期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
卷 85, 期 -, 页码 50-57出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2012.08.007
关键词
Growth; Limoniastrum monopetalum; Photosynthesis; Zinc
资金
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [CTM2008-04453]
The coastal shrub Limoniastrum monopetalum is capable of growth in soil containing extremely high concentrations of heavy metals. A greenhouse experiment was conducted in order to investigate the effects of a range of Zn concentrations (0-130 mmol l(-1)) on growth and photosynthetic performance, by measuring relative growth rate, total leaf area, plant height, gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and photosynthetic pigment concentrations. We also determined the total zinc, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, iron and copper concentrations in the plant tissues. The study species demonstrated hypertolerance to Zn stress, since survival was recorded with leaf concentrations of up to 1700 mg Zn kg(-1) dry mass when treated with 130 mmol Zn l(-1). L. monopetalum exhibited little overall effects on photosynthetic function at Zn levels of up to 90 mmol l(-1). At greater external Zn concentration, plant growth was negatively affected, due in all probability to the recorded decline in net photosynthetic rate, which may be linked to the adverse effect of the metal on photosynthetic electron transport. Growth parameters were virtually unaffected by leaf tissue concentrations as high as 1400 mg Zn kg(-1) dry mass thus indicating that this species could play an important role in the phytoremediation of Zn-polluted areas. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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