao; Yang, Yuchun; Yang, Lixue; Lu, Zhimin

Publisher

MDPI AG; MDPI Open Access Publishing; Basel: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2010- (ISSN 1999-4907)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)