期刊
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
卷 28, 期 2, 页码 113-124出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.07.007
关键词
root herbivory; plant nutrition; plant-herbivore interactions; C : N ratio
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Three-year-old citrus trees were grown in the greenhouse to study the effects of fertilizer concentration and root herbivory on plant growth and mineral concentration. In separate experiments, sour orange (Citrus aurantium L.) and Swingle citrumelo (C. paradisi Macf. x Poncirus trifoliate L.) plants were treated with a complete fertilizer diluted to provide 25, 100, 200, or 400 ppm N and grown for 7 weeks with or without Diaprepes abbreviatus L. larvae. Increased fertilizer concentration increased the shoot mass and the shoot:root ratio of both sour orange and Swingle citrumelo. Root herbivory also increased the shoot:root ratio by depressing root growth more than shoot growth. Effects of root herbivory on growth were consistent across the four levels of fertilizer concentration, indicating that tolerance is not a function of nutrient status. For both rootstocks, concentrations of nitrogen in roots and leaves increased with fertilizer concentration, and C:N ratios decreased. In sour orange, root herbivory most strongly affected the concentration of carbon in roots, whereas in Swingle citrumelo, root herbivory most strongly affected leaf nitrogen. In general, herbivory reduced mineral concentrations of roots but the strength, and sometimes the direction, of herbivore effects varied significantly among fertilizer treatments. This research indicates that application of excess, balanced fertilizer is unlikely to offset growth reductions due to root herbivory by D. abbreviatus, and suggests that supplementation of specific nutrients may be of value.
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