ArticleBMC plant biology2022
Variation, coordination, and trade-offs between needle structures and photosynthetic-related traits across five Picea species: consequences on plant growth.
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- Global spectrum of leaf nitrogen allocation driven by evolution and environment.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Innovative 3D photosynthetic trait assessment of slash pine using drone-LiDAR fusion and machine learning algorithms.Plant phenomics (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Differential resource acquisition strategies of herbaceous and woody plants in temperate forests.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Adaptive significance of age- and light-related variation in needle structure, photochemistry, and pigments in evergreen coniferous trees.Photosynthesis research · 2025Article
- Variations and trade-offs in leaf and culm functional traits among 77 woody bamboo species.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- Addressing the Relationship between Leaf Nitrogen and Carbon Isotope Discrimination from the Three Levels of Community, Population and Individual.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPicea species are distributed and planted world-wide due to their great ecological and economic values. It has been reported that Picea species vary widely in growth traits in a given environment, which reflects genetic and phenotypic differences among species. However, key physiological processes underlying tree growth and the influencing factors on them are still unknown.
resultsHere, we examined needle structures, needle chemical components, physiological characteristics and growth traits across five Picea species in a common garden in Tianshui, Gansu province in China: Picea glauca, P. mariana, P. likiangensis, P. koraiensis, and P. crassifolia, among which P. glauca and P. mariana were introduced from North America, P. likiangensis was from Lijiang, Yunan province in China, P. koraiensis was from Yichun, Heilongjiang province in China, and P. crassifolia was native to the experimental site. It was found that nearly all traits varied significantly among species. Tissue-level anatomical characteristics and leaf mass per area (LMA) were affected by needle size, but the variations of them were not associated with the variations in photosynthetic and biochemical capacity among species. Variations in area-based maximum photosynthesis (P
conclusionNeedle structures are less important than needle biochemical parameters in determining the variations in photosynthetic capacity across the five Picea species. P
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