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JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH  2011, Vol. 31 Issue (6): 1459-1466    DOI:
生物土壤与生态     
Effects of Irrigation on Root Growth and Distribution of the Seedlings of Alhagi sparsifolia Shap. in the Taklimakan Desert
ZHANG Xiao-lei 1,2,3, ZENG Fan-jiang1,3, LIU Bo1,2,3, LIU Zhen1,2,3, AN Gui-xiang1,2,3, ZHANG Hui4
1.Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; 2.Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3.Xinjiang Cele National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station of Desertification and Grassland Ecosystem, Cele 848300, Xinjiang, China; 4.Yulin High Middle School, Yulin 719000, Shaanxi, China
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Abstract  To recover degraded Alhagi sparsifolia Shap. community and supply suitable soil moisture for seedlings in the oasis-desert ecotone in southern marginal zone of the Taklimakan Desert, field experiment was conducted at the Cele oasis periphery from March to October in 2009 to study the effects of different irrigation amounts on root biomass accumulation, root spatial distribution and root/shoot ratio. Results showed that the effect of irrigation on root growth and distribution was significant. Under treatment A (no irrigation), the root length of seedlings was the longest, while the accumulation of root biomass was limited and the dry matter weight was 38.8% less than that under treatment B (0.1 m3·m-2 per month, appropriate irrigation), especially the fine root (<2 mm) decreased obviously and was only 18.1% of the total root weight; similarly, root biomass and fine root proportion decreased in varying degrees under treatment C (0.2 m3·m-2, excessive irrigation). Under the three treatments, the dry matter weight of A. sparsifolia root decreased with the increasing of soil depth and most roots distributed at 0 40 cm soil depths. Furthermore, the more irrigated water, the smaller the root extinction coefficient (β), and the clearer the centralization trend. The root/shoot ratio increased with the growth of A. sparsifolia seedlings, which indicated that more and more resources were contributed to roots and it was in accord with the growth feature of desert vegetation. Root biomass of A. sparsifolia seedlings cumulated the most and distributed the widest under treatment B, suggesting that appropriate irrigation benefited the normal growth and reasonable distribution of the seedlings roots and provided positive significance for the increase of potential productivity of the species.
Key words:  Alhagi sparsifolia Shap      root      root distribution      root/shoot ratio     
Received:  18 August 2010      Published:  20 November 2011
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ZHANG Xiao-lei;;ZENG Fan-jiang;LIU Bo;;LIU Zhen;;AN Gui-xiang;;ZHANG Hui. Effects of Irrigation on Root Growth and Distribution of the Seedlings of Alhagi sparsifolia Shap. in the Taklimakan Desert. JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH, 2011, 31(6): 1459-1466.

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