Oak sprouts grow better than seedlings under drought stress

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F16%3A00464473" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/16:00464473 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/62156489:43410/16:43909824

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3832/ifor1823-009" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3832/ifor1823-009</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3832/ifor1823-009" target="_blank" >10.3832/ifor1823-009</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Oak sprouts grow better than seedlings under drought stress

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This study focused on the comparison of two contrasting forest regeneration types and their susceptibility to drought stress. Transpiration and biomass production were studied on young sessile oak trees Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. regenerated as sprouts and seedlings, and grown in a coppice experimental site in the Czech Republic. Biomass production was estimated using destructive methods, while transpiration was derived from sap flow measurements and assessed according to the plant biometry and microclimatic conditions. Sprouts were characterized by a significantly higher diameter, height, leaf area and above-ground biomass and by a lower wood density as compared with seedlings of the same age. Moreover, the sap flow of sprouts was higher than that of seedlings, which was explained by the plant dimension. Transpiration, expressed as sap flow scaled to plant leaf area, did not differ between seedlings and sprouts when soil water was not limiting. However, during drought periods, when soil water potential dropped below -1.4 MPa, sprouts transpired significantly more than seedlings. Our results confirm that sprouts have access to a larger water pool via the old stump root system and are able to draw more water under drought. Moreover, sprouts seemed to be less susceptible to water limitations than seedlings of similar age. Less influence of drought on sprouts may partially explain their higher above-ground biomass production. Based on our results, coppice could be an appropriate management system to be adopted in sites characterized by frequent or extreme drought periods.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Oak sprouts grow better than seedlings under drought stress

Popis výsledku anglicky

This study focused on the comparison of two contrasting forest regeneration types and their susceptibility to drought stress. Transpiration and biomass production were studied on young sessile oak trees Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. regenerated as sprouts and seedlings, and grown in a coppice experimental site in the Czech Republic. Biomass production was estimated using destructive methods, while transpiration was derived from sap flow measurements and assessed according to the plant biometry and microclimatic conditions. Sprouts were characterized by a significantly higher diameter, height, leaf area and above-ground biomass and by a lower wood density as compared with seedlings of the same age. Moreover, the sap flow of sprouts was higher than that of seedlings, which was explained by the plant dimension. Transpiration, expressed as sap flow scaled to plant leaf area, did not differ between seedlings and sprouts when soil water was not limiting. However, during drought periods, when soil water potential dropped below -1.4 MPa, sprouts transpired significantly more than seedlings. Our results confirm that sprouts have access to a larger water pool via the old stump root system and are able to draw more water under drought. Moreover, sprouts seemed to be less susceptible to water limitations than seedlings of similar age. Less influence of drought on sprouts may partially explain their higher above-ground biomass production. Based on our results, coppice could be an appropriate management system to be adopted in sites characterized by frequent or extreme drought periods.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

EF - Botanika

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EE2.3.20.0267" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0267: Výmladkové lesy jako produkční a biologická alternativa budoucnosti</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

iForest – Biogeosciences and Forestry

ISSN

1971-7458

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

9

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

IT - Italská republika

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

529-535

Kód UT WoS článku

000384724700003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84991380537