期刊
PLANT SCIENCE
卷 177, 期 6, 页码 724-732出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2009.09.003
关键词
Biofuel; Drought; Flooding; Panicum virgatum; Soil moisture stress
资金
- University of California Discovery [GCP06-10233]
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L), a native of eastern and central North America, is a leading candidate as a dedicated biofuel feedstock in the US due to its broad adaptability, rapid growth rate, and ability to grow in low production soils. To begin to characterize the important agronomic and ecological traits related to environmental tolerance of switchgrass, we evaluated fitness under stressful growing conditions. We assessed the germination, establishment, performance, and reproductive potential of four common accessions, both upland and lowland ecotypes, at various levels of soil moisture availability (moisture deficit to flooded) in the greenhouse. Seeds emerged and established (55-90% survival) under all soil moisture conditions (-0.3 MPa to flooded). Transplants of lowland ecotypes performed as well in flooded conditions as in field capacity controls, though flooding reduced performance of upland ecotypes. Drought treatments (-4.0 and -11.0 MPa) reduced tiller length and number, leaf area, and biomass production by up to 80%. However, once established, all plants survived at -4.0 MPa and had the same proportion of tillers in flower as at field capacity. The ability of switchgrass to germinate, establish, and flower in low moisture and flooded conditions, particularly lowland ecotypes, may increase the range of environments suitable for biofuel cultivation, and can serve as a baseline for further ecological studies and genetic improvement. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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