Affiliation:
1. Forestry Ecological Engineering in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, National Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety on the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, Rainy Area of West China Plantation Ecosystem Permanent Scientific Research Base, Institute of Ecology & Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Abstract
Cunninghamia plays an important role in China’s southern forest industry in the face of increasingly arid climate; thus it is urgent to identify and screen drought-tolerant varieties. In this study, 2-year-old seedlings of C. unica and C. lanceolata from four provenances were subjected to water-break tests, and their physiological responses to different drought conditions were observed. The results showed that with the aggravation of drought stress, C. unica had more stable changes in relative water content (RWC), water potential (Ψw) and intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci) with more cumulative amounts of proline (PRO) than C. lanceolata, and its H2O2 maintained at a lower level, along with antioxidant enzyme activities decreasing later as compared with C. lanceolata. Moreover, comprehensive evaluation showed that C. unica had a higher drought tolerance than C. lanceolata as a whole, which could have been shaped by maintaining Ψw and opening stomata in its relative drought conditions. This work provides a theoretical basis for understanding the drought tolerance of C. unica and C. lanceolate individuals, so as to accelerate selective breeding in Chinese fir.
Funder
Breeding Research Project of Sichuan Province
Natural Science Foundation Project of Sichuan Province
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