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Adaptability of mangrove Kandelia obovata seedlings to salinitywaterlogging.

YOU Hui-ming1,2   

  1. (1Fujian Academy of Forestry, Fuzhou 350012, China; 2Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Forest Silviculture and Forest Product Processing Utilization, Fuzhou 350012, China)
  • Online:2015-03-18 Published:2015-03-18

Abstract: A laboratory test on the effects of 12 salinitywaterlogging stresses on the growth of Kandelia obovata seedlings was conducted. Nine growth indexes including seedling height, stem height, basal diameter, node number, leaf number, root biomass, stem biomass, leaf biomass and total biomass were measured. The results showed that salinity and salinitywaterlogging stresses had significant effects on the growth of K. obovata seedlings, while waterlogging stress had no significant effects on the seedling height, stem height, basal diameter, node number and leaf number, but had significant effects on root biomass, stem biomass, leaf biomass and total biomass. The growth and biomass of K. obovata seedlings decreased with increasing the salinity and waterlogging time. The principal components analysis showed that K. obovata seedlings would grow best under the 7‰ salinity+2 h waterlogging stress, while the 21‰+8 h combination was a critical stress.