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TREE PHYSIOLOGY
卷 25, 期 10, 页码 1243-1251出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/25.10.1243
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hydraulic conductivity; Populus; thigmomorphogenesis; vessel anatomy; wind stress; xylem; Young's modulus of elasticity
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Xylem development in trees is affected by dynamic mechanical stresses imposed on sterns by wind. To assess clonal differences in response to mechanical perturbation (MP), we subjected seven greenhou se-grown F1 hybrids of Populus trichocarpa Torr. & A. Gray. x R deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. to a standard MP treatment consisting of 20 manually imposed stem flexures per day for 70-90 days. Effects of MP on aboveground biomass, hydraulic conductivity (k(h)), specific conductivity (k(s)), flexural stiffness (EI), modulus of elasticity (MOE) and modulus of rupture (MOR) were determined. Treatment increased stem radial growth and decreased height growth, leaf area and total aboveground biomass. It also significantly decreased k(s), MOE and MOR, but significantly increased El and wood specific gravity in most clones. Mechanical perturbation caused greater stem rigidity, without having a significant effect on whole-stem kh or percent loss of conductivity due to embolism. Maximum kh was positively correlated with El in both control (r(2)= 0.54, P < 0.000 1) and MP-treated (r(2) = 0.61, P < 0.0001) plants, and k(s) and MOE were positively correlated with percent vessel lumen area (r(2) = 0.45, P < 0.0001 and r(2) = 0.28, P = 0.002, respectively). Thus, contrary to our expectation of a trade-off between conductivity and wood strength, there may be an opportunity to select clones for woody biomass production that are superior in both mechanical strength and hydraulic conductivity, as is the triploid Clone 19-61.
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