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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (3): 165-173.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2021.00003

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Effects of simulated nitrogen settlement and precipitation changes on physiological characteristics of Reaumuria soongorica and Salsola passerina

Yanli Tian(), Peifang Chong(), Wentao Lu, Xiangyang Jia   

  1. College of Forest,Gansu Agriculture University,Lanzhou 730070,China
  • Received:2020-07-04 Revised:2021-01-07 Online:2021-05-26 Published:2021-05-26
  • Contact: Peifang Chong

Abstract:

Nitrogen and water are two important environmental limiting factors for plant growth, especially in desert ecosystems that are limited by nutrients and water. The impact of nitrogen deposition and precipitation pattern changes on desert plants has been a research hotspot in recent years. In this experiment, the annual Reaumuria soongorica and Salsola passerina seedlings of the three growing methods of solitary R. soongorica, solitary S. passerina, and mixed R. soongorica-S. passerina were used as research materials. Pot experiments were used to study different nitrogen application levels (0, 4, 8 g·m-2·a-1) and different precipitation treatments (W-30%, W, W+30%) interaction on physiological characteristics of R. soongorica and S. passerina antioxidant enzymes and osmotic substance. The results showed that: (1) Nitrogen-water coupling significantly reduced the malondialdehyde content of R. soongorica and S. passerina in different growth modes.(2) The addition of nitrogen fertilizer under reduced precipitation and normal precipitation can significantly improve the antioxidant capacity of R. soongorica and S. passerina.(3) The soluble protein and proline content of the two plants were higher under the interaction of high nitrogen and reduced precipitation, indicating that increasing the application of nitrogen fertilizer can increase the osmotic adjustment substance of the plant under drought and improve its ability to resist drought.(4) The MDA content of mixed R. soongorica is significantly higher than that of R. soongorica, but S. passerina is the opposite. Increased application of nitrogen fertilizer and increased precipitation can reduce the increase of MDA under mixed R. soongorica and increase the decrease of MDA of mixed S. passerina. (5) Mixed growth significantly increased the CAT activity of the two plants, while the POD and SOD activities decreased. Mixed R. soongorica enhances its osmotic adjustment ability by increasing the content of soluble protein, and mixed S. passerina by increasing the content of proline. And under water and nitrogen treatment, it can better maintain the antioxidant and osmotic adjustment ability of mixed R. soongorica-S. passerina.

Key words: Reaumuria soongorica, Salsola passerina, nitrogen settlement, precipitation, growth modes

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