Effects of water and soil microorganisms on the growth traits of Albizia kalkora and Leucaena leucocephala in a dry-hot valley

Subjects: Biology >> Botany >> Applied botany submitted time 2024-05-15 Cooperative journals: 《广西植物》

SHI Leiqi LIU Ziyu WANG Chaojun WANG Yinhao DU Xunqiu WANG Xuemei

Abstract： Vegetation restoration is an effective way for ecological restoration in the dry-hot valley, and many alien species are introduced along with natural vegetation restoration. In order to compare the responses of native and alien species to water and microorganisms, the native Albizia kalkora and alien Leucaena leucocephala were selected as our research objects, and the effects of water and soil microorganisms on the growth and development of the two plants were studied by soil moisture control and soil microbial inoculation under climate chamber conditions. The results were as follows: (1) Compared with Leucaena leucocephala, the seed germination rate, root biomass, root-shoot ratio and plant nitrogen-phosphorus ratio of Albizia kalkora were significantly increased by 58.82%, 76.13%, 90.59% and 18.42%, respectively (P<0.05); (2) Under the drought conditions, the root biomass and plant nitrogen concentration of Albizia kalkora were significantly lower than those under moist conditions by 33.67% and 8.65% (P<0.05), and the plant height, aboveground biomass and root biomass of Leucaena leucocephala under drought conditions were 39.32%, 40.06% and 39.61% lower than those under moist conditions (P<0.05), indicating that drought inhibited the growth and nutrient uptake of both plants; (3) The number of nodules in the roots of Albizia kalkora under drought conditions was higher than that under moist conditions (P<0.05), while the number of nodules in the roots of Leucaena leucocephala under moist conditions was higher than that under drought conditions; (4) Except for the proportion of dead leaf biomass, soil microbial inoculation and the interaction between soil microorganisms and water had no significant effect on the growth of Albizia kalkora and Leucaena leucocephala. The above results suggest that Albizia kalkora is more suitable for drought environment than Leucaena leucocephala, which provides a theoretical basis for the selection of species for vegetation restoration in dry-hot valleys, but the effects of soil microorganisms on plant growth are worthy of further study.

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