Wang, Xuan Wang, Le Li, Weimin Li, Yifan An, Yu Wu, Haitao Guo, Yue
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Frontiers in Plant Science
The ecological environment of wetlands in semi-arid regions has deteriorated, and vegetation succession has accelerated due to climate warming-induced aridification and human interference. The nutrient acquisition strategies and biomass allocation patterns reflect plant growth strategies in response to environmental changes. However, the impact of ...
Wang, Yanyan Guo, Tongkai Tian, Changyan Zhao, Zhenyong Zhang, Ke Mai, Wenxuan
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Under the sufficient nitrogen supply, it is of great significance to investigate the law of biomass allocation, root morphological traits, and the salt absorption capacity of euhalophytes to evaluate their biological desalination in saline soil. Although the curvilinear responses of biomass accumulation and root morphology in response to soil salin...
Wang, Heqi Wang, Congwen Fan, Gaohua Fu, Changxing Huang, Yingxin Liu, Xuhe Wang, Shirui Wang, Kunling
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Introduction The sowing date plays a crucial role in influencing the growth and reproduction of plants, with its specific impact on biomass allocation and allometric growth remaining unclear. Understanding these effects is essential for optimizing agricultural practices and enhancing crop productivity. Methods To investigate the effects of sowing d...
Kharel, Nisha Dangol, Anuj Shrestha, Ashmita Airi, Hemanti Devkota, Anjana Thapa, Lal Bahadur Shrestha, Bharat Babu
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Ecology and evolution
Comparisons of plant traits between native and invasive congeners are useful approaches for identifying characteristics that promote invasiveness. We compared germination patterns and seedling growth of locally sympatric populations of native Mimosa himalayana and two varieties of invasive M. diplotricha (var. diplotricha and var. inermis) growing ...
Yin, Liming Lv, Qiushuang Wang, Peng Xie, Hongtu
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Introduction While no tillage (NT) can significantly influence soil structure stratification compared to conventional tillage (CT), a comprehensive understanding of the degree of root trait plasticity and trade-offs of lateral roots of crops at various growth stages along a deep soil profile in response to NT remains elusive. This knowledge gap is ...
Makebe, Athenkosi Shimelis, Hussein Mashilo, Jacob
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Introduction In the face of climate changes and limited water availability for irrigated crop production, enhanced drought tolerance and adaptation is vital to improve wheat productivity. The objective of this study was to determine the responses of newly bred and advanced mutant lines of wheat based on agronomic traits and biomass allocation under...
Ren, Jianli Wang, Chengliang Wang, Qiaoxin Song, Wenzheng Sun, Wei
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Global warming is predicted to change precipitation amount and reduce precipitation frequency, which may alter grassland primary productivity and biomass allocation, especially when interact with other global change factors, such as nitrogen deposition. The interactive effects of changes in precipitation amount and nitrogen addition on productivity...
Ruppert, Hannah K. van Kleunen, Mark Wilschut, Rutger A.
Terrestrial plant communities often become invaded by alien species, which may benefit from high growth rates, strong phenotypic plasticity and reduced negative impacts from local soil communities. At the same time, terrestrial communities are increasingly more often exposed to periods of drought. However, how drought affects the competition betwee...
Markgraf, Rudiger Doyon, Frédérik Delagrange, Sylvain Kneeshaw, Daniel
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Ecology and evolution
In forested ecosystems, shrubs must succeed in persisting in low-light environments, while simultaneously having the ability to rapidly expand and occupy newly created canopy openings, yet little is known about the traits that make this possible. We hypothesize that shrub species that are abundant in the understory exhibit a specific set of functio...
Liu, Xinyue Man, Xiaozhen Chen, Meishan Zhao, Changxin Liu, Chuang Tong, Jialin Meng, Fanqi Shao, Meini Qu, Bo
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Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America
Transgenerational plasticity (TGP) allows a plant to acclimate to external variable environments and is a potential mechanism that explains the range expansion and invasion success of some exotic plants. Most studies explored the traits of TGP associated with the success of exotic plant invasions by comparison studies among exotic, native, invasive...