Changes in leaf functional traits of Houttuynia cordata in response to soil environmental factors in Anqing city of Anhui Province in China
Plant functional traits reflect the responses and adaptations of plants to their immediate environment. In this study, 10 different sources of the Houttuynia cordata population in Anhui Province, China, were examined in terms of their leaf responses and adaptive mechanisms towards soil characteristi...
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| author | Xiaopeng Wang Meirong Ye Xueping Zhang Rusong Xu Dongqing Xu |
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| description | Plant functional traits reflect the responses and adaptations of plants to their immediate environment. In this study, 10 different sources of the Houttuynia cordata population in Anhui Province, China, were examined in terms of their leaf responses and adaptive mechanisms towards soil characteristics. Our study observed the leaf weight ratio depicted a significant negative correlation with leaf potassium content (r=-0.652, P < 0.05) and an extremely significant negative correlation with leaf saturated water content (r=-0.720, P < 0.01) in different H. cordata populations. The leaf mass per area, leaf weight ratio, leaf nitrogen content, leaf potassium content, and leaf saturated water content in H. cordatas showed a significant correlation with soil available phosphorus, available potassium, soil total porosity, soil volume weight, and pH. Lastly, a significant relationship between leaf potassium content in plants and soil volume weight was observed (R2=0.448, P < 0.01). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b3d6001d9f64046bf95b8a18728d71f2022-12-22T03:11:35ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEnvironmental Pollutants & Bioavailability2639-59402019-01-0131124025110.1080/26395940.2019.16303211630321Changes in leaf functional traits of Houttuynia cordata in response to soil environmental factors in Anqing city of Anhui Province in ChinaXiaopeng Wang0Meirong Ye1Xueping Zhang2Rusong Xu3Dongqing Xu4Anhui Science and Technology UniversityAnhui Science and Technology UniversityAnhui Science and Technology UniversityAnhui Science and Technology UniversityAnhui Science and Technology UniversityPlant functional traits reflect the responses and adaptations of plants to their immediate environment. In this study, 10 different sources of the Houttuynia cordata population in Anhui Province, China, were examined in terms of their leaf responses and adaptive mechanisms towards soil characteristics. Our study observed the leaf weight ratio depicted a significant negative correlation with leaf potassium content (r=-0.652, P < 0.05) and an extremely significant negative correlation with leaf saturated water content (r=-0.720, P < 0.01) in different H. cordata populations. The leaf mass per area, leaf weight ratio, leaf nitrogen content, leaf potassium content, and leaf saturated water content in H. cordatas showed a significant correlation with soil available phosphorus, available potassium, soil total porosity, soil volume weight, and pH. Lastly, a significant relationship between leaf potassium content in plants and soil volume weight was observed (R2=0.448, P < 0.01).http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2019.1630321houttuynia cordataleaf functional traitssoil environmental factorsredundancy analysis (rda) |
| spellingShingle | Xiaopeng Wang Meirong Ye Xueping Zhang Rusong Xu Dongqing Xu Changes in leaf functional traits of Houttuynia cordata in response to soil environmental factors in Anqing city of Anhui Province in China Environmental Pollutants & Bioavailability houttuynia cordata leaf functional traits soil environmental factors redundancy analysis (rda) |
| title | Changes in leaf functional traits of Houttuynia cordata in response to soil environmental factors in Anqing city of Anhui Province in China |
| title_full | Changes in leaf functional traits of Houttuynia cordata in response to soil environmental factors in Anqing city of Anhui Province in China |
| title_fullStr | Changes in leaf functional traits of Houttuynia cordata in response to soil environmental factors in Anqing city of Anhui Province in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes in leaf functional traits of Houttuynia cordata in response to soil environmental factors in Anqing city of Anhui Province in China |
| title_short | Changes in leaf functional traits of Houttuynia cordata in response to soil environmental factors in Anqing city of Anhui Province in China |
| title_sort | changes in leaf functional traits of houttuynia cordata in response to soil environmental factors in anqing city of anhui province in china |
| topic | houttuynia cordata leaf functional traits soil environmental factors redundancy analysis (rda) |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26395940.2019.1630321 |
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