Drought and salinity: A comparison of their effects on mineral nutrition of plants

The increasing frequency of dry periods in many regions of the world and the problems associated with salinity in irrigated areas frequently result in the consecutive occurrence of drought and salinity on cultivated land. Currently, 50% of all irrigation schemes are affected by salinity. Nutrient disturbances under both drought and salinity reduce plant growth by affecting the availability, transport, and partitioning of nutrients. However, drought and salinity can differentially affect the mineral nutrition of plants. Salinity may cause nutrient deficiencies or imbalances, due to the competition of Na⁺ and Cl^– with nutrients such as K⁺, Ca²⁺, and NO . Drought, on the other hand, can affect nutrient uptake and impair acropetal translocation of some nutrients. Despite contradictory reports on the effects of nutrient supply on plant growth under saline or drought conditions, it is generally accepted that an increased nutrient supply will not improve plant growth when the nutrient is already present in sufficient amounts in the soil and when the drought or salt stress is severe. A better understanding of the role of mineral nutrients in plant resistance to drought and salinity will contribute to an improved fertilizer management in arid and semi‐arid areas and in regions suffering from temporary drought. This paper reviews the current state of knowledge on plant nutrition under drought and salinity conditions. Specific topics include: (1) the effects of drought and salt stress on nutrient availability, uptake, transport, and accumulation in plants, (2) the interactions between nutrient supply and drought‐ or salt‐stress response, and (3) means to increase nutrient availability under drought and salinity by breeding and molecular approaches.     

田林老山中山杉木人工林生产力及营养元素循环的研究

广西田林县老山林场中山区气候冷凉潮湿,土壤肥力较高,能满足杉木速生要求。17年生杉木人工林乔木层的生物量达138.46t/ha,平均净生产量为8.15t/ha·a,与杉木中心产区相当。乔木层对N,P,K,Ca,Mg5种营养元素的吸收量为224.04kg/ha·a,其中42.3％存留在林木层,42.5％通过凋落物,15.2％通过降雨淋洗归还土壤。通过凋落物归还是N,P,Ca,Mg归还的主要途径,K的归还主要通过降雨淋洗;K,Ca,Mg的循环系数较大,分别达到0.58,0.68和0.60;N,P相对较小,分别为0.48和0.33。林木正处于生长旺盛阶段,杉木对5种营养元素的吸收量、存留量和归还量以及循环系数都有较高水平,生物量积累也较大。     

分蘖期土壤水分对早稻矿质养分吸收的影响

在池栽条件下研究了不同水分处理对早稻吸收氮磷钾及分蘖生产效率的影响。结果表明：土壤水分对早稻吸收N、P、K矿质元素有明显影响。随着土壤水分含量的提高，植株对矿质元素的吸收量显著提高。在分蘖初期，65％水分处理的植株对N、P、K的吸收量分别只有100％的74．1％，43．9％和50．8％，而在分蘖后期，则分别只有100％的41．4％，18．6％和27．5％。早稻矿质元素的分蘖生产效率以在85％土壤含水量时最高，其N、P、K的平均分蘖生产效率分别比100％高35．7％，140％和81．8％。平均分蘖生产效率表现为P〉K〉N。     

黑垆土有机碳在团聚体中的分配及其保护机制

以黄土高原广泛分布的黑垆土为研究对象,研究了6个粒级团聚体中总有机碳(TOC)、稳定性有机碳(St OC)、矿物保护态有机碳(MOC)、化学稳定性有机碳(ROC)和游离氧化铁(Fed)、无定形氧化铁(Feo)、络合态氧化铁(Fep)以及黏土矿物含量的特征,重点分析了有机碳在各粒级团聚体中的分配及其与黏土矿物和各种形态氧化铁之间的相关性,及探讨了有机碳的保护机制。结果表明:黑垆土中约80%的土壤有机碳赋存于0.5~0.25、0.25~0.05和0.05 mm的3个粒级团聚体中;黑垆土中的有机碳以St OC为主,其含量随着团聚体粒级的减小而增加。在0.5~0.25和0.25~0.05 mm团聚体中,TOC含量与Fed含量呈正相关关系,相关性系数(r)均为0.72(P0.05);在0.25~0.05 mm粒级团聚体中,ROC含量与Fed含量呈正相关关系(r=0.68,P0.05),而St OC和MOC含量与伊利石含量具有正相关关系r分别为0.71(P0.05)和0.68(P0.05)。黑垆土中对有机碳起保护作用的主要是Fed和伊利石,但二者对有机碳的保护机制可能有所不同:Fed与有机碳络合形成化学稳定性有机碳,而伊利石主要通过吸附作用实现对有机碳的保护。     

邹城市矿粮复合区土地利用变化及生态系统服务价值分析

以山东省邹城市为试点，依据1990~2005年土地统计资料对该市矿粮复合区生态系统服务价值进行分析。结果表明，矿粮复合区内土地利用结构变化较快，具体表现为耕地的快速减少，水域和未利用土地大幅度增加。由于水域面积的增加，15a间复合区生态系统总服务价值呈现增长趋势；在土地利用类型中耕地的贡献率最大，在70％左右，其次为水域，且这2种类型贡献率变化最大，林地的贡献率在复合区内最小，一般在5％左右；生态服务功能在复合区和非复合区之间差别最大的是水分调节功能；在所有乡镇中废物处理和土壤形成功能都处于主导地位，废物处理功能大幅度增加，而土壤形成功能逐渐减少；复合区中生物多样性和娱乐功能有所增加，食物生产功能略有下降。     

松针褐斑病菌毒素诱发紫茎泽兰矿质元素渗漏的研究

采用电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法（ICP-OES）测定了松针褐斑病菌毒素胁迫紫茎泽兰Eupatorium adenophorum后,叶片及渗漏液中7种矿质元素含量变化。结果表明,毒素胁迫离体叶片和植株后,Ca和K元素含量分别减少65.9%、59.5%和32.9%、53.9%,其他矿质元素Mg、P、Mn、Zn在叶片中的含量有不同程度增加。渗漏液中Ca、K、Fe元素含量较毒素粗提液中含量增加,以Ca元素含量增加最多（近30倍）,Mg、P、Mn、Zn元素含量减少。     

硫对青蒜生长及品质的影响

以金乡白皮蒜为材料,采用Hoagland营养液水培方法,探究硫对青蒜生长发育、品质及主要矿质元素吸收的影响。结果表明:硫可显著提高青蒜植株的叶片数、叶长和叶面积;当硫处理浓度为1.50 mmol/L时,叶片中大蒜素含量最高,较不施硫处理增加97.96%;假茎中大蒜素含量以硫浓度为2.25 mmol/L时最高;当营养液中硫处理浓度为2.25 mmol/L时,青蒜叶片和假茎内可溶性糖和维生素C含量最大,可溶性糖比不施硫处理分别增加2.64和0.53个百分点,维生素C含量分别增加14.98%和24.57%;青蒜植株（叶片和假茎）中全氮和全硫含量随着营养液硫浓度的升高而增加,呈显著正相关;全磷和全钾含量以硫浓度为2.25 mmol/L时最高。总之,硫能显著促进青蒜叶片生长,提高青蒜的营养品质,增加矿质元素的积累,营养液硫处理浓度为2.25 mmol/L时各项指标表现最好。     

Mineralization of carbon and nitrogen from fresh and anaerobically stored sheep manure in soils of different texture

A sandy loam soil was mixed with three different amounts of quartz sand and incubated with (¹⁵NH₄)₂SO₄ (60 g N g^-1 soil) and fresh or anaerobically stored sheep manure (60 g g^-1 soil). The mineralization-immobilization of N and the mineralization of C were studied during 84 days of incubation at 20°C. After 7 days, the amount of unlabelled inorganic N in the manure-treated soils was 6–10 g N g^-1 soil higher than in soils amended with only (¹⁵NH₄)₂SO₄. However, due to immobilization of labelled inorganic N, the resulting net mineralization of N from manure was insignificant or slightly negative in the three soil-sand mixtures (100% soil+0% quartz sand; 50% soil+50% quartz sand; 25% soil+75% quartz sand). After 84 days, the cumulative CO₂ evolution and the net mineralization of N from the fresh manure were highest in the soil-sand mixutre with the lowest clay content (4% clay); 28% fo the manure C and 18% of the manure N were net mineralized. There was no significant difference between the soil-sand mixtures containing 8% and 16% clay, in which 24% of the manure C and -1% to 4% of the manure N were net mineralized. The higher net mineralization of N in the soil-sand mixture with the lowest clay content was probably caused by a higher remineralization of immobilized N in this soil-sand mixture. Anaerobic storage of the manure reduced the CO₂ evolution rates from the manure C in the three soil-sand mixtures during the initial weeks of decomposition. However, there was no effect of storage on net mineralization of N at the end of the incubation period. Hence, there was no apparent relationship between net mineralization of manure N and C.     

Improved growth and Cu tolerance of Cu excess-stressed white clover after inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

The effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus, Glomus intraradices, on growth and copper (Cu) tolerance of white clover (Trifolium repens) were investigated in soils with different Cu amounts. The AM inoculation increased plant biomass and the total or bound Cu concentrations in shoots and roots but decreased the total Cu in soils and the exchangeable Cu in shoots, roots and soils at all Cu levels. Mycorrhizal plants had higher levels of root phosphorus and shoot zinc (Zn) at lower Cu levels and more nitrogen and Zn in roots and potassium, calcium and magnesium in shoots and roots at all Cu addition levels. Additionally, AM inoculation enhanced urease, acid phosphatase and catalase activities in rhizosphere soils and mycorrhizal roots showed higher levels of peroxidase, catalase, proline and soluble sugar at all Cu addition levels. These results indicate that mycorrhizal white clover is potentially suitable for Cu phytoremediation based on greenhouse studies.