Growth and non-structural carbohydrates response patterns of Eucommia ulmoides under salt and drought stress.

ABSTRACT: Salinity and droughts are severe abiotic stress factors that limit plant growth and development. However, the differences and similarities of non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) responses patterns of trees under the two stress conditions remain unclear. We determined and compared the growth, physiology, and NSCs response patterns and tested the relationships between growth and NSCs concentrations (or pool size) of Eucommia ulmoides seedlings planted in field under drought and salt stress with different intensities and durations. We found that drought and salt stress can inhibit the growth of E. ulmoides, and E. ulmoides tended to enhance its stress resistance by increasing proline concentration and leaf thickness or density but decreasing investment in belowground biomass in short-term str

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11291362 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature