期刊
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1053741
关键词
wind erosion; dioecy; sexual difference; plant growth; physiological characteristic; Salix gordejevii
资金
- Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [2022LHQN03007]
- Science and Technology Research Project of Colleges and Universities in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [NJZZ22589]
- Scientific Research Funding Project for Introduced High-level Talents of IMNU [2019YJRC018]
This study investigates the sexual differences in response to wind erosion in Salix gordejevii saplings and finds that females have a greater resistance to wind erosion than males, with better photosynthetic capacity, stronger water retention capacity, and more efficient antioxidant system.
Effects of wind erosion on growth and adaptability have been widely reported in many plants, but little attention has been paid to dioecious plants. Recent studies have shown that sex-specific responses to environmental changes in many plants exist. To explore sexual differences in response to wind erosion, female and male Salix gordejevii saplings growing on inter-dune land (no erosion) and on the windward slope of the dune (20cm wind erosion) in Hunshandake Sandy Land were chosen and their morphology, biomass and physiological traits were investigated, respectively. Wind erosion significantly reduced plant growth, biomass accumulation, gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence, and obviously disrupted osmotic regulation function and antioxidant enzyme system in both sexes, especially in males. Under wind erosion condition, females exhibited higher sapling height (SH), basal diameter (BD), leaf dry mass (LDM), root dry mass (RDM), total dry mass (TDM), root percentage in total dry mass, net photosynthesis rate (P-n), maximum efficiency of photosystem II (F-v/F-m), effective quantum yield of PSII (phi(PSII)), relative water content (RWC) of leaves, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) activities, but lower malondialdehyde (MDA), proline as well as soluble sugar content than did males. However, no significant sexual differences in most of these traits were observed under no erosion condition. Our results demonstrated that females possess a greater resistance to wind erosion than do males, with females having a better photosynthetic capacity, stronger water retention capacity and more efficient antioxidant system to alleviate negative effects caused by aeolian environment.
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