Salinity Influence on Leymus chinensis Characteristics in a Temperate Meadow Ecosystem

Autor: Defu HAN, Hongbing CAO, Tao ZHANG, Lianxuan SHI, Jixun GUO
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, Vol 43, Iss 2, Pp 462-467 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0255-965X
1842-4309
DOI: 10.15835/nbha.43.2.9783
Popis: Salinity is an important restrictive factor for plant growth and ecosystem productivity. However, the endogenous mechanisms by which salinity constrains plant growth are not well understood. To determine the mechanism by which soil salinity suppresses plant growth under salt stress, the effect of soil salinity on hormones in the leaves of Leymus chinensis and the plant density, height and biomass were examined in Songnen meadow steppe. The plants with rhizosphere soil were collected in the growing season (May, June, July, September, October) from the field at different salt levels. The shoot density, height and biomass accumulation of L. chinensis highly decreased with the increase in the soil salinity. Salinity significantly reduced the synthesis of the hormones gibberellic acid (GA3) and indoleacetic acid (IAA), but it increased the concentration of abscisic acid (ABA). Significant negative correlations between the soil electrical conductivity and plant leaf hormones (GA3, r = -0.853, P < 0.05; IAA r = -0.971; PP3 and IAA) were observed, but negative correlations were found between ABA and plant density (r = -0.872, PP3 and IAA and increasing the synthesis of ABA under salt stress.
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