Phenotypic responses of a clonal plant (Buchloe dactyloides) to nutrient heterogeneity

doi:10.11686/cyxb20140311

Abstract

Abstract: Phenotypic responses of ramets of the stoloniferous clonal plant Buchloe dactyloides in homogeneous nutrient and under three scales of heterogeneous nutrients were studied by measuring the growth, morphological characters of clonal ramets and the chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics of mother ramets. Compared with other nutrient treatments, the number of ramets, clumps and stolons, biomass, F_v/F_m and Φ_PSⅡ were higher in plots of heterogeneous nutrient at 25 cm×25 cm spacing. However, different nutrient conditions did not prompt significant differences in internode and root length. These results suggested that physiological integration modifies phenotypic plasticity of clonal ramets for efficient absorption and utilization of nutrients, and increases the chlorophyll fluorescence of mother ramets in heterogeneous nutrient. These effects were more pronounced when the spacing was 25 cm×25 cm.

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S543⁺.903

LUO Dong,QIAN Yong-qiang,LIU Jun-xiang,HAN Lei,LI Wei,SUN Zhen-yuan. Phenotypic responses of a clonal plant (Buchloe dactyloides) to nutrient heterogeneity[J]. Acta Prataculturae Sinica, 2014, 23(3): 104-109.

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