期刊
FLORA
卷 206, 期 8, 页码 736-741出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.12.003
关键词
Cordgrass; Trade-off; Salt stress; Severing
资金
- Foundation of Ministry of Education of China [20070284022]
- Chinese National Natural Science Foundation [30970458]
- Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation [BK2009154]
- Special Research Program for Public-welfare Forestry [200804005]
The purpose of this study was to explore clonal integration of Spartina alterniflora under gradually changing substrate salinity conditions. We hypothesized that there might be a trade-off between growth and sexual reproduction influenced by soil salinity and, that clonal integration would change this trade-off. The experiment consisted of three levels of substrate salinity (5 parts per thousand, 20 parts per thousand and 35 parts per thousand), two clonal integration treatments (rhizomes severed or not), and three growth stages of daughter ramets (21, 40 and 60 cm tall). Both growth and sexual reproduction of S. alterniflora greatly decreased with increasing salinity. Clonal integration enhanced the survival, growth and sexual reproduction of daughter ramets experiencing salt stress, especially for young ramets, whereas the performance of mother ramets was reduced by clonal integration. Therefore, clonal integration did not affect performance of the whole clones. Contrary to expectations, there was no evidence for a trade-off between growth and sexual reproduction associated with salinity. In addition, clonal integration did not change the effect of salinity on the growth and sexual reproduction of mother and daughter ramets nor of the whole clones. (C) 2011 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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