Growth and Physiological Characteristics of Pinus densiflora Seedlings in Response to Open-field Experimental Warming using the Infrared Lamp
2013
Lee, S.J., Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Han, S.R., Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Yoon, T.K., Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Jung, Y.J., Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Yun, S.J., Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Son, Y.H., Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Climate change will affect the physiological traits and growth of forest trees. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of an experimental warming on growth and physiological characteristics of Pinus densiflora S. et Z. seedlings. One-year-old P. densiflora seedlings were planted in control and warmed plots in April 2010. The air temperature of warmed plots was increased by 3oC using infrared lamps from November 2010. We measured shoot height, root collar diameter, above and below ground biomass, chlorophyll contents and leaf nitrogen concentration from March 2011 to March 2013. Seedling height and root collar diameter showed no significant difference between warmed and control plots except for root collar diameter measured in June 2012. Seedling leaf biomass was lower in the warmed (23.94±2.10 g) than in the control (26.08±1.72 g) plots in 2013. Shoot to root ratio (S/R ratio) was lower in the warmed (1.09±0.07) than in the control (1.31±0.10) plots in 2013. Leaf nitrogen concentrations and chlorophyll contents were not significantly different between warmed and control plots except for leaf nitrogen concentration in 2011. Leaf C/N ratio was increased in 2012 under the warming treatment. Low growth and S/R ratio in warmed plots might be related to the higher temperature and water stress. In the future, the below-ground carbon allocation of P. densiflora might be increased by global warming due to temperature and water stress.
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