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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2012, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (12): 122-127.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20121219

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Effects of Water Stress on Physiological Characteristics of Mulberry(Morus alba) seedlings in the Hydro-Fluctuation Belt of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area

Huang Xiaohui1,2, Liu Yun1, Li Jiaxing1, Xiong Xingzheng1, Yin Xiaohua1, Chen Yang1, Qin Jian3, Huang Xianzhi3, Du Yingwu4   

  1. 1. Department of Forestry, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University Chongqing 400716;2. Chongqing Key laboratory of the Three Gorges Area Forest Ecology Protection and Restoration Chongqing Academy of Forestry Chongqing 400036;3. Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University Chongqing 400716;4. Chongqing Silkworm Industry Management Station Chongqing 400020
  • Received:2011-10-12 Revised:2011-12-22 Online:2012-12-25 Published:2012-12-25

Abstract:

Guisang 12, a variety of mulberry (Morus alba), was used to study the effects of different levels of water hardening on physiological characteristics of the mulberry seedlings in the hydro-fluctuation belt of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area. The seedlings were subjected to different water regimes for 30 days. The results showed that: the chlorophyll content of mulberry seedlings was increased by 10.4% under the drought hardening (DH) condition than that of CK, while decreased by 3.2% under the waterlogging hardening (WH) condition than that of CK. With the soil moisture content reducing, the stomatal conductance (Gs) and transpiration rate (Tr) of mulberry seedlings both declined remarkably; The photosynthetic rate (Pn) of mulberry seedlings under the drought hardening and waterlogging hardening conditions was all higher than that of CK, and the intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci) under the two conditions was lower than that of CK; The instantaneous water use efficiency of mulberry seedlings under the drought hardening and waterlogging hardening conditions was remarkably increased by 57% and 27% than that of CK, respectively, and the abscisic acid (ABA) content in the two conditions were remarkably increased by 79% and 29% than that of CK, respectively.

Key words: mulberry, seedlings hardening, the hydro-fluctuation belt of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, physiological characteristics

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