其他摘要 | 【Objectives】 Leaf vein traits affect leaf physiological function. We studied the plastic response of
the leaf vein traits to different nitrogen and water supplies, and analyzed their correlation with leaf physiological
function for demonstrating plant adaptation to different habitats. 【Methods】 A pot experiment with a three-
factor complete random design was conducted. The two wheat cultivars were drought-sensitive Zhengmai 101
and drought-tolerant Changhan 58; the two nitrogen fertilizer levels were 0 and N 0.15 g/kg dry soil before
sowing; the three water supplying levels were 70%–75%, 50%–55% and 30%–35% of field capacity at thejointing stage, respectively. After the water treatments were maintained for about 3 weeks, the flag-leaf vein
traits [major-vein density (VLA major ), minor-vein density (VLA minor ), vein density (VLA) and proportion of minor-
vein density (Pro minor )], and the leaf hydraulic-physiological function indices [leaf hydraulic conductance (K leaf ), net
photosynthetic rate (P n ), stomatal conductance (g s ), transpiration rate (E) and instantaneous water use efficiency
(IWUE) ] were measured. 【Results】 Drought-tolerant cultivar Changhan 58 had higher VLA major , VLA minor , VLA
and Pro minor than drought-sensitive cultivar Zhengmai 101. For Zhengmai 101, VLA major decreased, VLA minor and
VLA kept unchanged with the increased nitrogen and water supplies, whereas for Changhan 58, VLA major , VLA minor
and VLA all decreased with the increased nitrogen and water supplies. VLA minor and VLA of two wheat cultivars
showed different responses to N and water supplies. In the twenty correlations between leaf vein traits and leaf
hydro-physiological function parameters, five ones of Zhengmai 101 reached significant (P < 0.05) or nearly
significant levels (0.05 < P < 0.1), VLA major was negatively correlated with K leaf and g s , and Pro minor was positively
correlated with K leaf , g s and E. And for Changhan 58, 14 correlations were significant or nearly significant,
VLA major , VLA minor and VLA were all negatively correlated with K leaf , P n and g s , VLA major were negatively correlated
with IWUE, VLA minor and VLA were negatively correlated with E, and Pro minor was negatively correlated with P n
and E. 【Conclusions】 Leaf vein traits of drought-tolerant wheat cultivar are sensitive to nitrogen and water
supplies, and more closely correlated with leaf hydraulic-physiological functions. Leaf hydraulic-physiological
functions will be increased with the higher proportion of minor-vein length in drought-sensitive cultivar, while
they will be constrained by vein density and proportion of minor-vein length in drought-tolerant cultivar,
suggesting that drought-sensitive cultivar increase its leaf hydraulic-physiological function through optimization
of vein length of different types of veins, and the drought-tolerant wheat cultivar through enlarged conduit
diameter and extra-xylary hydraulic conductance. |
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