The impact of shade on morphology,growth and biomass allocation in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Picea sitchensis</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Larix</Emphasis> × <Emphasis Type="Italic">eurolepis</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Thuja plicata</Emphasis> |
| |
| Authors: | Seamus Kennedy Kevin Black Conor O’Reilly Áine Ní Dhubháin |
| |
| Institution: | (1) School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland |
| |
| Abstract: | To determine the effect of shade on morphology, growth and biomass allocation in Picea sitchensis, Larix × eurolepis and Thuja plicata, seedlings were grown in the open or under shadehouses providing 25%, 50% and 75% reductions of full-light for two growing
seasons. For most of the characteristics assessed there was no significant interaction between species and shade indicating
that the morphological responses to changing shade treatments were not species-dependent. After two growing seasons the mean
height increment for the three species was significantly greater in 25% (76.1 cm) and 50% shade (74.9 cm) than in the open
(69.5 cm). Root collar diameter increment, shoot, root and total biomass declined significantly with increasing shade while
the opposite was true for the height:diameter ratio. In both western red cedar and hybrid larch the shoot:root ratio was significantly
greater in the shade while in Sitka spruce this characteristic was not influenced by shade. While all species had significantly
greater specific shoot areas in 75% shade than in 0% shade, this trend was particularly pronounced in hybrid larch. In hybrid
larch and western red cedar, the normalised specific projected shoot area increased significantly with increasing shade. The
opposite trend was observed for Sitka spruce. We conclude that in the main the species studied demonstrated similar shade
acclimation responses despite their reported differences in shade tolerance. |
| |
| Keywords: | Shadehouses Height increment Root collar diameter increment Specific shoot area Shade tolerance |
| 本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ |
|
