Abstract
AbstractWidespread autotoxicity is an important obstacle to natural regeneration of many plants. The rare relict plant Metasequoia glyptostroboides is a difficult to natural regeneration and is affected by litter allelopathy. However, little is known about the potential influence of autotoxic substances on different regeneration stages of M. glyptostroboides. We identified multiple chemical compounds of aqueous extracts from fresh (recently accumulated) and natural litter (mixture of litter different phases of decomposition), to evaluate the autotoxic effects of the four most important detected compounds applied individually on seed germination and seedling growth of M. glyptostroboides. Results found that the 28 chemical compounds were identified in the aqueous extracts of M. glyptostroboides litter. The Jaccard similarity coefficient of chemical compounds in aqueous extracts of fresh and natural litter of M. glyptostroboides reached 50%. The number of chemical compounds in fresh litter was 5.56% more than that in natural litter. Catechol, trifluoroacetamide, benzoic acid and D-(+)-arabitol significantly affected seed germination rate, seed germination index, vigor index, shoot length and main root length of M. glyptostroboides. Specifically, benzoic acid had the strongest inhibitory effect, followed by catechol, trifluoroacetamide and D-(+)-arabitol. The autotoxic effect was concentration dependent, low concentrations were positive and neutral, high and extremely high concentrations were negative for all the chemical compounds. Moreover, catechol, trifluoroacetamide, benzoic acid and D-(+)-arabitol were autotoxic substances affecting the natural regeneration of M. glyptostroboides, as well as strongly inhibited at the shoot growth stage. This study confirms that natural regeneration of M. glyptostroboides is restricted by a large amount of litter coverage under the forest, highlighting how the chemical compounds responsible for the autotoxic characteristics of M. glyptostroboides affect the different regeneration stages of M. glyptostroboides.
Funder
natural science foundation of hubei province
national natural science foundation of china
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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