Forests,the largest terrestrial carbon sinks,play an important role in carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation.Although forest attributes and environmental factors have been shown to impact aboveground biom...Forests,the largest terrestrial carbon sinks,play an important role in carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation.Although forest attributes and environmental factors have been shown to impact aboveground biomass,their influence on biomass stocks in species-rich forests in southern China,a biodiversity hotspot,has rarely been investigated.In this study,we characterized the effects of environmental factors,forest structure,and species diversity on aboveground biomass stocks of 30 plots(1 ha each) in natural forests located within seven nature reserves distributed across subtropical and marginal tropical zones in Guangxi,China.Our results indicate that forest aboveground biomass stocks in this region are lower than those in mature tropical and subtropical forests in other regions.Furthermore,we found that aboveground biomass was positively correlated with stand age,mean annual precipitation,elevation,structural attributes and species richness,although not with species evenness.When we compared stands with the same basal area,we found that aboveground biomass stock was higher in communities with a higher coefficient of variation of diameter at breast height.These findings highlight the importance of maintaining forest structural diversity and species richness to promote aboveground biomass accumulation and reveal the potential impacts of precipitation changes resulting from climate warming on the ecosystem services of subtropical and northern tropical forests in China.Notably,many natural forests in southern China are not fully stocked.Therefore,their continued growth will increase their carbon storage over time.展开更多
The crown root system is the most important root component in maize at both the vegetative and reproductive stages. However, the genetic basis of maize crown root traits(CRT) is still unclear, and the relationship bet...The crown root system is the most important root component in maize at both the vegetative and reproductive stages. However, the genetic basis of maize crown root traits(CRT) is still unclear, and the relationship between CRT and aboveground agronomic traits in maize is poorly understood. In this study, an association panel including 531 elite maize inbred lines was planted to phenotype the CRT and aboveground agronomic traits in different field environments. We found that root traits were significantly and positively correlated with most aboveground agronomic traits, including flowering time, plant architecture and grain yield. Using a genome-wide association study(GWAS)coupled with resequencing, a total of 115 associated loci and 22 high-confidence candidate genes were identified for CRT. Approximately one-third of the genetic variation in crown root was co-located with 46 QTLs derived from flowering and plant architecture. Furthermore, 103 (89.6%) of 115 crown root loci were located within known domestication-and/or improvement-selective sweeps, suggesting that crown roots might experience indirect selection in maize during domestication and improvement. Furthermore, the expression of Zm00001d036901, a high-confidence candidate gene, may contribute to the phenotypic variation in maize crown roots, and Zm00001d036901 was selected during the domestication and improvement of maize. This study promotes our understanding of the genetic basis of root architecture and provides resources for genomics-enabled improvements in maize root architecture.展开更多
为深入探讨氮沉降影响草原植物金属养分吸收及其与土壤养分的耦合关系,以内蒙古典型草原4种主要物种为研究对象,设置0、5、10、15 g N/(m^(2)·yr)4个氮添加处理,分析不同施氮量对草原物种及群落水平植物叶片盐基、微量元素含量和...为深入探讨氮沉降影响草原植物金属养分吸收及其与土壤养分的耦合关系,以内蒙古典型草原4种主要物种为研究对象,设置0、5、10、15 g N/(m^(2)·yr)4个氮添加处理,分析不同施氮量对草原物种及群落水平植物叶片盐基、微量元素含量和储量的影响。结果表明:(1)杂类草比禾本科植物具有更高的养分浓度;(2)不同金属养分对氮沉降的响应具有高度的物种特异性;植物群落叶片盐基元素含量对氮添加无显著响应且与土壤盐基离子相关性较低;随氮添加量的增加,叶片中Mn、Cu含量增加,但Fe含量降低,草原植物微量元素失衡严重主要受土壤微量养分有效性和元素拮抗作用的影响;(3)植物金属元素地上储量的饱和阈值出现在10 g N/(m^(2)·yr);优势物种地上生物量对氮添加的非线性响应是驱动植物元素地上储量变化的主要机制。展开更多
基金supported by the Guangxi Key R&D Program (project No. AB16380254)a research project of Guangxi Forestry Department (Guilinkezi [2015] No.5)supported a grant for Bagui Senior Fellow (C33600992001)。
文摘Forests,the largest terrestrial carbon sinks,play an important role in carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation.Although forest attributes and environmental factors have been shown to impact aboveground biomass,their influence on biomass stocks in species-rich forests in southern China,a biodiversity hotspot,has rarely been investigated.In this study,we characterized the effects of environmental factors,forest structure,and species diversity on aboveground biomass stocks of 30 plots(1 ha each) in natural forests located within seven nature reserves distributed across subtropical and marginal tropical zones in Guangxi,China.Our results indicate that forest aboveground biomass stocks in this region are lower than those in mature tropical and subtropical forests in other regions.Furthermore,we found that aboveground biomass was positively correlated with stand age,mean annual precipitation,elevation,structural attributes and species richness,although not with species evenness.When we compared stands with the same basal area,we found that aboveground biomass stock was higher in communities with a higher coefficient of variation of diameter at breast height.These findings highlight the importance of maintaining forest structural diversity and species richness to promote aboveground biomass accumulation and reveal the potential impacts of precipitation changes resulting from climate warming on the ecosystem services of subtropical and northern tropical forests in China.Notably,many natural forests in southern China are not fully stocked.Therefore,their continued growth will increase their carbon storage over time.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31971891)the Guangxi Key Research and Development Projects, China (GuikeAB21238004)+1 种基金the Scientific Innovation 2030 Project, China (2022ZD0401703)the Modern AgroIndustry Technology Research System of Maize, China (CARS-02-03)。
文摘The crown root system is the most important root component in maize at both the vegetative and reproductive stages. However, the genetic basis of maize crown root traits(CRT) is still unclear, and the relationship between CRT and aboveground agronomic traits in maize is poorly understood. In this study, an association panel including 531 elite maize inbred lines was planted to phenotype the CRT and aboveground agronomic traits in different field environments. We found that root traits were significantly and positively correlated with most aboveground agronomic traits, including flowering time, plant architecture and grain yield. Using a genome-wide association study(GWAS)coupled with resequencing, a total of 115 associated loci and 22 high-confidence candidate genes were identified for CRT. Approximately one-third of the genetic variation in crown root was co-located with 46 QTLs derived from flowering and plant architecture. Furthermore, 103 (89.6%) of 115 crown root loci were located within known domestication-and/or improvement-selective sweeps, suggesting that crown roots might experience indirect selection in maize during domestication and improvement. Furthermore, the expression of Zm00001d036901, a high-confidence candidate gene, may contribute to the phenotypic variation in maize crown roots, and Zm00001d036901 was selected during the domestication and improvement of maize. This study promotes our understanding of the genetic basis of root architecture and provides resources for genomics-enabled improvements in maize root architecture.
文摘为深入探讨氮沉降影响草原植物金属养分吸收及其与土壤养分的耦合关系,以内蒙古典型草原4种主要物种为研究对象,设置0、5、10、15 g N/(m^(2)·yr)4个氮添加处理,分析不同施氮量对草原物种及群落水平植物叶片盐基、微量元素含量和储量的影响。结果表明:(1)杂类草比禾本科植物具有更高的养分浓度;(2)不同金属养分对氮沉降的响应具有高度的物种特异性;植物群落叶片盐基元素含量对氮添加无显著响应且与土壤盐基离子相关性较低;随氮添加量的增加,叶片中Mn、Cu含量增加,但Fe含量降低,草原植物微量元素失衡严重主要受土壤微量养分有效性和元素拮抗作用的影响;(3)植物金属元素地上储量的饱和阈值出现在10 g N/(m^(2)·yr);优势物种地上生物量对氮添加的非线性响应是驱动植物元素地上储量变化的主要机制。
