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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2009, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (08): 1845-1851.

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Effects of simulated soil warming on the growth and physiological characters of Deyeuxia angustifolia.

DOU Jing-xin1,2;LIU Jing-shuang1;WANG Yang1;ZHAO Guang-ying1   

  1. 1Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012, China|2Graduate University of Chinese  Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2008-11-26 Online:2009-08-20 Published:2009-08-20

Abstract: By using improved heating cables, a field experiment was conducted to
study the effects of 1 ℃〖KG-*2〗-〖KG-*7〗30 ℃ soil warming on the growth and phys
iological characters of Deyeuxia angustifolia. Soil warming obviously promoted t
he growth of D. angustifolia. Under flooded condition, the plant height incr
eased by 182%, leaf area increased by 3732%, root volume increased by 2467
%, total root absorbing area increased by 60%, and tillers number increased by 2
581%; under un-flooded condition, the plant height increased by 1209%, leaf
 area increased by 329%, root volume increased by 3626%, total root absorbin
g area increased by 3747%, an
d tillers number increased by 3277%. The responses of D. angustifolia phys
iolog
ical indices to soil warming were more obvious under flooded than under un-floo
d
ed condition. Under flooded condition, the total chlorophyll content and root so
luble protein content increased by 98% and 2388%, while the leaf soluble pro
te
in and soluble carbon contents and root soluble carbon content decreased by 25
0
2%, 2292%, and 3523%, respectively. 1 ℃〖KG-*2〗-〖KG-*7〗30 ℃ soil warming pro
moted the growth of
D. angustifolia, but the responses of its physiological characters to the so
il warming varied with water conditions.

Key words: soil warming, Deyeuxia angustifolia, eco-physiology, plant, hormone, gene., toxicology, graphene, stress